Stephen Curry has spent the early part of his career under the tutelage of the defenseless Don Nelson and the clueless Keith Smart. Now Curry will embark on a new journey with the Golden State Warriors rookie head coach Mark Jackson.
Jackson may be new to the art of NBA coaching but the fact that one of the NBA's all-time great point guards will be roaming the Warriors sideline can only help the still-developing game of Curry.
Finally, Curry will get to learn the nuances of the position from a former NBA Rookie of the Year and the league's third all-time leader in assists, which should bode well for a player who will be entering his fourth full season of playing point guard, the first of those in college.
That's not to say that Curry hasn't progressed nicely in his first two seasons in the NBA, and his averages of 18.6 points per game, 5.9 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 48 percent shooting from the field were an improvement from his rookie season.
But in the NBA, it's the little things that count and there are areas of Curry's game that can improve such as situational perception, controlling the tempo and flow of a contest and de ...
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Stephen Curry: Can Mark Jackson Turn Curry into a Top 5 Point Guard?
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