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If Curry doesn't work on his handle, this'll be the last time the nation hears about him.

Thats the difference between a Troy Bell and Earl Boykins career IMO.

It's just like Redick. He's a great shooter, but once he got away from a system that catered to getting him looks, he got exposed.

Curry's facing the same fate. It was almost embarassing watching him with the ball today. Robinson and Rush pretty much gave him a preview of what to expect in the NBA and he couldn't do anything. He had two airballs off of halfhearted moves, and that was about the just of him creating his offense, aside from that behind the back.

He's also going to have to learn how to play some point. He didn't create anything for anyone today.

If I were him I'd come back next year and try and run as much point as possible.
You could have quoted my post and just typed "I agree 110%" :biggrin:
 
That's only true in most circumstance.Curry can play the point if he's beside a playmaker like Lebron James.He can play the two if like Montae Ellis he plays for a team where the point guard is big enough to guard the opposing two guard.Curry could guard point guards well enough,but he's not going to be able to play the point if he's paired with combo guard or a forward who can create.

It's not as black and white as some people are making it.He could play for the Cavaliers today.
 
Who hasn't said that Curry is a bench player? With his bloodlines, this guy will make the NBA. NBA is a fraternity, how else can you explain Coby Karl in the league?
 
Who hasn't said that Curry is a bench player? With his bloodlines, this guy will make the NBA. NBA is a fraternity, how else can you explain Coby Karl in the league?
A genie?

I remember Karl playing against my high school team and that kid fit in with the talent level on the court. My team did not have anyone over 6'1'' and went something like 2-20 my (and Coby's) senior year. No one except Karl got anything more than interest from an in-state D3 team. I despise Coby Karl.

From his wikipedia he put up a stunning 8 points and 2 rebounds his junior year. Not on a talented team; no one on that team sniffed D1. With that kind of talent, I'm amazed UNC wasn't clamoring for him to sign!
 
So you guys have somehow judged his ball handling skills are suspect because of the way the Kansas game ended? Come on now, anyone could see that the guy was tired. They ran him into the ground, dude has logged heavy minutes all tournament. His ball handling has been fine up unto this point. The guy is a legit first round NBA talent.The question should be, what teams are willing to take a look at Jason Richards?
 
Expectations and the situation he will be put in is the key for him, I think we all agree that he isn't going to be a star. His handles (right now) aren't good enough to run the point, but he also won't be asked to be a point guard in the league. He will be used as a spot-up shooter to spread the floor who can also create for himself in some matchups.
 
a bunch of haters here. the guy had the whole defense geared to stop him, he still dropped 25 points on them and you're cryin about his handle and a few air balls. Curry was a pg in high school btw, his handle is fine, so is his defense and so is his quickness. there was no need for him to play any pg minutes at all with a richards on that team, and there is no need for curry to be a pg in the NBA either.
 
a bunch of haters here. the guy had the whole defense geared to stop him, he still dropped 25 points on them and you're cryin about his handle and a few air balls. Curry was a pg in high school btw, his handle is fine, so is his defense and so is his quickness. there was no need for him to play any pg minutes at all with a richards on that team, and there is no need for curry to be a pg in the NBA either.
being a pg in high school doesn't mean that you can be a pg in college or the nba. it just means that you were a pg in high school.
 
a bunch of haters here. the guy had the whole defense geared to stop him, he still dropped 25 points on them and you're cryin about his handle and a few air balls. Curry was a pg in high school btw, his handle is fine, so is his defense and so is his quickness. there was no need for him to play any pg minutes at all with a richards on that team, and there is no need for curry to be a pg in the NBA either.
Exactly how were defenses geared to stop him? By playing him man to man? This isn't football where you can double team a receiver every play, and he's not a big man, where you can double him in the post every time he touches the ball.

Questions will be answered next year when he plays the point for Davidson. Since he's returning to school, we don't really need to speculate at this point.

