The arrival of Trae Young signaled to Stephen Curry that his influence on the sport had become outsized. Trae Young was widely labeled the 'next' Curry despite differing styles, and a longstanding familiarity dated back to Young's high school years. Mark Jackson's comment that Curry "ruined the game" reflected a youth movement copying long-range shooting without Curry's accuracy, while LeBron James observed dramatically increased three-point volume leaguewide. Steve Nash highlighted Curry's mid-career jump from 646 to 886 three-point attempts as a catalytic shift, and organizational decisions opened opportunities for expanded shooting.
""When did you figure out, holy s---, Steph, what you're doing on the floor is transcending a whole generation of players?""
""When Trae Young came into the league, that was the first person they said was like the 'next' me," Curry said of Young. "Even though he's a different player. I knew him when he was in high school ... That might be the first time I thought about it or really realized what [my] impact was.""
""What Mark didn't realize is he ruined the league, too," James laughed. "Everyone shoots 3s now. Everyone. Sixty 3s a game, 50 3s a game. It's all Steph. It's all Steph.""
""You jumped 200 3s attempted," Nash said. "From one season to the next, 200 3s attempted. Then, the league followed. [ Damian Lillard] and Klay [Thompson]. Now it's not uncommon for three or four guys on your roster to shoot hundreds of 3s [per season].""
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