30. Stephen Curry
Let's start of by taking a look at last season.
24.0 points per game, 8.5 assists per game, 4.1 rebounds per game, 1.6 steals per game. SICK.
The kid is the best shooter in the league. Everyone knows it. If you don't think so, look at his eye-popping
44.0% career three-point % which is scary considering the volume. On top of being an elite shooter, he is a great point guard (8.5 apg) and can dribble drive, penetrate, dish, as well as rebound (4.3 for a point guard!), defend (very underrated here), and simply make everyone around him better with his off the charts basketball iq.
With Wilt an anchor down low on both sides of the ball, Curry should be able to get amazing looks for The Stilt, and vice-versa as Wilt himself was an amazing passer, as exemplified by the fact that Wilt led the league in assists one season.
Insane: Record 270 three pointers in one season!!!!!
Undeniable form!!! Elbow in!!!
IMO, the kid is the best shooter the league has ever seen and will go down that way in about ten years time. You can't leave him open.
But even if you are trying to double or triple Wilt down low, which everyone tried to do, AND still have someone on Steph, that means my next pick, statistically the most prolific three point shooter of all-time in NBA history, will be open to throw three point daggers in dat ***.
31. Ray Allen
One of my favorite scenes in movie history. "You get that hatred out your heart son, or you'll end up just another *****...like your father."
I digress. But that said, Allen really was poetry in motion when shooting. And Denzel was his dad which makes him doubly badass.
Ray-Ray is first all-time in three pointers made with 2,973. How far behind is 2nd place? We'll get to that in a second. What most people don't remember is that Ray Allen was simply a great overall basketball player. Despite seeming to be relegated to a role player of sorts the last few years, Ray's career averages are still 18.9 points per game, 4.1 rebounds per game, 3.4 assists per game, 1.1 steals, and 40% from three. The guy was a solid defender too and like Curry can play both on and off the ball amazingly well which is huge here.
He may not have gotten six chicks in one night like Wilt but being double-teamed by two smokin' pron stars is just as nice.
A draft wouldn't be a draft without a pic of Borat somewhere. And he's stoked because Ray-Ray has 413 more three pointers in his career than the guy in 2nd. That should balloon over the next season or two, too.
I have Wilt down low. What these two picks gives me is two guys who can score any way they want. Dribble drive, penetrate, off a curl, set threes, name it, these guys' elite shooting and basketball iq is off the charts for me. But they also do so much more with their strong ability to pass, rebound, play strong team defense, play strong team basketball, and in playoff games, hit big shots and yep, hit free throws. These two are at 89.6% and 89.4% from the line for their careers. Good luck in the waning moments.
