It’s been said that practice makes perfect. Perhaps that’s why Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors could be on his way to winning the NBA MVP award because the guy has went to the Kobe Bryant school of desire.
Seriously, what Stephen Curry does before games is nuts.
While many of us have likely seen Steph working before the game on television, the process starts long before that as noted in a recent Mercury News feature which documents Stephen Curry’s insane pregame routine.
Not counting the tunnel tries, Curry put up 182 shots in the session I watched—made 120—and within the structure of his work, you saw the essence of Curry’s offensive game.
“Five minutes of ball handling, just get warm, get your hands kind of used to the ball,” Curry said, describing how it all starts.
“Then… get some flip shots and runners, just to work on your touch. Hopefully, you start close to the basket; you see the ball going in a lot more.
“Then it’s just working around the arc in five spots—catch-and-shoot, off-the-dribble and then shooting threes.”
Curry, who says he didn’t do the pregame routine until last year, has no plans to stop, especially the fan favorite moment which involves Steph shooting from the tunnel.
Now if we could only get fellow Splash Bro, Klay Thompson, to join him.
