Golden State Warriors head coach and 2024 Paris Olympics USA national team coach Steve Kerr praised Stephen Curry’s mindset and style of play, saying he’s never seen anything like it.
The 2024 Paris Olympics witnessed some of the most epic battles in international basketball history.
Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry
Position: PG
Age: 37
Height: 191 cm
Weight: 84 kg
Birth place: Akron, United States of America
Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry was the main star of the show in those historic semifinal and final matchups against Serbia and France, delivering an otherworldly shooting display that helped lead the USA to the top of the podium.
Reflecting on that summer with the U.S. national team, head coach Steve Kerr recalled what it was like watching Stephen Curry play:
"I refer to him as Stephen motherfucking Curry, because that’s the first thing that comes to mind when you see him do that stuff," Kerr said on the Glue Guys Podcast.
"It’s like, holy shit. Nobody has that mindset. On a team that included some of the all-time greats, they were all deferring to him, and he was chasing the ball. It’s the most amazing mindset I’ve ever seen."
"Michael (Jordan) had a similar mindset, but Michael’s seemed more driven by a desire to kill the opponent, to stick the knife in and twist it. Steph’s mindset is more about the joy of the act of shooting the ball, and that’s what makes it so beautiful to watch," he added.
Curry’s 36 points against Serbia in the semifinals, including 9 of 14 three-pointers, and his 24 points—with four consecutive three-pointers to seal the deal in the final against France—will forever go down in history as some of the greatest moments in basketball.
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