Stephen Curry named AP’s Male Athlete of the Year

He spent the off day distributing boxes of food and basic essentials to families at Beebe Memorial Cathedral and repeatedly said he was fine. Jackson, who coached the Warriors from 2011 to 2014, suggested during their game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday that young players are learning the wrong things from Curry’s game. He had suffered the injury two days earlier when the Utah Jazz’s Rodney Hood kneed him in the calf. “If you can’t, stop”.

“He kind of took me under his wing as a youngster when I was in college”, Curry told Yahoo Sports.

Bryant has 719,235 votes, far ahead of runner-up Stephen Curry (510,202), the NBA’s reigning MVP for the Warriors, and more than double LeBron James of the Cavaliers (357,937).

However, Jackson, an analyst for ESPN who was courtside for the Warriors’ Christmas Day game against the Cavaliers, is not bitter.

While Curry seemed to laugh it off, Bogut skewered Jackson and his analysis.

They’re not going to drop for anybody else. “It’s all about practice and routine and repetition that can help you get to that point, so you can’t skip that part of the process”. There was a compliment in there. “I don’t know if you’ll ever see Kyrie and myself go 0-for-11 from 3 again”. Nash, in fact, said he wished he was growing up now, modeling his game after Curry. Of course “Steph Curry is hurting basketball” is a pretty ludicrous starting point for any conversation, but I’m fascinated by Jackson’s underlying point. He’s a champion. Understand what I’m saying when I say this: To a degree, he’s hurt the game.

“He’s hurting the game”.

Stephen Curry is not universally considered the best player in the National Basketball Association – or even a point guard, depending on who you talk to – but nobody can deny his accomplishments in 2015.

James was the high-scorer in the game with 25 points, but was made to work for it as he shot 10-of-26 from the field against a range of Golden State defenders. People think he’s just a knockdown shooter. That’s not why he’s the MVP. “Through 48 minutes we followed our defensive game plan and made it tough on them but offensively we were out of rhythm and have to be better”.

Peep reactions to Jackson’s suspect commentary below and on the flip. And if Curry and the Warriors continue playing at the level they are now for the season’s remainder, it may very well include another award from the AP come this time next year. Curry joins Larry Bird (1986), Michael Jordan (1991-93) and LeBron James (2013) as the only basketball players to earn the honor since the award’s inception in 1931, topping golfer Jordan Spieth and Triple Crown victor American Pharoah for the award.

Curry’s achievements in 2015 is a laundry list of accomplishments.

“He is a special player, a special talent, a special person more than anything, and I think it’s great for our league”, James said.