Dear Sports Media: Real Steph Curry Would Beat Video Game Steph Curry

[ChaseB]

"He’s playing like it’s a video game out here."

If you’ve watched the Warriors play on national television or read any number of articles by any number of basketball writers, you’ve read or heard some sort of amalgamation of “playing like a video game” in comparison to Steph Curry. But here’s the thing: people who play simulation basketball video games would never stand for Steph’s shenanigans.

The moment any number of some of Steph’s ill-advised, downright terrible shots went in, many would be screaming “LAZY DEVS!” or “THIS GAME’S BROKEN” or would immediately head into the sliders menu to start tweaking things.

People at Operation Sports understand that sometimes the absurd and unlikely does actually happen in the NBA, which is why this thread in the NBA 2K forum is one of my favorites in a very long time. The “If This Would Have Happened In 2K Thread” is great because it encompasses all the absurd ways video game players would speak out against the NBA if it were happening in a video game.

Of course, it’s all meant to be tongue-in-cheek comments, but it’s also a not-so-subtle way to point out that all the ways we try to control our video game experiences via sliders and difficulty levels and so on still fly in the face of how great players and teams can make us all look like fools for trying to be overbearing, stat-obsessed loons when we have a controller in our hands.

But this is not about the rest of the NBA, this is about the man who owns the NBA right now: Steph Curry. So after the jump, let’s chat more about Curry and how he would make you rage quit your favorite NBA video game.

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[jeebs9]

Nice write up! I totally agree.

I think they nerf him. Or users don't know how to play with him. You would think someone like him would be easy to play with. But he is far from that. If you thought he missed badly in ranked games. Try playing a game in a league with custom sliders. I've seen people struggle badly with one of the greatest shooters of the NBA.

[scottyp180]

This is a great article and 100% accurate. Most people on OS are so concerned with games being simulation and as realistic as possible that I think people sometimes forget that ridiculous things happen in real life and they might happen more often than we think. Steph Curry is the perfect case and point. On a given night he is likely to do at least one thing that is unexplainable and video game like.

The crazy thing I find ironic is that it is difficult to play like real life Curry in 2k. I've tried nearly every time I've used the Warriors since the game released. Usually my logic is to take control of Curry and create some space using dribble moves, a screen, or running a set play for curry, then once I'm open shoot the ball or drive. It seems like in real life this is nearly an automatic for Curry. Whether he has the shot or not chances are he's taking it and usually it is more surprising if he misses rather than making the shot. Now in 2k, maybe I try to spam to much and I know I don't have the timing down, but in my experience it is difficult to take ove and dominate with Curry like he does in real life (although the cpu usually kills me whenever I play him). I feel like it's one of those things where if Curry could easily dominate it would be cheese an unfair even though he basically is cheese and unfair in real life.

[Guard-ian]

I can not agree more with the writer. I have been talking with my friends on how the year that Curry is playing like in a videogame in the real world his courterpart in 2k16 is very 'difficult' to say it softly, no one in our league can shoot consistently with him...

I think a new 'Chicken with Curry' Badge should be created or something...

Cheers!

[ksuttonjr76]

Personally, I mostly ran into good GSW users in PNO. Steph Curry is a beast! I remember throwing every single defensive scheme that I could think of to stop him (Pacers). Steph Curry manhandled my defense, and still scorched my team for 30+ points. Honestly, Curry is a videogame glitch, and I don't see how people CAN'T shoot with him.

What's scary...I REALLY believe that his individual ratings can go up even more than they are now.

[Mikelopedia]

Love this haha

Now getting CPU Curry to play like Curry is a whole nother thing!

What I've had some success with is this:
-raise shot tendency to 100
-raise shot under basket tendency to 45
-lower shot close tendency to 15
-lower mid range shot tendency to 25
-raise 3 point shot tendency to 100
-raise contested shot tendency to 100
-raise stepback shot tendency to 100
-raise pull up in transition tendency to 100
-raise triple threat shoot to 99
-raise setup with sizeup to 55
-lower drive tendency to 55
-lower shot IQ rating to 75 (this helps him take "bad shots")
-add gold corner specialist badge
-add gold fade ace badge
-add all gold ball handling badges
-change play types to:
Priority 1: 3 pt
Priority 2: Pick and Roll Ball Handler
Priority 3: Isolation
Priority 4: Handoff

You also need to lower everyone else's touches a little bit so that they run more plays for Steph even though he's already at a 99.

I played the Indiana matchup last night (12 min quarters, superstar sim with my custom gameplay tweaks) and he dropped 41 on me on 27 shots, 6 for 11 from 3. Lost by 2, PG13 had 35 :/

[BA2929]

Usually when a writer or tv personality says “playing like a video game” or "putting up video game numbers!", the last basketball game they played was NBA Jam or NBA Street.

In some aspects, NBA 2k is more "realistic" than real life.

I mean, people on here expect to shoot no more and no less than 45-50% from the field, 35-40% from 3 and 90% from the line. Every. Single. Game.

[DatIsraeliGuy]

He's essentially god at this moment...