How Steph Curry Has Become a LOCKDOWN Defender 🔒

[@thestach7729]

in terms of the tools steph curry has, i would say he worked hard and maximized his defensive potential

[@MrJibs1231]

I think the reason he seems to be a bad isolation player when looking at the stats, is because when the warriors switch on D he usually ends up guarding a bigger wing, and Steph can beat anyone to the spot but still, there is a limit to how much you can affect or contest the shot of bigger wings with a 6'3 wingspan. Still, he is a great team defender, he has learned to reduce his gambles, is good at taking charges, and he always shows consistent effort on that side of the ball.

[@ByAnyMeansBasketball]

Agreed

[@ChanBoogie310]

He really did improve a lot. He has active hands and doesn’t gamble or bait on every move. He stay low and on his toes. My biggest advice is practice your defense how to you do your offense, moves an offensive player would do against you and be prepared for it.

[@Kidkinsey]

Currys defense is VERY underated glad this video was made. He has very active hands gives alot of effort and is good off ball

[@AlstonMurray]

People assume he's bad at defense because teams want to switch him on to their best players, ex Kyrie 2016. Well would you rather have Steph guard him or Draymond, Klay, Wiggins/Barnes or KD??? Obviously teams are going to go on him, because he's the weakest link not necessarily because he's a bad defender

[@joejonas3584]

Exactly. Marcus Smart can't even get past him. Gs defense is just too good even their small ball lineup unlike Houston's and Brooklyn's small ball lineup which sacrifices defense for pure offense

[@seanpowlesland1703]

He’s improved significantly since those runs which he has accredited to adding weight and strength

[@TomatoTomato911]

you dont see teams switching on midget cp3.

[@tonyolise5926]

People keep mention the Kyrie 2016 shot made on Steph as a weakness in his defence... Go look that highlight, Steph defended Kyrie so well. Kyrie couldn't dribble past him. The shot was a lucky shot. Everything about Steph defence on that play was elite. Kyrie just made that shot.

[@mambamentality3141]

@@tonyolise5926true

[@marcusmarana4283]

Geniuenly agree overtime Steph has progress a lot since 2016

[@robertreyes8792]

This shows where Steph excels athletically, and thats in his stamina/cardio. That high motor of his unlocks his ability to consistently pull off the things he does on both sides of the court.

[@bigdiabetus7910]

Curry has never been a bad defenders. He just got a unfair reputation from being the worst iso defender on a team of amazing iso defenders.

[@beneilton1000]

Exact

[@aaryanraj7613]

seeing his defense this playoff run compared to 2015-2019 is night and day he has his hands out almost all the time trying to maximise his frame as much as he can against bigger dudes as well as his close outs and being smart on how to make sure he isn't picked out every time for an iso as well as him bulking up hes not a liability at all anymore

[@cyberft]

I’m looking at how many first-team defensive nods CP3 has and I’ve never seen him play defense like Steph did this season & playoff run.

[@theDanDeleon]

Hot take: Steph is very good at basketball.

[@TJ-ie9qo]

I'm happy this video exists.

[@DarrenStevensohnOfficial]

I am so hyped with Curry's defense this season. Even when he got switched with Tatum he always able to stay in front of him without fouling him. That alone is extremely infuriating for any offensive players when they know they couldn't shag off their defender ESPECIALLY considering the difference in length and physicality.

[@foster.k4295]

if you actually watch basketball and not just the highlights then you would agree with this video

[@willhooke]

Teams target Curry on D because it uses up his energy, meaning he has less for his of the charts O It's just a sensible move even when Curry plays solid D

[@jaze0187]

That's why Boston lost in the end. They quit attacking Curry often. Should've never let up on that.

[@dt-lg2oc]

@@jaze0187 nah they just did a good job to not let that happen

[@MrJlaklak]

@@jaze0187 they tried and failed big time

[@insertnamehere2746]

@@jaze0187 curry played good defense against boston

[@ninjasaki_7231]

Curry practices his toughest shots when he’s most tired after workouts so it’s hard to stop him despite him being tired and gassed

[@seanpowlesland1703]

Helps that he has a generational defender in Dray behind him too.

