Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry is just on his sixth season but has broken a number of scoring and shooting records, now even the retired Steve Nash believes he is the best shooter in the history of the NBA.
Nash is one of only seven players in league history to have 50-40-90 shooting in a season (field goal percentage, 3-point percentage, free throw percentage) with the two-time NBA Most Valuable Player doing it four times.
He told Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report why he thinks the 2015 NBA MVP is the best shooter in history.
"He's as good as anyone I can think of on every level—pure shooting, array of shots, percentage, getting hot, plays to the end—he checks all the boxes," Nash told Bleacher Report.
The former long-time Phoenix Suns playmaker also believes that Curry will have a lower field-goal percentage than him because the Warriors guard will be taking more shots and said he should.
Nash told Bleacher Report that he was more "conservative" trying to distribute the ball first before taking his shots and shooting more in the fourth quarter while Curry is a scorer.
"There are things he can do that I can't. He's such a beautiful shooter with such an array of shots and such a quick release, you wouldn't want to take that away from him at all," Nash added in the interview with Bleacher Report.
The future Hall of Famer also said, "Steph takes it to another level. I was able to do it going left and right, and we can both do it at speed, but I was always trying to get to the three-point line. He can do it from deeper and, frankly, I never took a step-back. He has no trouble taking a step-back and making it. You add that to all the other shots. It could be a clincher in this game of deciding who's the best."
Nash said Curry's shooting consistency is the key why he will go down as the best shooter in the NBA.
"Steph is able to seamlessly get his feet down, gather his weight between his feet and go up in the air and shoot it in rhythm as if he'd just been standing there, caught it and shot it," Nash explained.
"Truly, from the eye test, he's the greatest there's ever been," he added.
Curry will have the chance to add another great achievement in his young NBA career as his Warriors take on the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals.
