Stephen Curry fulfills his promise to Warriors fans, six years later (Ball Don’t Lie)

From his high school days through the pre-draft process — "... it is notable how far apart Curry's role in the NCAA was from the role he is likely to play in the NBA" — there have been questions about just how big an impact Stephen Curry's likely to have. Seven games into his pro career, answers seemed tough to come by. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] After selecting the former Davidson superstar with the seventh overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft, the Golden State Warriors opened the 2009-10 season 2-5, with three of those losses coming by double-digits. Despite the presence of capable veteran scorers like Monta Ellis, Stephen Jackson and Corey Maggette in head coach Don Nelson's uptempo system, the Warriors were struggling to score, ranking down around the bottom third of the league in points per possession. On a more expected note, they couldn't defend anybody, giving up 108 or more points in five of their seven outings. Curry was slowly finding his way, averaging just less than nine points in 30 minutes per game , and had come off the bench for the first time in a 14-point loss to the Indiana Pacers. It was a sputtering...