He has had a terrific career and has shown tremendous development over 4 years.
Some would consider him another great success story for the "shot doctor".
This year has been very similar to last year for Curry and that is probably good enough to place him on the All-CAA 1st team which he deserves.
I think Brady is going to demand even more from him over his last dozen or so college games. Too many times Brady has had him play off the ball on offense and teammates haven't been consistent enough. Coming down the homestretch the probability is high that Brady will put the ball in Curry's hands every single possession to initiate offense. This should increase his opportunities to drive into the paint and get easy assists, get layups, or get fouled. A little more assertiveness from JMU's best player is in order.
What's left in Curry's career?
8 important CAA games
3 more important CAA tourney games
1+ postseason game(s)
As the only senior, his sense of urgency should be at an all-time high over the next 5 weeks. I like the Dukes chances with the ball in his hands.
Imagine what he might have been able to do if he didn't have to bring the ball up court, run the offense and be our highest scorer?
Just noticed an interesting stat. Curry played 35 minutes per game in his Sophomore and Junior seasons. He is playing 32 minutes per game this year. When there is a clear drop off from him to the next available man, then I think it is easy to see the opportunity for more Curry.
He doesn't have to be a Jaunya Green who is forced into 40 minute games quite often, but there is no reason he can't get back to the 35 minute avg of the last 2 years. Part of Hofstra's struggle with defense is their lack of depth and they have 4 of the top 7 players in minutes per game. But With lots of TV games upcoming to include the tournament, the TV timeouts will provide everyone additional rest. Gotta get your best players on the floor.
Extra factoid... Curry's current trajectory will make him the 4th leading scorer in JMU history at the end of his career.
Stielper
Dillard
Culuko
Curry That is stout.
(02-03-2016 11:04 PM)Hart Foundation Wrote: [ -> ]Just noticed an interesting stat. Curry played 35 minutes per game in his Sophomore and Junior seasons. He is playing 32 minutes per game this year. When there is a clear drop off from him to the next available man, then I think it is easy to see the opportunity for more Curry.
He doesn't have to be a Jaunya Green who is forced into 40 minute games quite often, but there is no reason he can't get back to the 35 minute avg of the last 2 years. Part of Hofstra's struggle with defense is their lack of depth and they have 4 of the top 7 players in minutes per game. But With lots of TV games upcoming to include the tournament, the TV timeouts will provide everyone additional rest. Gotta get your best players on the floor.
Extra factoid... Curry's current trajectory will make him the 4th leading scorer in JMU history at the end of his career.
Stielper
Dillard
Culuko
Curry That is stout.
Not to diminish his scoring in any way, but it is more a result of the total number of games they play today than when the guys ahead of him played. And, obviously avoiding injury.
Curry if fading away/not squaring up on his 3s this game. Should make an adjustment soon I would guess.
I noticed that too. He has had a funny little hitch in his legs lately rather than going straight up. It is throwing off some shots.
Curry was probably the single biggest reason JMU beat Hofstra. He launched 12 3's and made 7 of them which is great, albeit not sustainable. That is now 33 3pt attempts in the past 3 games which establishes a career high for Curry over any 3 game stretch.
We will see if he can find a little more balance in the remaining games and become extremely hard to defend. He has only had 2 assists in each of the last 4 games which is a direct result of him taking so many 3's and driving the lane less. Obviously, Hofstra and W&M encouraged the 3's by playing extended periods of zone defense. Man defenses will give Curry more opportunities to aggressively drive the lane and if he does so, defenses won't know how to guard him. Take away the 3? Take away the drive?
Brady gushed on Curry in today's press conference. I think if he played against Juanya Green every game he would elevate his level of focus, intensity, and urgency. He took that battle personal and was strong on both ends of the court. That shows what his potential is if he brought that attitude to every game including Charleston, Elon, Drexel etc.
While Green is the odds on favorite to win POY in the CAA, Curry is every bit as good.
I'd give one edge to Green - his savvy old man game of dribble driving at hard angles to find contact which 99% of the time gets called on the defense. And he converts FT'S at 80+%.
You have to love that in a point guard.
If Curry can add a little more "Green-esque" driving to get contact or to get easy kickout assists I think we will see about as complete a guard as we are going to see in a JMU uniform.
Good stuff
Curry has been a very good player since his sophomore season. In fact, the coaching staff thought he should have made all conference third team following that season. Instead, it was Cooke (second team) and Nation (third team). He's probably a shooting guard playing the point position. McLean is a much better distributor. Curry, to his credit, doesn't turn the ball over and is a good defender. Brady always stresses how good he is defensively. Green probably can't say that.
(02-08-2016 02:13 PM)Hart Foundation Wrote: [ -> ]While Green is the odds on favorite to win POY in the CAA, Curry is every bit as good.
I'd give one edge to Green - his savvy old man game of dribble driving at hard angles to find contact which 99% of the time gets called on the defense. And he converts FT'S at 80+%.
