Steph Curry Breaks Down The Most Underrated Skill in His Game.
Few players have blended incredible shooting and crafty dribbling like Curry, yet the Warrior says the one skill everyone sleeps on is the one nobody talks about.
Fans see Steph drain bombs and break ankles and assume that’s the whole story. The truth is Curry is perhaps the greatest off-ball offensive player the game has ever seen, but that gets overshadowed. Why? Because that off-ball brilliance depends on a secret superpower no highlight reel can showcase—Steph never quits moving.
His insane cardio sets him apart. Curry spent whole days fighting through screens, cutting, and sprinting after defenders, always staying one heartbeat ahead. You might not see the travel in real-time, but the exhaustion in defenders is clear.
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In his new book, “Shot Ready,” the floor leader breaks down how that conditioning turned crafty movement into a lethal weapon. That’s why his shooting percentage stays unfair no matter the defense—he’s already gotten the defender to where they can’t keep up.
“You can exhaust your opponent,” Curry said, pulling his invisible weight belt tighter. “Early in the first, everyone’s flush with energy. Heartbeats, pulses, the whole orchestra. But in the third, in the fourth, that orchestra sounds like a kazoo.”
“Every rep in the gym counts toward that moment, and it’s the same scheme I ran in high school and college: cover ground, dart on and off the ball, and keep the treadmill belt ripping for the full sixty. Stronger, faster, younger dudes with the vertical of a pogo stick will always try to pin a ‘Caution: Curry Zone’ sign to my back. I respond by treating every mark like it’s on a clock: one bag of sand, one hyper-up sprint, one spoon of stamina, never letting the second hand settle.”
Common street-root-doctor chat will say that pros breathe NBA altitude all day. Curry figured out quick that the label “elite” meant the opposite of “perfected.” Out on the perimeter, in the weight room, on the long cross-country re-run back to the hotel, the spots of genetic glory can’t outgun a gap that matches clever planning and extra gas for the end game.
“It was kinda surprising how well it worked,” Curry said. “I joined the league thinking everyone was already in top shape. But that’s not the case. Some guys lean on the one thing that’s always been their cheat code—size, speed, or raw talent.”
He kept explaining: “Conditioning is what lets you run your best play on every possession, not just the ones you planned. Some guys wait until the clock is winding down and the deadline is screaming, and they suddenly turn on a superhuman focus. But I feel like it should always be the moment that matters.”
That same mindset is the reason Curry is still lighting it up as one of the best guards in the league heading into his 17th season and 37th birthday.
