Update: Steph Curry is the 2023-24 NBA Clutch Player of the Year
No surprise, but nice that the NBA got it right
Nokcha_ on Reddit shares the news:
[NBAPR] "The complete voting results for the 2023-24 Kia NBA Clutch Player of the Year."
Top 5:
Steph Curry with 298 Total Points - 45 1st place votes, 18 2nd place votes, 19 3rd place votes
DeMar DeRozan with 271 Total Points - 34 1st place votes, 27 2nd place votes, 21 3rd place votes
SGA with 160 Total Points - 11 1st place votes, 29 2nd place votes, 18 3rd place votes
Nikola Jokic with 85 points - 4 1st place votes, 14 2nd place votes, 23 3rd place votes
Jalen Brunson with 26 points - 2 1st place votes, 4 2nd place votes, 4 3rd place votes
Steph Curry becomes the 2nd winner of the Jerry West Clutch Player of the Year award joining De'Aron Fox which makes this award officially unofficially a NorCal award (until stated otherwise)
@WardeIICurry30 adds this rather frighteningly long set of statistics, which I have not verified, but sure they seem plausible:
Stephen Curry is: - 1st in Clutch PTS - 1st in Clutch FGM - 1st in Clutch 3PM - 1st in Clutch PTS per minute - 1st in Clutch PTS when trailing - 1st in Clutch FGM when trailing - 1st in Clutch 3PM when trailing - 1st in Clutch 3PM in a single season - 1st in Go-Ahead FGM in final 2 minutes - 1st in Go-Ahead FGM in final minute - 1st in Go-Ahead FGM in final 30 seconds - 1st in Go-Ahead FGM in final 10 seconds - 1st in Go-Ahead FGM in final 5 seconds - 1st in Clutch Win Probability Added - 1st in Clutch Impact - 1st in Player % of Clutch Team Points (Heaviest Carrier in Clutch)
More Steph Clutch Stats This Season Include: - Winning Record in the Clutch - More Go-Ahead Shots L20 secs than other Top 5 CPOY contenders combined - 8 Games with Perfect Shooting in Clutch - 13 Games with 80%+ EFG in Clutch - 17 Games with Multiple Clutch FGM - 5 Potential Game Winners - 2 Game Winners - 50/45/95% Clutch Shooting Splits - +12.6% TS Increase vs League Avg - +13.0% EFG vs League Avg - +5.8% FG Increase vs League Avg - +3.2% 2PT Increase vs League Avg - +14.3% 3PT Increase vs League Avg - +16.1% FT Increase vs League Avg - +19.0% TS Increase vs Rest of Team - +16.4% EFG vs Rest of Team - +8.8% FG Increase vs Rest of Team - +1.8% 2PT Increase vs Rest of Team - +20.1% 3PT Increase vs Rest of Team - +24.3% FT Increase vs Rest of Team - +16.3% EFG vs League Avg on Game-Tying/Go-Ahead shots last 30 secs - +19.9% EFG vs League Avg on Game-Tying/Go-Ahead shots last 10 secs - +28.1% EFG vs League Avg on Game-Tying/Go-Ahead shots last 5 secs
Glad to see Steph add more hardware to help his case as the GOAT, beating Paul Pierce in the players poll again is huge! I sincerely think Steph should be in the All-time #1 conversation and some more great play-off moments would be very helpful.
But
Did the NBA get this right? Steph shot extremely efficiently in the clutch there’s no doubt. But the Warrior’s points per possession in the clutch wasn’t great and neither was their record.
Should clutch turnovers be factored in to this award?
The killer in this game is that it very quickly becomes obvious that the Lakers are never in it, even with the lead. Because Denver never played with any kind of worry or panic.