“ My prep workouts are intense, physically and mentally », explained Stephen Curry in 2018, about his work during the offseason. To get an idea of the intensity in question, just listen to Brandon Payne, his physical trainer.
Especially when it comes to his shooting work. “ We never do anything from the same distance, we work at alternating distance, which for us is long 2-point shots and semi-long 3-point shots. We work in this range begins by describing the technician, at the microphone of Amin Elhassan and Tom Haberstroh’s podcast.
The idea being to go from one corner to another, to move around a lot, and to run for four shots at a time. “ Then when two guys go there, we shoot four times from one corner to another, but we play until the first one reaches 12 points. If you don’t take many shots, you have to run a lot. It’s corner to corner, then free throws, then out of dribble “, enumerates Brandon Payne.
The latter remembers that that day, Trae Young participated in training alongside the leader of the Warriors. Equipped with a weighted vest, he would have struggled to keep up. ” After he pulled himself together he was good, he was ready and he finished the whole practice. The start on the first minutes was a bit hard for him, but he recovered extremely well “, describes the preparer.
We must believe that the leader of the Hawks was not the worst off following this kind of session. Brandon Payne recalls training with another NBA player, whose name will not be known, who tried to follow Curry and paid the price.
” We had a player who is still in the NBA who spent the first five minutes, sat on the floor next to the door for about 30 seconds. He came out and threw up, it was over. He was a good player too… “Describes the specialist without saying more about the state of health of the player in question that day.
The anecdote can however say a lot about the level of requirement set by the best shooter in history.
| Stephen Curry | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2009-10 | GOS | 80 | 36 | 46.2 | 43.7 | 88.5 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 17.5 |
| 2010-11 | GOS | 74 | 34 | 48.0 | 44.2 | 93.4 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 18.6 |
| 2011-12 | GOS | 26 | 28 | 49.0 | 45.5 | 80.9 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 14.7 |
| 2012-13 | GOS | 78 | 38 | 45.1 | 45.3 | 90.0 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 22.9 |
| 2013-14 | GOS | 78 | 37 | 47.1 | 42.4 | 88.5 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 24.0 |
| 2014-15 ★ | GOS | 80 | 33 | 48.7 | 44.3 | 91.4 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 23.8 |
| 2015-16 ★ | GOS | 79 | 34 | 50.4 | 45.4 | 90.8 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 30.1 |
| 2016-17 | GOS | 79 | 33 | 46.8 | 41.1 | 89.8 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 25.3 |
| 2017-18 | GOS | 51 | 32 | 49.5 | 42.3 | 92.1 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 26.4 |
| 2018-19 | GOS | 69 | 34 | 47.2 | 43.7 | 91.6 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 27.3 |
| 2019-20 | GOS | 5 | 28 | 40.2 | 24.5 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 20.8 |
| 2020-21 | GOS | 63 | 34 | 48.2 | 42.1 | 91.6 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 32.0 |
| 2021-22 | GOS | 64 | 35 | 43.7 | 38.0 | 92.3 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 25.5 |
| 2022-23 | GOS | 20 | 35 | 51.8 | 43.6 | 90.7 | 0.6 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 31.4 |
| Total | 846 | 34 | 47.5 | 42.8 | 90.8 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 24.5 | |
