“He’s not always the GOLDEN BOY” Jay Williams urges Stephen Curry to have brought out his alter ‘EGO’ during ESPYs
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Jay Williams on Stephen Curry
Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry won the 2022 NBA Finals despite being taunted as the dark horses. A major reason behind their success was the form of 3-Point King and the fire in the team ignited by numerous critics, faced throughout the regular season. After the Championship run, superstar Stephen Curry grabbed the headlines at ESPYs this year. The reigning NBA Finals MVP hosted the event and won 2 awards too, doubling the joy. He also took a little dig at LeBron James during his opening monologue, which was uncalled for.
On ESPN’s morning radio show Keyshawn, Jay Williams, and Max, former NBA player Jay Williams shared his opinions on the same. He highlighted the other side of Stephen Curry that was evident at ESPYs when he had a backhanded comment aimed at King James, though Curry also spoke highly regarding the WNBA star Grinner’s situation.
But former Bulls guard Jay Williams spoke about the alternate persona that Curry embodies, as he said, “This is who Steph is to me, like he has this image, like he’s the Golden Boy. He’s the family guy. All this which he is. But there’s also this other side of him that he can slide it and every small way and he holds on to it and he’s vindictive. That’s what you love about him,”
Covering for a massive statement regarding Steph and his image, Jay added, “By the way, this is Steph’s alter ego, like don’t get it twisted. Steph is that dude that obviously when he won the chip he was like, what they gonna say now hmm, you know, directed towards Max Kellerman pretty much,”
While at the ESPYs, Steph Curry became only the second player, after LeBron James to host ESPYs. James hosted the event in 2007, when he was still with the Cavs, but won the award in 2012 as a Heat player. Steph n the other hand hosted the event and won awards for Best Record-Breaking Performance, and Best NBA player award. So, Curry took the opportunity to remind the world that he won the NBA title this year while LeBron James lost in the NBA Finals in 2007 to the San Antonio Spurs, a gentle reminder.
Stephen Curry is an assassin on and off the court
There are many nicknames for Stephen Curry during his 13 seasons in the league. 3-point king, Steph, and Baby faced assassin are some very famous ones. While 3-point king and Steph are very normal and directed towards his gameplay, Baby Faced Assassin is something that many would fear about a 4-time NBA Champion.
Though the 2021-22 NBA season belonged to the Warriors and particularly Steph Curry, he always lived up to the “assassin” name given to him. Very recently we saw him capturing his fourth championship in eight years and also winning his maiden Finals MVP award with the same mentality.
During the finals series, Curry had a somewhat silent performance against the Celtics team in game 5, but the looks he gave, sitting on the bench. And he returned with a bang scoring 34 points with six 3-pointers to assassinate his opponents. Also after the Championship and Finals MVP award, he threw disses at the critics who doubted his team and capabilities – just like an assassin would do.
Also, many of Curry’s on-court fights are very famous, with defenders hackling him over the limit. Curry did return the favor with a huge game against his opponents, either in the same game or the next game. “Curry remembers” as it would fit his reaction games.
Talking about Curry’s recent massive production at age of 34, he finished the regular season averaging 25.5 points, 6.3 assists, and 5.2 rebounds per game. He shot 43.7% from the field and 38.0% from beyond the arc. He also shot 92.3% from the free-throw line and recorded 12 double-doubles, along with two triple-doubles.
Curry went down with an ankle injury towards the end of the regular season but made a strong return after the rest and in the playoffs, the Baby-faced assassin had one of the all-time great runs as he averaged over 27 points per game in the postseason this year.
“Baby face” Steph is certainly a killer on the floor, and that’s what is required to win games for the team.
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