Not knowing things

Bulls Confidential:

The level of talent around Stephen Curry of both his teammates and his competition often makes it difficult to gauge how well he’s really playing.

Especially if you haven’t watched him, or watched him enough, or watched him close enough.

It’s highly unlikely that Curry could be a PG at the next level. His ratios may partially be due to the quality of his teammates, but he’s certainly not actively looking for guys over his own shot.

Wrong.

While Curry does drive to the basket quite a bit, he never blows past opponents.

Wrong.

Curry’s simply not that athletic, and that lack of athleticism is what will stop him from being an elite player.

See: combine. See: this.

One league source

Via The Examiner of Washington: “It’s surprising when Stephen Curry hits the rim. That kid did nothing in my mind to get himself below eight.”

Better than you think

Scott:

Curry was somewhat of a surprise as the second-place finisher, which speaks to how well he was received at the combine, where he shot the lights out, measured a little bigger than expected and looked like he fit in with the other point guards on the floor. He also was a pro in the interviews, and many of the older GMs feel the fact that he grew up around the NBA game will help him make a quick transition to the pros. Three GMs had him ranked as the top point guard in the draft, and he received seven second-place votes, too. One GM had him ranked sixth. This coincides with a number of things I heard at the camp that had the Thunder, Wizards and Warriors all looking at possibly selecting Curry before the Knicks draft at No. 8.

More here: He could easily find himself in the top five when the Draft rolls around.

Interview at the combine

Stephen: “We haven’t had this kind of situation since, like, the ’60s, with Mike Maloy and Fred Hetzel and those guys.”

Wanting what comes with N.Y.

K.C. Johnson in Chicago: It’s almost comical the amount of campaigning Stephen Curry has done to be drafted by the Knicks at No. 8.

More from DraftExpress

Here:

Stephen Curry has similar size to Jerryd Bayless. His height isn’t the biggest issue here, as he came out quite solid at over 6-3 in shoes, but his extremely low standing reach and wingspan are. Since we started compiling wingspans, the only successful two guards in the league with a wingspan so small have been Allen Iverson and Monta Ellis. See how he ranks amongst point guards for yourself. It’s understandable now why so many scouts consider him to be a potential defensive liability in the NBA.

Warriors?

In the Washington Post ...

Michael Lee:

Curry, who will always be remembered for knocking off Georgetown two seasons ago, sees himself possibly sharing the back court with Arenas in Washington. “I see myself as a true point who can score. I’ve evolved my game the last year to do that,” the 6-3 Curry said. “If they can move him to the two again. Me and him being a one-two combo would be fun.”

Attention, always

Alan Hahn:

It’s not even June and I feel we’re in Curry overload. There are still other players to closely monitor and see up close and personal in the individual workouts. But you can’t ignore Stephen Curry as a very real option. You also can’t ignore the fact that it is refreshing to hear someone actually wanting to be a Knick.

Question that remains is, do the Knicks want him just as badly?

This is the time of year when smokescreens go up and you would think by now the Knicks told Curry to stifle the gushfest, lest a team ahead of them try to pretend they’re deeply interested to make the Knicks sweat. Chess games.

Poking and prodding

Stephen: “Each team has a room here and it’s like speed dating. You spend about 30 minutes, gettin’ to know each other.”

Hoops in Chicago

Here:

It hasn’t taken Davidson All-American point guard Stephen Curry long to get excited about playing for the Knicks.

Curry, who averaged 28.6 points for the Wildcats as a junior last season, was considered the face of of college basketball even though his Southern Conference team couldn’t repeat its cinderella run to the Final Eight in 2008. The 6-3 Curry has been linked to the Knicks -- who have the eighth pick in next month’s NBA draft -- for close to two months. He got a chance to visit with Knicks president Donnie Walsh and coach Mike D’Antoni last night after the first day of the pre-draft combine.

Thunder?

New York Post: The Combine buzz is Oklahoma City, selecting third, also is very interested in Stephen Curry and has scouted him furiously.

Who here is surprised?

DraftExpress via NBA.com: Stephen Curry looked smooth, smart and extremely talented in pretty much everything he did. He appeared to have the most polish of any point guard in attendance ...

‘Knowing what you want’

Rick Bonnell:

I’ve been hanging around NBA pre-draft camps for 20 years. The interviews all blend together. Players typically come in two flavors -- the nervous and coy (their agents telling them not to screw anything up with the wrong remark) and the recklessly cocky. Curry was neither.

And he also says this: He did turn pro early, and it’s natural to wonder if a skinny, 6-foot-3 kid from the little school on the lake is ready for the big, bad NBA. I wondered, as he left that interview Thursday, if the big, bad NBA is quite ready for Steph Curry.

Stephen in Chicago

Jay Williams: “Stephen Curry is going to be a huge surprise for anybody this year ...” More: Charlotte. Daily News. Newsday. Post. Washington.

Money to be made

Workouts tomorrow and Friday in Chicago. You can watch them too.

Counterpoint

Alan Hahn: ... unless a player like Stephen Curry -- or some of the others -- does enough at the NBA Combine next week and in his individual workout to make you believe he can be a difference-maker, the best play for Donnie Walsh and the Knicks might be to engage in trade talks for the No. 8 pick.

Knicks beat man

Alan Hahn: Curry’s physical stats will be among the most requested at the NBA combine in Chicago ... Also: The Knicks Blog.