Hield explains why Steph’s 3-balls feel like ‘nine-point plays’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Buddy Hield is enjoying his new status as Warriors teammates with Steph Curry.
Even as a three-point expert, Hield remains impressed with the things Curry can do on the court, including the four-time NBA champion’s ability to hold the crowd in the palm of his hand.
“He’s the man,” Hield told “The Jim Rome Show” on 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 go running, his three-pointers feel as nine-point plays because that’s what they are [effective] on the whole crowd.”
Curry certainly knows how to light up an arena and swing the momentum the Warriors way. And since Golden State acquired Hield this offseason in a sign-and-trade deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, the newest Warriors wing has reminded fans that he’s also one of the best marksmen in the game.
Through seven games during the 2024-25 NBA season so far, Hield is averaging 21.9 points per game off the Warriors’ bench on 51.4 percent shooting and 50.0 percent from behind the three-point line. When Curry missed three games last week with an ankle injury, Hield helped Golden State set a franchise record with 103 3-pointers in the team’s first six games.
During that span, Hield became the first player in NBA history to make at least 27 three-pointers in his first six games with a team, and he now averages a team-leading 4.7 triples per game.
But even Hield knows there is only one three-point king, and he tells Rome he often wants to stop in the middle of practice to watch Curry do his thing.
“It’s fun,” Hield told Rome about playing alongside Curry. “I always say that now I have someone who can shoot better than me, and he can do it all – all different levels, from the three, the middle to the rim. And just watching the way he trains, the way he works goes his daily life, and the way he approaches his training like it’s nothing, it’s so unreal…
“He works so hard, and you can see why he’s one of the best shooters to ever play the game.”
The Splash Bros are no longer in Golden State. But there may be something special going on with Hield and Curry.
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