Stephen Curry has spent more than a decade making defenders look stuck in quicksand, and Deuce McBride just added his own name to the list of players who know exactly why.
On a recent appearance on “The Crew Has It” podcast, the New York Knicks guard talked through the challenge of trying to stay attached to the Golden State Warriors star. McBride pointed first to Curry’s nonstop movement, then to the way he never gives defenders a clean read.
“For me, it’s Steph. He never stops running.
But on top of that, he always plays smart,” McBride said. “So he keeps you constantly under pressure because you never really know what he’s going to do.”
That unpredictability, McBride explained, is what makes Curry such a brutal cover. He can hurt a defense in a dozen different ways, whether he’s pulling up, moving without the ball, or slipping into space at just the right moment.
“He can fake a shot, pass, cut, pop back out… You never know if he’s just serving as a decoy or if the ball is really coming back to him. And you can see in the way he plays that he wants to win.
Plus, he’s physically strong. He might not look it, but his balance and strength… One time, I tried to push him, and he didn’t budge at all.
I said to myself: ‘Oh yeah…'”
Curry is now heading into the 2026-27 season after an injury-riddled year that included knee issues. The hope around the fanbase is that those problems are behind him, though his age means the coaching staff will probably stay careful with his minutes. If he’s healthy, though, the league’s guards know the assignment: another long night chasing No. 30 around the floor.
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