{"id":3631,"date":"2022-06-20T09:15:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T13:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/?p=3631"},"modified":"2022-06-21T15:01:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T19:01:33","slug":"the-my-bad-steph-curry-apology-tour-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/the-my-bad-steph-curry-apology-tour-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;My Bad Steph Curry&#8221; Apology Tour Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Game 6 of the NBA Finals, <a href=\"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/?s=steph+curry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steph Curry<\/a> answered all of the questions he&#8217;s been consistently peppered with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He silenced the doubters and was elevated to the status he&#8217;s always deserved but unfairly denied access to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After winning his fourth NBA title, Wardell Stephen Curry II was finally deemed an All-Time NBA great by media pundits and fans who formerly refused to grant him admission into the club of NBA elites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that&#8217;s despite having a Hall of Fame-ready resume that includes history-making and record-setting accolades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Steph embraced the hate, accepted the challenge and proved the haters wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now Chef Curry is a 4x NBA champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Warriors won their fourth NBA title in eight years, and not only did the emotions fly, but receipts were presented. Here&#39;s a \ud83e\uddf5of some of those moments. 1\/4<br><br>First, an emotional Steph Curry let it all out. &quot;Nobody thought we&#39;d be here.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bkxybXQGZo\">pic.twitter.com\/bkxybXQGZo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; First and Pen (@firstandpen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/firstandpen\/status\/1537784783543144448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And he did it without Kevin Durant, something most Curry doubters always pointed to when discussing his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s no disputing Durant&#8217;s greatness, but it shouldn&#8217;t overshadow the greatness of Curry.<\/p><div id=\"first-1589859814\" class=\"first-content first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream2 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aside from his four titles, Curry has two NBA MVPs, two scoring titles, one All-Star Game MVP and one Finals MVP, the latter two of which he earned this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this year&#8217;s Finals, Curry led both teams in scoring with 31.2 ppg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But his game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/player\/201939\/traditional\">has been elite all season.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was tenth in scoring with 25.5 ppg. <\/p><div id=\"first-2369333339\" class=\"first-content_2 first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream3 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413989195-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413989195-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the 2022 NBA All-Star Game, Curry dropped 16 three-pointers en route to a 50-point night and All-Star MVP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8221;It&#8217;s right on the nose of how it should go,&#8221; Curry said after the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a prophetic statement as the season went the way it was supposed to go <a href=\"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/steph-curry-greatest-shooter-nba-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">for the game&#8217;s deadliest shooter.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On December 14th, 2021, Curry broke Ray Allen&#8217;s record for most three-pointers made when he hits his 2,974th shot against the Knicks in MSG. He finished the game with five threes and 22 points.<\/p><div id=\"first-3485489852\" class=\"first-content_3 first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream4 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700414036595-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700414036595-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even scarier is the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/stephen-curry-tracker-all-time-3s-record\">he broke the record in 789 games<\/a>, 511 fewer than it took Allen to accomplish the feat (1,300). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet instead of celebrating him, some chose to dampen the moment <a href=\"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/steph-curry-should-be-celebrated-not-compared-to-lebron-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">by ridiculously comparing him to LeBron<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was almost comical. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two weeks later against the Nuggets, Curry set another record when he became the first player in NBA history <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/warriors\/status\/1476056636762431488\">to hit 3,000 three-pointers.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite those amazing accomplishments, some of which probably won&#8217;t ever be broken in this lifetime, doubters kept dismissing him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curry is the game&#8217;s greatest shooter ever but he wasn&#8217;t considered one of the greatest players ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He only played in 64 games this year, so he wasn&#8217;t included in the MVP discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Wiggins finally balled out, so his resurgence cast a shadow over Curry&#8217;s Finals MVP chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the excuses raged on and on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet Curry persevered and continued winning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Draymond Green and Klay Thompson were off, Curry carried the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And now he&#8217;s a four-time champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steph Curry should never have been dismissed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has single-handedly changed the game in a way that no player has since, arguably, Michael Jordan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back then, everybody wanted to be like Mike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now they all want to shoot like Steph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Need proof? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch a pickup game to see how many kids are practicing their stepback threes, even more than their foul shooting or layups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit the blacktop to see how many are lining up behind the arc or pulling up from 25 feet or more, particularly on fast breaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s Curry&#8217;s impact on the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He&#8217;s changed the way players practice and the way offenses scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curry has influenced basketball over the last few years, placing the game&#8217;s emphasis on range instead of in the paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He&#8217;s joined LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabar and Wilt Chamberlain as the only players to win Finals MVP and multiple league MVPs and scoring titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He&#8217;s joined LeBron, Tim Duncan, Jordan, Magic Johnson, Abdul-Jabar and Bill Russell as the seventh player with four NBA titles and multiple MVPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And he&#8217;s the greatest shooter in NBA history with the receipts to prove it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t understand why it took so long for some to admit Steph Curry into the VIP room of NBA elites, but it&#8217;s finally happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now all that&#8217;s left is for them to apologize to him for taking so damn long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Game 6 of the NBA Finals, Steph Curry answered all of the questions he&#8217;s been consistently peppered with. 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