Hield explains why Steph’s 3-balls look like ‘nine-point games’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Buddy Hield is enjoying his new status as Warriors teammates with Steph Curry.
Even as a 3-point connoisseur, Hield remains impressed with what Curry can do on the court, particularly the four-time NBA champion’s ability to keep the crowd in the palm of his hand.
“That’s him,” Hield said on the “Jim Rome Show” Tuesday. “…Being on his team, every time he shoots it feels like it’s a 360 dunk because the whole gym erupts. That’s what they come to see him do . And when we run, his 3-point shots give the impression of nine-point plays because that’s what (effective) on the whole crowd.”
Curry certainly knows how to light up an arena and build momentum the Warriors way. And since Golden State acquired Hield this offseason in a sign and exchange agreement With the Philadelphia 76ers, the Warriors’ new power forward reminded fans that he is also one of the best snipers in the game.
Through seven games during the 2024-25 NBA season so far, Hield is averaging 21.9 points per game off the bench for the Warriors on 51.4% shooting and 50.0% from behind the line 3 points. When Curry missed three games last week with an ankle injury, Hield helped Golden State set a franchise record with 103 3-pointers made in the team’s first six games.
During that span, Hield became the first player in NBA history to make at least 27 3-pointers in his first six games with a team, and he’s now averaging that. a triple 4.7 at the top of the team by competition.
But even Hield knows there’s only one 3-point king, telling Rome he often feels like stopping in the middle of practice just to watch Curry do his thing.
“It’s fun,” Hield said in Rome about playing alongside Curry. “I always say that now I have someone who can shoot better than me, and he can do everything – at every level, from the middle three to the rim. And just watching him practice, the way he go about his daily life, and the way he attacks his training as if nothing had happened, it’s so unreal…
“He works so hard and you see why he is one of the greatest shooters to ever play the game.”
The Splash Bros are no longer in Golden State. But with Hield and Curry, maybe something else special is brewing.
