The 2015-16 season was incredibly special for Steph Curry. It was also incredibly painful.
Curry led the Warriors to an NBA single-season record 73 regular season wins and became the first unanimous MVP in league history.
But he sprained his knee in the first round of the playoffs and the Warriors ultimately coughed up a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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The consolation prize for being on the wrong side of history was Kevin Durant choosing the Dubs in free agency.
“Steph could’ve easily said, ‘A, I don’t want Kevin Durant here. And B, I’m not getting on a plane and flying all the way to the f---ing Hamptons in New York from California,'" Draymond Green recently explained to Michael Lee of The Athletic. "He said neither and did the complete opposite of both.
"For those that don’t know, I’ll make it well known: if Steph said, ‘I don’t want Kevin Durant here,’ the Warriors wouldn’t have held a single meeting. It has nothing to do with Kevin and no disrespect to Kevin, but it has everything to do with what Steph meant and means for this franchise.
"He has that respect. And yet, he did everything and was the main salesman in the meeting to try and get Kevin here."
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In the summer of 2016 -- despite the devastating loss in the Finals one month prior -- Curry was at the peak of his powers.
He was considered the face of the NBA, had eclipsed LeBron James in All-Star fan voting for the second straight year and had the No. 1 selling jersey again.
Yet as Draymond said, Curry welcomed Durant with open arms.
"It says a lot about his confidence in himself," Draymond explained to The Athletic. "And not in a basketball game. Obviously, we know he is a confident basketball player. When Steph is on the floor, he’s going to do what he do.
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"But it says a lot about his confidence in himself as a man, his confidence in his stardom. His confidence in his brand. That’s the thing that never gets any credit. But yet, if he does not do that, do we ever have three championships? No one will ever say, ‘Steph Curry brought championships here with his unselfishness.’ They’ll only say, ‘Steph Curry brought championships here because of his shot.’
"The unselfishness is even bigger than his shot.”
That is rather remarkable when you're talking about the greatest shooter of all-time.