The Golden State Warriors have had their fair share of trolls and detractors. Being one of the best teams of all-time will do that, especially in this age of social media. In an era where anyone can speak their mind, sports figures are routinely exposed to hate comments from, well, everyone.

That's why it's not surprising when players consciously turn off their social media apps during key stretches in the season. LeBron James infamously had went “ZeroDarkThirty” in the playoffs. That basically meant he was turning off Twitter and IG to not listen to his “haters”. His Warriors rival, Stephen Curry, has a rather different approach to social media in the playoffs.

Speaking to reporters ahead of their Game 2 Finals clash against the Boston Celtics, Curry' social media usage came into question. The Warriors star had a rather interesting take on the matter. Curry implied that he checks his social media accounts from time to time in order to “motivate himself”. (via 95.7 The Game)

Stephen Curry has faced a lot of criticism over the years as he rose to the top of the league. From fans to analysts to even other players, many were doubtful of the Warriors star's capabilities. No one has ever seen someone who dominated the game like Curry, so of course, many people were skeptical at best and completely unconvinced at worst.

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“He's never going to make it.” “His shooting is just a fluke.” “He's just a jump-shooter.” These are all statements that have been said about Curry, in one way or another.

And yet, Curry has proven his doubters wrong time and time again. It's been almost a decade since Curry's shooting spree took the league by storm. Ever since then, the Warriors star's flame never died out as other people said. Instead, he became one of the most game-breaking players in the league, an era-defining superstar who changed the game completely.

Curry had to have drawn more motivation from somewhere, right? Every superstar in any sport has this drive to make themselves better. In Curry's case, he used the very same words used to bring him down as motivation to make himself better. Former Warriors teammate Andrew Bogut alluded to this last year, saying that Curry would check Twitter at half-time if he was having a bad game.

“He’ll check his mentions at halftime, when he has a bad half. It’s the craziest sh-t I ever saw,” Bogut said on an episode of his podcast, Rogue Bogues. “Yeah, Steph, if he had a bad half, he would go on social media and then come out and drop 30 [in the second half].”

After a horrific Game 1 that saw the Warriors choke a double-digit lead, the Twitter trolls are at full force again. Check any mildly popular tweet about Curry, and you'll get a dozen or so mentions berating Curry and the team. “He can't win without KD.” “He's a front-runner.”. Some of them even have the audacity to tag the star in their tweets, which is like poking a half-asleep bear.

Tweet these kind of stuff at Stephen Curry at your own team's risk. The Warriors star has built a legacy on making anybody who doubted him a fool. If he ever catches wind of your slander against him, he'll take that energy and use it to utterly humiliate his opponents.