You already knew that Stephen Curry was an amazing shooter. And you probably already knew that he’s an outstanding finisher at the rim, especially when you account for his free throw shooting.
But what might come as a surprise is that when you stretch Curry out into the depths of the court - the times when Bob Fitzgerald yells, “He shot it from Piedmont!” - Curry is just as effective as directly under the hoop.
Last year, the statistically brilliant folks at Nylon Calculus broke down Curry’s shots from 2011-2016. Accounting for free throws, Curry averaged 1.