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Apr 29, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) drives past Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul (3) during 1st half action in game five of the first round of the 2014 NBA Playoffs at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports /

3. Steph Curry, Golden State Warriors

I was listening to the Eye on Basketball podcast with Zach Harper and Matt Moore the other day, and Harper said that Curry should shoot ten threes per game. He was mildly joking at the time, but it totally makes sense! Curry should shoot ten threes per game. In his career, Curry is a 44 percent three-point shooter. 44 PERCENT! Even if he misses a couple more and that percentage drops, he’s still going to make more threes, if he shoots more. That’s just math.

Curry is the best shooter I’ve ever seen, but I’m pretty young, so there might be some super old guy with a better jumper. I doubt it, though.

There’s only a select group of players in the league that strike fear in the heart of opposing fans, and Curry is probably second to Durant on that list. Once Curry gets it going, there’s no stopping him.

Someone needs to make an app that lets everyone else know when Curry’s heating up (“Hot Curry,” anyone?). It’s too hard to check twitter at work or some function. We need an app that sends us alerts as Curry heats up along with an excuse to get us out of whatever we’re doing. Then, you can run home or to the nearest sports bar and get to a TV.

Here’s an example of the alert:

"Curry made back-to-back jumpers. Your apartment is on fire."

Season	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P%	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	PTS
2011-12	26	28.2	5.6	11.4	.490	.455	.809	3.4	5.3	1.5	14.7
2012-13	78	38.2	8.0	17.8	.451	.453	.900	4.0	6.9	1.6	22.9
2013-14 ★	78	36.5	8.4	17.7	.471	.424	.885	4.3	8.5	1.6	24.0
Career	336	35.6	7.3	15.7	.467	.440	.896	4.1	6.7	1.6	20.3

Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 10/5/2014.

Curry averaged 24.0 PPG on 47 percent shooting last season. He also averaged a career high 8.5 assists per game. If Curry could slightly increase his points and assists, statistically, he’d be right in the mix for the MVP.

On top of that, Curry would have to lead the Warriors to the top of the Western Conference. Although I don’t think that’s entirely necessary, as I’ve stated previously, no one will vote for Curry if the Warriors are fifth in the West. Now, if he takes them up to second or third by the end of the season, Curry would have a shot at the MVP.

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