Steph Curry is the greatest shooter to ever live. We’ve known this for the better part of a decade, and maybe as far back as 2008 (though someone probably should have let the T-Wolves know), when Curry led 10th-seeded Davidson to March Madness upsets of Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin.
But now it’s quantifiable. With one, silky smooth motion—one we’ve seen a record 2,977 times in his career—Curry became immortal, inheriting the crown as basketball’s all-time three-point king.
Ray Allen sitting courtside. Reggie Miller on the call. Celebrities occupying every inch of Madison Square Garden. It was perfect, an aurora borealis of exquisite basketball beauty, all in one breathtaking photo, courtesy of Meadowlark Media’s Tom Haberstroh.
They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. This one is worth a combined 8,510 three-pointers.
It’s not Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston or Michael Jordan taking off from the free-throw line, but this is a truly arresting image, capturing three legendary players—Curry, Allen and Miller—reacting to an iconic moment in NBA history.
You could argue that no player in the past decade, save for possibly LeBron James, has impacted the game of basketball as dramatically as Curry, revolutionizing the sport with his perimeter prowess. All hail the Baby-Faced Assassin, a three-point god and, as James called him last week, a “once-in-a-lifetime” player.
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