Steph Curry remembers watching on TV when Ray Allen passed Reggie Miller in 2011 as the NBA’s all-time leading 3-point shooter, recently telling reporters it was a “dope moment” in his memory bank. Now Curry is on the brink of passing Allen, and the legendary sharpshooter said he’ll try to be in the building if/when Curry breaks the record.
Allen appeared on the “Dan Patrick Show” Friday to discuss the countdown to Curry’s milestone. Steph will enter Saturday’s contest against the Philadelphia 76ers needing 10 3-pointers to surpass Allen’s career total of 2,973 trifectas.
“It’s only appropriate that I find my way there, by hook or by crook,” Allen said. “I don’t know where it’s going to be, so I gotta kinda watch this thing.”
Allen said he’ll have to keep an eye on the Warriors schedule while also juggling the responsibilities of coaching at Gulliver Prep in Miami. The Warriors will also play the Indiana Pacers (Monday), New York Knicks (Tuesday), Boston Celtics (Friday) and Toronto Raptors (Saturday) on this five-game road swing.
Patrick asked Allen if he’d consider showing up and heckling Curry or making him a sign.
“If you haven’t watched anything the past 12 years, that’s not gonna bother Steph,” Allen said.
Curry has changed the game since he entered the league in 2009. Steph is averaging a career-high 13.3 3-point attempts per game while having an ultimate green light from coach Steve Kerr. During his rookie season, Curry averaged just 4.8 3-point shots per game.
“When I first got into the league, to shoot a 3-pointer was, like, forbidden,” Allen said, “Coach got mad at you, he’d take you out of the game. He wanted you to swing the ball and throw it into the post. It started to evolve.”
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Allen and Curry went head-to-head seven times in their careers with Allen going 4-3. Curry shot 48.5 percent (16-of-32) from distance in those games while Allen made 37.5 percent (12-of-32) of his 3-point attempts in those matchups.
Allen also said the title of Greatest Shooter of All-Time shouldn’t be completely tied to career 3-point totals.
“We shouldn’t be comparing,” Allen said. “It has nothing to do – it doesn’t say that he’s a better shooter than me or I’m a better shooter than him, or we’re better than Reggie. It just is a number based on the timeframe that we’ve played in and how we’ve had an effect on the game while we played. I would never say that I was better than Reggie.”
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