Posted by Paladin55:

Posted by BRIGGS:

He needs to work on his body. I thought his 3 point shot went slightly south with the line moved back--perhaps a sign of a lack of leg strength. Chris Paul was kind of skinny and put on nice muscle--thats what Curry has to do. Curry is the cerebral type player--he knows the game with a high IQ and has a variety of moves to separate from his defender. That being said I would say that he had problems with stronger faster athletes this year and was able to be taken out of his game rhythm. He did transition over to the 1 guard this year and actually played the 1 better earlier in the year compared to later. A good passer not a great passer but has good vision. Only a fair ballhandler. He does make a lot of risky type passes--perhaps due to his first year playing the position. Sneaky quick and sneaky good on the D and taller than what he looks like on TV--[rod strickland disease] Lacks great speed explosion and strength. Is a very good rebounder for a guard. It all depends on whether they believe he can play PG.

When I see clips of him, he looks like a 17 yr old kid. He supposedly grew 2 inches during college- is it possible that he is still growing?

He must know that he has to build himself up for the NBA grind.

Are his defensive issues effort oriented, or is he totally lacking in lateral movement? Has he ever shut down anyone of quality with his D during an important part of a game?

His assist numbers were pretty good this year, so they obviously asked him to do more than just shoot the ball, and I have seen him make some very nice passes at times. I would think that with his intelligence, he could handle the offensive side of being a PG.

There is also no reason he can't put on 10-20 lbs of muscle and improve his chances of playing NBA style ball- hopefully he understands this.

Unless he grows another 2 inches and packs on some muscle, I can't see him as an NBA SG- if they think he is going to remain at 6'3" he is going to be slotted in as a PG or end up like his father, and sharpshooter who plays about 20-25 MPG.

Maybe the Knicks have seen something in his game that makes them think he can play D at the pro level.

Hopefully they will learn all they need to know about him from his team workouts.

Posted by misterearl:

Think of it this way

you can go with the model citizen with the perfect bloodines, Stephen Curry

or you can go for pure talent and quite possibly the superior edge of 6'6 Tyreke Evans

and you think The Answer Man has it easy

Posted by Paladin55:

Posted by misterearl:

Think of it this way

you can go with the model citizen with the perfect bloodines, Stephen Curry

or you can go for pure talent and quite possibly the superior edge of 6'6 Tyreke Evans

and you think The Answer Man has it easy

In some ways Curry is actually more talented- Evans is a much superior athlete and more physically mature, despite the fact that he is younger than Curry- but Curry probably sees the floor better than Evans and it is not even fair to compare Evans' shooting with Curry's. Evans is suprior at getting to the basket and finishing with strength, and you could see him guarding PGs and SGs in the NBA with his quickness and strength. If you combine Curry's skills with Evans' physical attributes, you would have a player who might get picked before Griffin or Rubio by some teams.

You are really banking on Curry maturing physically and working out to put on the muscle and gain the strength he will need to compete in the NBA. If, as some you have pointed out, he is the type of kid who wants to get better, then he might be able to transform himself physically and actually become a steal in this draft.

Well said Pal. You make some real good points here. I don't love him, but he deserves more credit than I've given him this year. He's a good player and a better playmaker than I've given him credit for. If we stayed at 8 in this draft, he's not my personal preference but if we grabbed him, it wouldn't be the end of the world. Very good shooter & a better passer & playmaker than I first thought. I think there are a bunch of players that are physically/athletically superior with higher ceilings but Curry wouldn't be a terrible pick by any means.

Posted by NumberTwoPencil:

FWIW, Curry has scheduled a press conference for Thursday morning. It sounds to me like he's in. Presumably, he's sure he'll be drafted in the lottery. Maybe the Knicks have told him that they'll take him, assuming their pick doesn't end up in the top three or so.

I agree with most of the assessments above but I'd add that I think Curry needs another year or so playing PG to really settle into the position and run a team. And, yeah, he needs to put on a little weight and muscle, he got pushed around a bit by larger/stronger players at times. (IIRC, he did grow a bit last summer and his doctors told him that his growth plates indicated that he might put on a few more inches. It seems unlikely but I guess it's possible and he certainly looked a bit taller this year than last.) I think he'll end up a much better PG than, oh, Charlie Ward or Chris Childs but how much better is unclear to me.