Stephen Curry has had a monster past couple of seasons, and it should come as no surprise that the seventh-year guard will reportedly be named NBA MVP for the second-straight year, according to ESPN‘s Marc Stein.
Stein first reported the news via Twitter:
Warriors guard Stephen Curry will this week be named NBA Most Valuable Player for a second successive season, ESPN has learned.
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) May 9, 2016
Last season, the Warriors won 67 games, just the 10th team in NBA history to reach that mark. They ran through the Western Conference playoffs last season, and were able to secure the franchise’s fourth championship in a six-game victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals.
Coming into the 2015-16 season, the Warriors were expected to be good just as they were the year before. They returned essentially the same roster, but nobody envisioned what would become of them this year. They became better, and set a new standard for regular season greatness with a 73-win regular season, breaking the 72-win mark held by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls.
Steph Curry, who already took the league by storm with his flashy style of play, somehow got even more impressive. His shot attempts from the field and three-point range went up two and three attempts respectively this season from last season, and his overall percentage still went up. He led the league in scoring with 30.1 points per game, as well as 2.1 steals per game.
Steph on 🔥. #DubsRetro pic.twitter.com/3OvGQpJmB1
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) April 6, 2016
Curry also shattered his own record for most 3-pointers made in a regular season with 402. His previous high was 286 from last season. And that’s with him sitting out plenty of fourth quarters over the course of the season.
Playing the Warriors is often described as demoralizing, because no matter how well you play, often times it just won’t be enough. In 31 of the Warriors games this season, Curry has had at least six made 3-pointers, four times he made 10 or more. In those 31 games, the Warriors are 28-3, and it’s easy to see why.
The soon-to-be 2-time MVP also gave us arguably the best moment of the regular season:
Warriors’ Stephen Curry hits deep, deep, deep last-second three, his 12th of the game, to beat Thunder in OT pic.twitter.com/1ooiRUEC00
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) February 28, 2016
Curry has seen a string of injuries in the postseason, but the Warriors continue to battle without him, and have remained impressive despite his absence. But there’s no doubt that the Warriors and basketball fans alike can’t wait to see the MVP back on the floor, and wrap up what has been one of the greatest seasons we’ve seen in NBA history.
[ESPN]
