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#96: Embiid's scoring & Curry, Klay slumping

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Curry's Net Rating Sliding Out in a Few Points

When a player goes into a slump, other teams aren't going to leave steff curry wide open on a couple of these plays we can help off in the paint. When it comes to reacting to your scoring pressure, they almost have to peremptorily decide what's more important: defence or offence. And i think if defenses start playing curry differently and he never makes shots again, that's a very different conversation. Now, i do think he loses value by missing some of these open shots that he normally would make. But it's an incredible reminder, even a stat like gravity, i've heard people say because it's about oice defences making premeditated choices.

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