I have seen Stephen Curry play exactly once. I was on a business trip to Oklahoma, arrived after a long series of flights from Alaska, ate some dinner, and saw that Davidson was playing Kansas in the regional final. I finished up my meal, went up to my room and watched the bulk of the 2nd half of the game. It became clear after about 3 or 4 possessions that Stephen Curry knew that he was the best player on the court and he knew that Kansas knew it. He was fantastic, a little gassed by the end of the game, but fantastic nonetheless. Curry has had a fantastic college career. He has played big in the big games. He has given his teammates the confidence that they can beat any team they play.
That said, I think that people are getting ahead of themselves with him and his professional potential and his draft stock. I read this article last week about how the Bobcats shipping Jason Richardson to Phoenix opens up a spot for them to draft Curry. Then today I saw ESPN's mock lottery and saw that Curry was falling into the 4-6 range. Yes he is one of the best players in college basketball. But the NBA isn't a very forgiving place to players until 6'6" unless you are lightning quick like Chris Paul and/or indestructible like Allen Iverson.
I see Curry as a better shooting version of Delonte West. They are the same size and body build. Both played a sort of hybrid pg/sg in college. If Delonte West was drafted in the top 10 instead of 24th what would people think of his career? It would be pretty disappointing. It looks like the same fate would await Curry if he ends up a top 5 pick.
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