But let’s talk about the 2015-16 season. The unanimous MVP season. 402 three-pointers. 73 wins. That season is routinely dismissed as a "shooting outlier."
Curry is not a shooter. He is a force of nature who happens to shoot. Stephen Curry- Underrated
Because he isn't screaming and flexing, we assume he isn't trying. This is the quiet disrespect that follows him everywhere. Here is the final, uncomfortable truth. When the history of basketball is written in 50 years, they will not rank players by "rings" or "MVPs" the way we do now. They will rank them by inflection points —moments where the sport changed direction. But let’s talk about the 2015-16 season
We have since watched the Warriors system collapse without him (the 2019-20 season, when they won 15 games) and flourish in weird lineups because of him. Yet the narrative persists. 73 wins