[@MrJlaklak]

Curry and the Warrior's did a phenomenal job on defending mismatch during finals. If they try to attack Steph in pick and roll Versus Jason or Jalen: 1. Show defense 2. Pre switch player 3. Let them drive to there weak hands (left) 4. Double team(trap) before start of pick and roll if they are in the corner 5. If it can't avoid the switch or shotlock is below 8 seconds, they let Curry defend without double team. Curry let them drive to the weak hands, Warriors did zone defense or box and 1 Versus other Boston player in pick and roll ( team defense): 1. Drop defense 2. Zone defense Isolation plays: 1. Let them drive on weak hands (left) or let them drive at the baseline 2. Zoning if the plan to drive at the middle At the post: 1. Curry has amazing strength, he can't easily push down the lane 2. Avoid move to baseline, he let them go to the middle where there is help Curry has amazing motor, good timing with the ball, amazing hand eye coordination, phenomenal stamina, high level basketball IQ , improve strength helps Compensate with the lack of length and size

[@COOLSAUCE21]

Calling him "lockdown" is a bit extra, but yeah.. he is in no way a bad defender. Teams target him on a switch for two reasons... First, he's the smallest on the team. Having him guard Tatum or Luka is a mismatch. Similar to how the warriors try getting Rob Williams / horford to switch onto Curry, even though both are elite defenders. Second, he's the best offensive player. They'd want to get him in foul trouble and send him to the bench.

[@thawk77]

Great video been saying it . Look at defense stats from his career .

[@ave383]

I played ball and steph is a great defender. A lot of times he makes clean plays and gets called for fouls which is why you only see him really turn up towards the end of games and series because he can't be on the bench with fouls when the offense runs through him. A lot of people don't seem to understand that. Also I would like to see who they consider to be a great defender if steph isn't one

[@charisvento14]

i think Steph will be more than happy to be viewed as underdog as long as he keeps winning championships.Who cares when you win

[@SSJRome]

He’s putting forth a better effort and sticking with fundamentals.

[@Panther016]

Small players are at a big disadvantage on defense and that's why guys like Lillard, Kyrie and Russ are not known defensively. Steph is no exception, but he's still better than the 3 combined

[@jeremynoumen3172]

Great video

[@yunan9610]

He does the best he can do with his physical ability. A lot of guards simply doesn't do that, especially when they're that offensively skilled.

[@Riqharris]

I think it was bc a couple years ago he would overthink when guarding somebody

[@mambamentality3141]

💯

[@carlopadilla5182]

Can you do the Kawhi raptors breakdown? Kawhi fan since 2014

[@6aliph77]

At least steph gives effort unlike some other superstars

[@MultiJlife]

Preaching

[@6aliph77]

Could u give us a Tim Duncan vid and a Vince Carter Ayers ????

[@curtisgranger5941]

Can you do a video next on undersized guards

[@Toni-nf6ht]

We all know how he work on his defence. It didnt make him join the first denfense team but he can slow attacker down accurately and let help defence come more easily, Its enogh.

[@Zoozeeman]

Where did you get those defensive stats

[@collegepennsylvania837]

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[@ezelop19]

I've said it since when he got exposed by Kyrie back in the 2016 Finals. It wasn't that Steph was trash on defense. There is nobody in this league that can stop Kyrie Irving. I also said Steph was an above average defender, these Playoffs and especially Finals have proven it.

[@yoitsSmitty2004]

Klay was locking up Kyrie pretty good in those 2017 finals Kyrie shot a shit percentage when klay was on him

[@tonyolise5926]

Steph has beenban elite defender since 2016. I still cannot phatom where the media gets their narrative of his inability to defend. Most especially when Steph. A & Max start roasting him on defence, including Jwill and Skip when they wants to exhornerate and exhort LeBron over Curry, they start talking about Curry not been able to defend And that's why he in not amongst the debate to be higher than Bron in the goat conversation. Over the stretch of 4 finals played with LeBron Cavs, even LeBron could not beat Steph when Steph defends him or when he switched to Steph on defence. On the other hand, Steph has always made LeBron look naive on defence when LeBron defends him. And if you take a look at Stephs defence since 2016, he has been elite... All these narrative about him not been a good denser is just to quench his status as been the greatest of all time... Go watch all Steph clips when he defends from 2015 till now, you'd realise the dude has been elite... The media is only belittling him to make LeBron greater than him when in actual fact, the reverse is the case!!! Curry is the GOAT of basketball

[@alfyadtyler12]

Bro you got any twitter basketball account?

