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Stephen Curry Rumors
So give us a bit of a behind the scenes look if you can. What's the rating system like? How do you guys go about putting together ratings? Ronnie 2K: Yeah, there's 30 some-odd mini ratings and mini attributes that get cooked into a formula, and it's based purely on performance on the court. In some cases, it's based on, like the young guys, right? We don't have a ton of sample information of them playing against other NBA people. So their's can kind of dramatically increase or decrease based on performance as you would expect and then the people that have been in the league for 10 or 15 years. It's a little bit more sticky, right? Like they're rating is kind of what you would expect. LeBron and Steph. I think they're both down one point from last year. People like Giannis and Jokic have stayed about the same. You would expect that, but like somebody like Cade Cunningham, whose in year three or four and missed a good chunk of the early parts in his career just jumped up six points. [Victor Wembanyama] hen we jumped up six points, so there's a lot of people that are going to grow.
The the most controversial ratings list I've seen so far is the mid-range jumpers list. That one, a lot of people seemed to react to it with Nikola Jokic being number one, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander technically being ranked fifth and then Kawhi Leonard not being ranked anywhere in that top ten. Ronnie 2K: Yeah, let me talk about that. I think a lot of people see things in terms of volume or feel and both of those are wrong. What it really is based off of is per-36 or whatever metric that we have that's based on how often they're shooting it and how successful they are shooting it. I saw this example: I think if you look at the three-point list, it's actually even more relevant. You have Isaiah Joe, who's not even a starter on the Thunder, gets about 20 minutes and I think he's 5th on that list or something like that. You're like why and it's because his per-36 numbers are behind only Stephen Curry percentage-wise and in terms of volume, he shoots I think he makes like five every 36 minutes or something like that uh so yeah a lot of it's based on on per-36 as opposed to like pure volume.
Michael Porter Jr: Stephen Curry is the only one that's clearly a better shooter than me
Name the players in the league that can for sure shoot better than me? Michael Porter Jr: Stephen Curry—that’s the only one I’m giving like a clear “elite, can shoot better than me.” There’s dudes that are on the same level: I think Klay Thompson. KD, I think like... If I got in the gym, like Duncan Robinson—he probably can shoot with me. You know—Trae Young, Dame... But I think Steph is the only one that’s clearly a better shooter.
Stephen Curry doesn’t rule out coaching after retirement
What about coaching, at any level, in the future? Never say never. “I mean, anything is possible,” Stephen Curry said. “Who knows what the future holds. But the idea of yeah, that alternate universe, I would have been happy as hell to be a high school coach, knowing how important that presence is for kids. Everybody has a role to play. I took a different path.”
“I didn’t know that he was going to end up playing basketball,” Curry’s wife, Ayesha, recently revealed on an episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “He said he wanted to be a high school basketball coach. I thought I was going to be, like, the girl out there getting it. I didn’t know.”
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So, I'm going to ask you the question that people ask me a lot now, which is: "So, how much longer are you going to do this?" Steph Curry: I know. Uh, it's the question you ask yourself every morning. You wake up, and you want to, you know, go spend some time in the gym and keep working on your craft. I still love it, so it's not really a question of urgency now. But, you know, I got some advice from some pros who extended their careers—it's like, you just take it every two years and give everything you've got to it, and then you kind of reassess at that point. So, I'm starting a new cycle over, and you know the work you have to put in to stay at your level. Interviewer: So... not anytime soon? Steph Curry: Nope.
Do you ever feel like you're a prisoner of fame? Steph Curry: Occasionally—especially when you're out with your family, trying to, you know, create memories for them and a normal childhood experience. But, um, yeah. There's a little bit of extra preparation in terms of how you move around, which—it comes with it. But yeah.
Can three guys over the age of 35 really contend for a championship? Steph Curry: We're going to find out. I think we can. There's a level of know-how. I think what we did last year—those last three quarters or a third of the season after the trade deadline—we were, you know, top three in the league in both offense and defense. All the metrics showed we were a really good team. Obviously, we have to stay healthy and get through the regular season at a high level. But I like the identity that we have, and the foundation of knowing how to play together—especially toward the end of last season.
Two Bay Area GOATs in their respective lanes are teaming up under one huge roof, the Westin St. Francis in Union Square. Michael Mina, the celebrity chef who gained nationwide acclaim for his San Francisco restaurants, is tagging in Golden State Warrior Steph Curry for two new projects debuting this fall in the hotel. The former will bring the twelfth location of his Bourbon Steak restaurants back to San Francisco, already a hit in Seattle and New York. The latter will open the Eighth Rule, a bourbon-driven bar, per a press release. The two projects will open in October, with both concepts hiring now.
Curry’s project comes to life about two years after releasing his whiskey brand Gentleman’s Cut. MINA Group will run the day-to-day operations of the bar. There’ll be a craft cocktail menu and spirits served neat, plus small dishes.
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Chef Michael Mina will return to the downtown San Francisco hotel where he opened his first and eponymous fine dining restaurant 20 years ago — and he’s drafted Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry to open an adjacent bourbon bar. Mina is resurrecting his modern steakhouse Bourbon Steak at the Westin St. Francis at Union Square in October. Across the lobby will be the Eighth Rule, a reservations-only bar that marks Curry’s first brick-and-mortar hospitality business, though not his first foray into bourbon. Two years ago, he launched bourbon whiskey company Gentleman’s Cut. The Eighth Rule will serve cocktails and a spirits menu, according to an announcement. Curry is involved in the development of the business, and Mina Group will operate it.
Warriors have called Lakers multiple times over past year and a half to register interest in LeBron James
As long as LeBron James' future in Los Angeles remains uncertain, Golden State will undoubtedly be mentioned as a potential James suitor. I'm told that the Warriors have called the Lakers on multiple occasions over the past 18 months to see whether there is any trade pathway to pairing James with Stephen Curry, who roughly a year ago at this time was teaming with LeBron for the United States senior men's national team on its run to a gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
When Stephen Curry joined Team USA for the 2024 Paris Olympics, he knew he needed to be the team’s leader. Speaking exclusively to ClutchPoints, Curry’s former Davidson coach Bob McKillop shared the story of one Team USA practice when he visited Curry — and what Curry believed their greatest challenge was to winning the gold medal. In the summer of 2024, Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and others were all still learning how to play together. Before the Olympics began, Bob McKillop went to visit his former player and good friend at a Team USA practice. McKillop immediately noticed one thing that separated Curry from his fellow All-Star teammates. “[Steph] was diligent, detailed, incredibly sharp about the way he practiced, vis-a-vis his teammates who were great talents, but didn’t have the same attention to detail that he has,” McKillop explained. “He then went and practiced by himself for 30 minutes, which he always does.”
McKillop then asked Curry about his thoughts on the newly formed Team USA. Steph responded with the one thing he was concerned about. “[Curry] said, ‘My biggest challenge with all these great talents is that we gotta be a team, and I’ve gotta be a leader. And that’s gonna be my objective: to be a leader of this team to the gold medal.'” The former Davidson coach then pointed to their very next exhibition game against Canada. Curry didn’t take the shots he would normally take. And when the Olympics started, McKillop saw the same trend. “First five, six games, same experience. He was holding back … and it was impacting his shooting ability. He was not making the shots maybe because he didn’t want to take the shot.”
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