‘Scariest part’: Dwyane Wade says Steph Curry’s ‘best skill’ is not actually his shooting
· Yahoo Sports
Steph Curry is one of the best players in the world.
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The Golden State Warriors superstar is still playing at an elite level at the age of 38, and he is continuing to break all sorts of records.
Most people would say that Curry’s best skill is his shooting from three-point range, but Dwyane Wade thinks it’s actually something else.
Dwyane Wade says Steph Curry’s cardio is actually his best skill
Curry is widely regarded as the greatest shooter in basketball history.
The way he shoots and the areas he occupies completely changed how defences guard the perimeter, and he’s still impossible to stop at times.
That is why many would call shooting Curry’s best skill, but Wade believes it’s his cardio and off-ball movement.
He said on his podcast: “I think his best skill is his cardiovascular. Steph doesn’t look like he ever gets tired. He’s always moving.
“The scariest part about guarding Steph Curry is when he gives the ball up. That’s saying a lot about a guy who was dynamic with the ball in his hand. But when Steph Curry gives that ball up, watch out!
“That’s what makes them (Warriors) great is when Steph gives that ball up and now he is moving, and everybody is doing their job. They’re setting screens in. They’re ducking in.
“You had guys that wanted to be isolation guys. They don’t do a lot of isolation basketball in Golden State. It’s movement. It’s body movement. It’s ball movement. It’s making sure that the defence is not comfortable in their positions.”
Wade finished off by saying that Curry’s mere presence on the court is an assist to everyone else because of his movement with and without the ball.
“Forget hockey assist. Steph on the floor is an assist for everybody because of his body movement and the ball movement that comes with that.”
We’d still attribute Curry’s best skill to shooting, but Wade’s assessment makes complete sense.
The way the 38-year-old moves with and without the ball makes him so difficult to guard. All it takes is one mistake, and that opens the door for him to shoot – and he almost always scores.
That is why Curry is among the greatest players of all time.
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