If the Warriors hope to return to the NBA title scramble during the 2020-21 NBA season, they will need Stuff Curry to play at the MVP level.
With KP Durant gone and Clay Thompson missing the second straight season due to injury, all the offensive focus for the Riders will be on. After all, that’s the system, and it won’t be clearer than this season, which runs Tuesday.
But can Curry really win his third MVP, five seasons since his last win? ESPN color commentator Jeff Van Gundy thinks so.
During the prison game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Sons, Van Gundy said Friday night, “You know who I think has the shot outside, and I didn’t mention it yesterday when I was talking about the MVP, Steff. Have done. ” “Steve Curry, due to his injuries, will have a chance to stand out in large numbers. Now, I’m not sure Golden State is good enough to win enough to come into his conversation, but I think Steff Curry is going to bounce back with an incredible year. I’ve been. “
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If the Warriors’ three preseason games are any indication, Curry will be a high-consumption player for them this season. After a subperper 10-point performance against the Denver Nuggets in her first game in nine months, Curry fell into a 29-point back-to-back effort against the Sacramento Kings.
In those two games, Curry took a combined 26 3-pointers and scored 11 of them. After Thompson leaves, it is safe to assume that Curry will drop the bomb over long distances. If he makes an average 3-point effort per game, Curry could put up extravagant stats and possibly even lead the NBA in scoring.
But leading the league in scoring does not guarantee that any player wins the MVP. Now ask Houston Rockets star James Harden, who led the league with almost four full points last season, yet did not get a single first-place MVP vote.
Van Gundi is right. M.V.P. So for any consideration the Warriors have to win for him. But if the Golden State NBA returns to the top of the mountain, it will most likely be due to doing so. It will naturally generate MVP buzz for him, no matter what numbers he is putting.
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He would have won the fourth NBA championship as much as the third NBA MVP wanted to win.
Any of these accomplishments this season will silence Curry’s suspects and detectors.
