While the word “focus” is perhaps a must when it comes to playoff basketball, Stephen Curry isn't exactly keen of the intense focus that comes with the postseason, choosing to rather take a more relaxed approach to his game.
Even the coach that works with him on a daily basis, Golden State Warriors assistant Bruce Fraser, recognizes this very fact and seems to be the only one to grasp the complexity behind it all.
“The one downside to Stephen Curry, if you insist on looking for one…” Fraser told Andrew Corsello of GQ Magazine. “…is that he sometimes loses focus.”
Fraser said his downside also happens to be an asset in itself, given that the more he enjoys the game, the better he becomes at it. The Warriors assistant coach named the two main reasons why his star player is often so distracted.
“One, because everything is so easy for him,” said Fraser. “And two, because he's got this childlike quality, which can cause him to lose focus more than some of the others. The thing is, even though this ‘kid’ in him sometimes hurts him, it's also his best quality, because it makes him joyful. And when Stephen Curry is joyful, he is an assassin.”
The perfect line comes right in between the Steph that is zeroed-in on the task at hand, and the one who is able to lose himself within the game and enjoy every bit of it, letting his natural instincts kick in without the need to overthink.
Once the “thinking” aspect is out of perspective, basketball becomes a reaction to everything that comes within the game, allowing the rest of the game to become seamlessly automatic.
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