1. Stephen Curry
Stats: 32.4 points, 5.8 assists, 35.1 PER
Stephen Curry continues to dominate the NBA like only Stephen Curry can. He’s still averaging over 30 points per game on a career-high 53 percent from the field and 47 percent from three-point range. He’s averaging five MADE three-point attempts per game and is making playing in the NBA seem easy.
His Golden State Warriors are 23-0, which is the NBA record for the best start to a season, and don’t look like they’re slowing down anytime soon. Curry is playing like the best player in the world, and there’s really no evidence that would suggest otherwise.
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Curry has the target on his back on every single night, and he continues to deliver. He – and the Warriors – can be as cocky as they’d like to be and there’s not a damn thing that another team in the NBA can do about it.
The Warriors don’t even have a coach – yea, I’m not counting you Luke Walton. AND THEY HAVEN’T MISSED A BEAT. Curry is a big part of that. He’s the hands down NBA MVP through the first quarter of the season.