You have to love that in a point guard.
If Curry can add a little more "Green-esque" driving to get contact or to get easy kickout assists I think we will see about as complete a guard as we are going to see in a JMU uniform.
Good stuff
In my opinion right now, the race for POY looks like it's between Green, Curry, and Flemmings, with Green being the favorite. Obviously I'm biased, but I think Curry has the edge over Flemmings, since he's a better overall player. He does more than just score on a consistent basis. All 3 should be first team though.
Brady mentioned that Gustys is playing at a first team level and it's tough to argue with that. Prewitt from W&M is also having a big year.
Great games by Curry and congrats to him for the Co-POW award. Well deserved.
(02-08-2016 02:16 PM)Dukes84 Wrote: [ -> ]Curry has been a very good player since his sophomore season. In fact, the coaching staff thought he should have made all conference third team following that season. Instead, it was Cooke (second team) and Nation (third team). He's probably a shooting guard playing the point position. McLean is a much better distributor. Curry, to his credit, doesn't turn the ball over and is a good defender. Brady always stresses how good he is defensively. Green probably can't say that.
I don't agree that McLean is a better distributor than Curry.
I think we all would like him to be, but he hasn't been that in his 2 years. He has averaged only 1.8 assists per game at JMU. For the most part he has been a tiny 2 guard.
His game vs Hofstra yesterday was the best I've seen him play the role of penetrating and dishing. It resulted in a career high 6 assists. That's what the Dukes need from him - even moreso next year when Curry is gone. Maybe it was an aberration, but it looked like he had been coached up especially when attacking the zone. When you have guards quick enough and sure handed enough to penetrate a zone then you have something special.
Curry knows his career is coming to an end and that was evident with the emotion in the Hofstra game. I think the lineups with Ron and Joey are beneficial to Ron. Gives him a chance to attack from different spots on the floor instead of the top of the key. He is going to have to be big time though if we are going to make a run in Baltimore
(02-08-2016 02:30 PM)GoJMUDukes Wrote: [ -> ] (02-08-2016 02:13 PM)Hart Foundation Wrote: [ -> ]While Green is the odds on favorite to win POY in the CAA, Curry is every bit as good.
I'd give one edge to Green - his savvy old man game of dribble driving at hard angles to find contact which 99% of the time gets called on the defense. And he converts FT'S at 80+%.
You have to love that in a point guard.
If Curry can add a little more "Green-esque" driving to get contact or to get easy kickout assists I think we will see about as complete a guard as we are going to see in a JMU uniform.
Good stuff
In my opinion right now, the race for POY looks like it's between Green, Curry, and Flemmings, with Green being the favorite. Obviously I'm biased, but I think Curry has the edge over Flemmings, since he's a better overall player. He does more than just score on a consistent basis. All 3 should be first team though.
Flemmings has been pretty complete- pretty amazing when you think about where he came from but the fact that he is in his first year in the league I would think that Green and Curry will have the edge with Coaches who vote for the award.
Kent had five assists and 10 points yesterday on a day when he struggled to find his shot and Bernardi was going around him at will early in the game. 3-9 fg shooting is not good but when all of the points come late in the game, then I have to feel he elevated his game when it mattered most. Morgan gave quality defense minutes once he replaced Kent but was an offensive liability. Two made FTs late helped a bunch on a team that was struggling to make them.
Good article in the DNR on Ron today.
(02-09-2016 12:00 AM)JMUNation Wrote: [ -> ]Kent had five assists and 10 points yesterday on a day when he struggled to find his shot and Bernardi was going around him at will early in the game. 3-9 fg shooting is not good but when all of the points come late in the game, then I have to feel he elevated his game when it mattered most. Morgan gave quality defense minutes once he replaced Kent but was an offensive liability. Two made FTs late helped a bunch on a team that was struggling to make them.
I feel like I'm BDK'ing you, but Morgan was a dismal 1 - 4 at the line. He made one and missed one near the end of regulation that could have won us the game at 1:25 (reference:
2nd Half then click on Play-by-Play for the 2nd Half). Then in OT with 3:04 remaining he missed two (reference:
OT then click on Play-by-Play for the OT). I remember this well because Curt commented that his FT shooting had little arch. It made me think of myself and the "line drive" shot I had back in the day.
Sorry, my post made it appear I was talking about Morgan. The two made free throws were by Kent. He was 2-2 from the line. He also made two 3s.
(02-10-2016 12:41 AM)JMUNation Wrote: [ -> ]Sorry, my post made it appear I was talking about Morgan. The two made free throws were by Kent. He was 2-2 from the line. He also made two 3s.
Hart --
If you extrapolate out assists per minute this season, Curry and McLean's rate of assists is almost the same. I think that McLean is a natural point guard that can get in creases and can be a good passer. Sometimes he's sloppy with the ball and his passes aren't handled (not always because of him, of course), but I think he generally excels in that area and will only get better. Curry's natural position is probably shooting guard.