Bradley Beal has explained how Stephen Curry “messed up the game” of basketball.
Stephen Curry is one of the best players in the game right now if not the very best, and some would even argue that he is one of the greatest of all time. While his career accolades speak for themselves – a glorious list that includes four NBA Championships, two MVP awards, and a Finals MVP – it is his influence on the game that is key to his claim as one of the best.
Curry is said to have revolutionized the game in over one way. Standing at 6 feet and 3 inches, Curry is about four inches shorter than the average NBA player but ever since he got drafted into the NBA in 2009 – Curry has been a beacon of inspiration for guys of smaller size. But Curry changed the game even further than that – as confirmed by Bradley Beal.
The Washington Wizards star was speaking to the Old Man and The Three podcast earlier this week, and he came clean about why he thinks Steph Curry “messed up the game.”
Why does Beal think that Curry “messed up the game”?
According to Beal, Curry “messed up the game” in terms of three pointers as he gave value to the three pointer, and made it normal for everyone to shoot threes.
Beal explained: “I think he heard the youth, because the youth loves three pointers. But you could just see in the league, like how we value the three point line now. It’s not just something that we just look at, you know, like a spacer. We value it, in all five positions – you need to have everybody be able to shoot a three. Steph, Klay, and that whole team, they changed the game.”
“We value it (now), in all five positions – you need to have everybody be able to shoot a three. Steph, Klay, and that whole team, they changed the game.”
Bradley Beal
Beal certainly has a point as someone statistically found it out that in 2021-22, 29 of 30 teams averaged at least 30 three-point attempts per game. Ten years earlier, only one team averaged even 25 per game.
A lot of that change can be attributed to the Golden State Warriors superstar who broke the all time three pointed record last season as he overtook Ray Allen on his way to the title.
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