[@thembakganyago1918]

Not sure about LOCKDOWN but pretty good

[@aggrokazi6635]

he uses his iq for defense

[@zackkkk121]

So ur telling me he has the same equal defense as Kawhi🤣🤣

[@curiouslymavismade]

He is active on defense, but he isn't going to stop a team's best player, even if they are a point.

[@CL-vc9js]

he just did

[@curiouslymavismade]

@@CL-vc9js No he didn't, he did what he always does, shoot off screen!!!

[@jgallagher1359]

SUMMARY: Best defender in the league. PROS: Super smart. Good length. Anticipation. Atlhetic: led league in steals without tons of gambling. Excellet 1 on 1 D. CONS: Not a NIKE athlete. Cuts into pushing Lebon, Luka, Giannis, and the other oaf/dunces. CONCLUSION: People are so incredibly easily to manipulate by mass marketing that at this poiint it wuold break their brains to explain that Curry is by far the best NBA player of all time and if that became publicly understood it would do severe damage to the ESPN/NBA/NIKE fusion that controls the NBA and is deeply interwoven to international politics and the American gov/DOD propaganda network. That people can't see this on their own, and are indeed that easy to market to and manipulate, is sort of the argument why you have to. THE END

[@RumbScroll101]

This video is hilarious 😂😂😂😂

[@ukandoitoo]

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[@Rard.]

it's like that phrase "to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish", he's a good shooter so he knows what makes a shooter uncomfortable.

[@ByAnyMeansBasketball]

Lockdown defender program: www.byanymeansbball.com/lockdown-defender-program

[@XavierEstallo]

what a stretch of a title lol

[@prashanthjames9102]

He's not a "lockdown" defender yet. This is an area he wants to improve on and I bet he will over the next few seasons. In fact this is the only thing in his repertoire he lacks, which when he does develop, he'll be in the top 10 greatest players ever debate.

[@undertakerblaise256]

Magic nor Bird were known for their defense so that being an argument for him to be in the top 10 baffles me

[@TruthTeller10444]

They double when steph have to play defense. Every superstars done kill him iso. Steph quick to let klay or someone else guard his match ups. It's alot of proof of this. CP3 killed his defense.

[@AyoRhymer]

This is clickbait. Steph is a good systems defender but a poor isolation defender, mostly due to his lack of strength/size, especially on big possessions. Draymond and their mobile bigs covers up a lot of his weaknesses, especially when he gets beat.

[@Panther016]

"especially on big possessions" lmao There is no practical difference between "big" iso possession and a "small" iso possession.

[@yoitsSmitty2004]

This isn’t clickbait😂 one of the best basketball training Channels/KZbinrs and you call it clickbait😂😂

[@adilali8211]

Stop just stop man

[@everythingbuthumans6111]

The title of the video makes me want to unsubscribe 😭😭😭😭

[@ByAnyMeansBasketball]

Watch and then come back to it

[@everythingbuthumans6111]

@@ByAnyMeansBasketball You are just amazing in your explanations💪💪💪🔥🔥

[@thanhmai2878]

@@everythingbuthumans6111 absolute 180 lol. respect you for it tho

[@beastmode_athletics2226]

Man stop the 🧢 damn

[@mxchael9931]

Good defender but a lockdown

[@TruthTeller10444]

Steph don't even got first or second team defense on his resume stop the cap frfr

[@TheTH3KILL3Rz]

Nah definitely not LOCKDOWN, but he wasn't the reliability that he once was. One of the smarter defenders in today's game.

[@ByAnyMeansBasketball]

Agreed

[@TruthTeller10444]

False steph isn't a lock down defender dude average at best. He surrounded by good defender. If steph a lock down defender. How many all defense team he got I'll wait

[@yoitsSmitty2004]

Stop crying bro it doesn’t matter if he don’t got any First Team or Second Team defense your technically saying Wiggins is a bad defender

[@TruthTeller10444]

@@yoitsSmitty2004 lmbo you mad because I'm speaking facts about yall false goat. That a excuse you making

[@TruthTeller10444]

@@yoitsSmitty2004 you didn't answer my question either. Point proven

[@TruthTeller10444]

@@yoitsSmitty2004 Wiggins is a bad defender.

[@TruthTeller10444]

@@yoitsSmitty2004 it do matter on being in top 10 of greatest of all times. First team or second team defense is an accolade.

[@jon-fn7ob]

You need to stop your bs dude.

[@yoitsSmitty2004]

Cry

[@southerncoastproductions7587]

That lightskin doesn't play defense.