Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Steph Curry and the Warriors have not only dominated the NBA for the past decade but also have changed the game of basketball for good.
After Curry scored 50 points and drained a record-breaking 16 3-pointers in Sunday's NBA All-Star Game at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, the Warriors superstar once again reminded everybody of just how special he truly is.
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Former Warriors teammate and current Golden State front office consultant Zaza Pachulia joined 95.7 The Game's The Morning Roast on Tuesday morning where he discussed Curry's impact on the game and how other players and teams around the league have tried emulating Steph and the Warriors.
"He changed the game, he really did," Pachulia said. "Even seeing the guys during the warmups and seeing the guys shooting from halfcourt during warmups, that's because of Steph ... There were so many players trying to shoot threes like Steph behind the 3-point line.
"Even the teams when they try and assemble their teams, they try and assemble a Warriors team. This is so wrong in my opinion because you don't have a Steph Curry, you don't have a Klay Thompson, you don't have a Draymond Green. And you're trying to put pressure on the player to play like them? It's just impossible. I don't see that as realistic to build a team like the Golden State Warriors because you don't have those personalities. You have to build a team according to the personalities you have, not to try and mimic and copy somebody else."
Winning three championships in five-straight NBA Finals appearances with one of the greatest trios in league history will certainly inspire other teams to emulate what the Warriors have done.
With Curry shooting -- and making -- signature acrobatic shots in Sunday's game, Pachulia noticed other players doing the same, only to pale in comparison.
"It was so glaring, it was so obvious during the All-Star Game," Pachulia added. "I'm not going to say names, but there were guys, especially when Steph got hot and made a couple threes in a row, there were other players trying to start shooting threes from halfcourt. The difference was that Steph was making them and other players were not. It just looked bad. Maybe coming from a professional standpoint I noticed that, but it was so glaring."
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If Curry and the Warriors' iconic trio are to continue their NBA dominance and potentially win a fourth championship this summer, it will only further inspire other developing teams around the league.
Unfortunately for those teams, Steph, Klay and Draymond are truly 1-of-1.