Stephen Curry was arguably the most excited in Team USA for the Paris Olympics. He was like a little kid in a candy store, admiring, enjoying, and playing. The last one, though, was a pain point, at least for a short while. The greatest three-point shooter was finding it hard to make his shots. And while the Curry and Dubs faithful kept their game face on, it was clear that it was a concerning factor. Not for the man in question, though. Failure is not a word that Curry lets define his story. Whenever he commits, he lives up to it, doesn’t he?

Yes. Rather, he views his tough time as a stepping stone for betterment. And when he says he will be better, the ‘Baby-Faced Assassin’ does exactly that. Take, for instance, what the Warriors’ standout rookie, Brandin Podziemski, revealed. “I was [in Paris] there for a couple of games before [the Serbia game], so I got to talk with Steph…and at the time Steph was struggling and not making as much so we were just kind of talking about it and what his thoughts were.”

“It’s actually crazy, he told me and my friends he’s going to go off the next two games. He told us and he did it…It was super surreal!” Podziemski said on 95.7 The Game. How can we forget those phenomenal final two? Despite admitting that he was struggling, Stephen Curry finished the semi-finals against Serbia with an unbelievable stat line – 36 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 assists. And for the cheery on top, he went 12-of-19 from the field and drained 9-of-14 from downtown! Shocking? We think not!

And what did he have in store for France? A Curry special, of course. 4 consecutive three-pointers with around 2 minutes left shattered many hearts in the crowd, who until that moment believed there was going to be a French resurgence. And if that wasn’t enough, his legendary ‘Golden Dagger’ sealed the deal. Done and dusted! Nuit Nuit Ville Lumière. 

But it seems like Steph Curry’s 10-year coach, Steve Kerr, might have had some misgivings.

Did Coach Kerr come close to taking Stephen Curry off the rotation?

Before you go off on a rant, hear me out. Basketball analyst and Green Bay head coach, Doug Gottlieb seems to have the opinion that the 58-year-old coach might have wondered about pulling Steph out. In a recent episode of Doug Gottlieb Show, the ex-ESPN host said, “Steve has seen all the amazing things, and he knows that Steph Curry has undeniable self-confidence that he believes the next shot is going in whether he missed the first 50 or not. But he was to the point of like, ‘We want to get him out of there? We sure want to do this?'”

Technically, no one can say that Steve Kerr cannot do that. But of course, the backlash he would have faced for such a move would be of massive proportions. Remember the Jayson Tatum controversy? Now multiply it by 10. But in the face of it, do we really think the 9x NBA champ, widely considered one of the most accurate three-point shooters in the NBA, would do that?

Chances are, no. For one, as Gottlieb pointed out, Steve’s seen it all. “Steph is Steph. I’ve seen him have tough nights before and then he gets 40 the next night,” he said after a disappointing night against South Sudan. In fact, the level of trust between the two is insane that while the crowd at Bercy arena went nuts after his golden dagger, the one person who wasn’t surprised was Steve Kerr.

“It didn’t surprise me that he took it, and it didn’t surprise me that it went in.” Period.