The NBA’s top point guard this season, Stephen Curry, is already at the top of the MVP race debate and has the stats to prove it. 23 points per game, 8 assists, 4.8 rebounds and only 3.2 turnovers per game while shooting 49.9% from the field and 39% from 3 point range. Great stats for Curry.
The one thing he might want to improve is that turnover ratio, it could be improved compared to a guy like John Wall who averages 10 assists per game and 3.8 turnovers per game. Overall though, Curry’s ratio isn’t bad at all.
From Kurt Helin of NBC’s Probasketballtalk.
Stephen Curry turns the ball over on about 14.7 percent of the possessions he uses, which is a low number considering the volume of plays he uses. It works out to 3.2 turnovers per game this season, which is a nice ratio compared to his eight assists a game.
For Warriors fans, they might be happy to find out the Warriors star is getting in trouble for all of his transgressions. Even though his mistakes are very minimal this year on the team with the best record in the NBA, there still is an issue of his turnovers that is being solved by no one else than Curry’s mother, Sonya.
From Ann Killion of the San Fransisco Cronicle:
Sonya came up with the idea of fining her son a few seasons ago, frustrated at watching him lose the ball too many times in one game. She checked with her husband, former NBA guard Dell, on what would be a reasonable number of turnovers to hold Stephen to per game; they settled on three. Anything more than that, he owes his mother: $100 per giveaway. Anything under is subtracted from his total.
At the end of the season, Curry doesn’t write his mother a check; she just lets him know — usually through his wife, Ayesha — what fashion items she has had her eye on.
“It keeps me on the edge every game,” he said. “I know she’s going to text me or have some witty one-liner about what she’s going to buy with all of my gifts.”
Curry’s mom is still keeping him in check and that’s just great to see. With some help from his Dad, former NBA player Dell Curry, and Steph’s wife Ayesha, Curry has reduced his overall number. I could only imagine what goes through Curry’s head whenever he makes a bad pass or just carelessly dribbles the ball. He just sees $100 float away.
Interesting to note where Curry’s exact number would be though compared to another star that is his bitter opposite for the MVP talk this year, Houston Rockets guard James Harden.
More from Helin.
But it works. Curry’s turnovers are down and if the season ended right now he’d owe his mom just $600. That’s barely a handbag or good pair of shoes, according to my wife who I have to consult on such fashion issues.
As Ben Rohrbach noted at Ball Don’t Lie, if James Harden‘s mom did this she would be owed $4,200 already this season.
