Many have argued for decades — is shooting an art form or a skill?
For Stephen Curry it's been both — and while some argue that there's a hereditary shooting gene coming from his father Dell, if there was, there was also a lot of nights spent shooting at a hoop somewhere, somehow, when others weren't.
Just 31 games into his eighth season, Curry has managed to eclipse one of the most legendary marks that every player that's been called “automatic” from the charity stripe has once aspired to reach — the all-time free-throw shooting percentage record.
On Friday's game against the Detroit Pistons, with the outing already decided with the Golden State Warriors up by four, Tobias Harris fouled Curry with two seconds left in regulation, giving him a fifth and sixth trip to the line.
Curry buried both free-throws, finishing a perfect 6-of-6 for the game and passing longtime sharpshooter Steve Nash for the all-time career mark with a 90.433 percent.
During his NBA tenure, the back-to-back MVP has shot the ball at a 90 percent clip or better in five of eight seasons, including a career-best 93.6 percent this season.
His accuracy has made him the last man defenses want to foul at the end of games, but also the most likely to end up with the ball in his hands.
Stephen Curry and Steve Nash also share the odd occurrence of being the only two players in NBA history that are part of the 50-45-90 club — a season where a player has shot 50 percent from the floor, 45 percent from three-point range, and 90 percent from the free-throw line.
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