He’s doing it because Golden State-now 29-29, in ninth place in the Western Conference, with an injury-wracked and ill-stocked roster-needs every ounce of offense Curry can muster just to stay afloat in the race for a play-in tournament that might not motivate Draymond but represents the team’s most viable pathway to the postseason. With the exception of Andrew Wiggins and occasionally Kelly Oubre Jr., there is nobody else on the current Warriors roster who can reliably create his own shot, and certainly nobody else who can create one as likely to go in, from as many different areas of the court. Unanimous, Ruling (Steph Curry, Then and Now) Season That is, until you land on a Warriors game. That tilt has been impossible to ignore as of late as more players break down and more blowouts pile up, it’s become harder and harder to locate that love and lock into the joy. “And I think this year, the industry side has taken precedence over some of the love and the joy.”
“The NBA is a great balance of, like, the pure love and joy of one of the best sports in the world mixed with a billion-dollar industry,” VanVleet said, speaking from the perspective of a man whose near-All-Star season was derailed when he and several teammates and coaches contracted COVID-19. As Raptors guard Fred VanVleet recently told reporters, “Probably the most unpure year of basketball I’ve ever been a part of.” For the most part, though, this season-conducted in the throes of a pandemic, abbreviated and accelerated, with injury, illness, and overarching anxiety suffusing each night’s slate-has felt compromised. There’s been stuff to savor: the overwhelming brilliance of Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid, the ascent of the Jazz and the Suns, the surprising resurgence of the Knicks and the Hawks, a galaxy of stars shining brightly on any given night, etc.
The 2020-21 NBA season hasn’t been devoid of delight, exactly.
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