No HB, we're not basing it just on the way the Kansas game ended, he's been suspect every time I've seen him handle the ball in the Tournament.
 
a bunch of haters here. the guy had the whole defense geared to stop him, he still dropped 25 points on them and you're cryin about his handle and a few air balls. Curry was a pg in high school btw, his handle is fine, so is his defense and so is his quickness. there was no need for him to play any pg minutes at all with a richards on that team, and there is no need for curry to be a pg in the NBA either.
we aint haters,,,,,,,,we just dont have blinders on.....the guy dropped 25 pts after taking 25 shots....his handles are fine when there's 1 defender, when there's defenders around him, it's easy to poke the ball away....he was a pg in hs?!?!?!? like i said before, all that means is he SUCKED as a PG in hs, and that'sprobably why he wasnt recruited....if his coach had him play the 2 in high school, he'd probably be at a major program.

His defense is fine?!?! Nate Robinson could post him up. And if he's not gonna be a PG in the NBA, he sure as hell isnt going to be a SG.....no one's gonna draft him and say 'ok you run around screens, we'll give it to you, you shoot', if rip hamilton was 6 feet tall, he probably wouldnt be in the league.

And he choked at the end....it's not about handles, it's about him being the man and not finding a way to take that shot.....KObe BRyant, or any other star of a team of nobodies, should not be passing up the ball....Luke Walton is not taking the game winning shot.......it's one thing if he drove and kicked to an open man, but he basically said here you take this 25 footer.

These short 2 guards who try to make up their lack of size by playing point almost never work out cause they dont have the right mentality.......freaking lobster boy had it going on....yet curry forced a bunch of bad shots the last 8-10 minutes....and if the D is keying on you, he shoudl've been able to use his handles and passing (which you say is fine) to find open teammates.
 
Exactly how were defenses geared to stop him? By playing him man to man? This isn't football where you can double team a receiver every play, and he's not a big man, where you can double him in the post every time he touches the ball.

Questions will be answered next year when he plays the point for Davidson. Since he's returning to school, we don't really need to speculate at this point.

No HB, we're not basing it just on the way the Kansas game ended, he's been suspect every time I've seen him handle the ball in the Tournament.
Really, for a guy that defenses are out to stop him, dont you think with his 'suspect' ball handling he would be coughing up more turnovers? The guy had a total of 5 turnovers all tournament. Considering he usually had someone breathing down his neck everytime he had the ball, don't you think thats remarkable. Sometimes you guy blow things out of proportion. A lot of you have already said he is going to be a bench specialist, if he is going to play point its going to be for limited minutes. THERE is nothing wrong with his ball handling that won't let him do that.
 
HB this is the NBA Draft Forum, this is not the College Forum. Curry is a phenom in college and we all appreciate his game and what he can do. There are busts that happen every year in the LOTTERY. Curry is not going to go in the lottery, so there is a much higher chance that he doesn't produce at all in the League. You have to nitpick when you're scouting for the next level, if you don't nitpick you end up morgaging your future on Joe Forte. Great college player no doubt, but the kid didn't have NBA skill. Ditto for whichever team didn't nitpick William Avery's game. If you want us to glow about the positives of Curry's game, then go to the College Forum. If you want to know exactly why the second best player in the 2008 NCAA Tournament might not even be a first round pick in the NBA, then come here.

His ball handling is not fine. He only handled the ball in limited minutes because Richards was out on the floor all the time. When he handled it he did not look comfortable or natural with the ball. He looks natural coming off screens and getting the slightest separation at the free throw line and knocking down a mid-range shot with his lightning quick release. That's how Davidson used him, and that's why he didn't turn the ball over. Look at him with a critical eye and you'll see the same thing when he is asked to handle the ball.

Of course this is all moot because Curry is coming back next year to be Davidson's starting point guard. If he shows that he can handle the ball and run an offense, his stock will rise. He has a better chance of hitting the first round by doing this than by declaring now and trying to prove it in workouts.
 
I think his ball handling is just fine. He utilizes the stutter step quite nicely, even with Chalmers hawkish defense he rarely coughed the ball up. You guys make it sound like this guy can't even dribble the ball. If you want to complain about anything, it should be the fact that he doesn't pick up assists. His ball handling is not the problem. How you are going to ignore the fact that he only had 5 turnovers all tournament is beyond me? Teams were out to stop him. Tell me a moment in the tournament when he was seeing one or two defenders trying to pry the ball for him.
 
The point guard project is off to a good start, with 29pts, 10ast, and 9stl. Was only against the mighty Guilford Quakers, though; we'll see if the playmaking continues.
 
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