NBA Legend Dwyane Wade Analyses Stephen Curry’s Best Skill And It Is Not Shooting

Dwyane Wade compliments Stephen Curry© Instagram/ dwyanewade and Instagram/ stephencurry30

Over the years of Stephen Curry's career, shooting has been regarded as his best skill. Dwyane Wade pointed out something else. The former NBA legend went with Curry's cardio. Wade made the statement during the recent episode of Time Out by Dwyane Wade. Coming from a Hall of Fame athlete, it really shows the kind of reputation Curry has made for himself.

“He Don't Look Like He Ever Get Tired”

“I think his best skill is his cardiovascular,” Wade said. “Steph don't look like he ever get tired. He's always moving.” Wade has spent plenty of nights chasing elite guards. So he knows what a defender feels in the fourth quarter. Curry doesn't slow down, and that constant motion wears people out well before the shots start dropping. However, that is not the scariest part, according to Wade. “The scariest part about guarding Steph Curry is when he gave the ball up,” he said. Curry is dangerous with the ball, Wade added, but the moment he hands it off, the real trouble begins.

Think about the usual rhythm of a possession. A defender relaxes a little once his man passes, because the threat has moved elsewhere. With Curry, that breather never comes. He's already cutting, already off the ball and you have to find him again.

Why Golden State Works

Wade said this is where the Warriors get their edge. “They don't do a lot of isolation basketball in Golden State,” he said. “It's movement. It's body movement. It's ball movement.” Once Curry gives it up, the teammates join in. Screens get set, cuts get made, and the defense never gets to settle. Wade's point was that nobody on the floor is standing around waiting for the ball.

Then he added the line that stuck. Everybody on the defense knows where Curry is, he said, and everybody is watching him. “Forget hockey assist,” Wade said. “Steph on the floor is an assist for everybody.” That's a different way to credit a player. Wade isn't talking about stat-sheet assists. He's talking about the space Curry creates just by being in motion.

Coming from a Hall of Fame guard who spent years on the other side of that matchup, it reads like respect from someone who had to guard it. Throughout the statement, Wade didn't mention a single three-pointer and that was the point.