Bogut: Curry ‘unguardable,' Warriors hope MVP gets more calls

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Through 19 games this season, Steph Curry is averaging 31.6 points and 6.0 assists per game.

He's shooting over 51 percent from the field, 44.5 percent from deep, and over 94 percent from the free throw line.

"How would I guard him? He's unguardable," Andrew Bogut recently told Seerat Sohi of Rolling Stone. "Look, if he gets doubled, he can make plays for other people. There's no one way to guard Steph."

With Curry on the floor, the Warriors are averaging 117.6 points per 100 possessions, the best mark in the NBA.

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He's shooting 65.7 percent on shots less than eight feet from the rim, 46.7 percent on 8-16 feet away, 52.4 percent on 16-24 feet away, and 45 percent on shots over 24 feet away.

He's shooting 41.2 percent on left corner 3s, 50 percent on right corner 3s, and 45 percent on above the break 3s, per NBA.com.

He's shooting 63.6 percent on bank shots, 84.6 percent on finger rolls, 45.5 percent on jump shots, and 71.8 percent on layups.

He's shooting 50.8 percent on zero dribbles, 46.3 percent after taking one dribble, 50 percent after two dribbles, 56.3 percent after 3-6 dribbles, and 46.3 percent after 7+ dribbles.

So what do you do?

"I think you need to mix it up," Bogut answered. "He's figured it out now. A lot of teams would put bigger, longer guys on him. He's figured that out. A lot of teams would put smaller guys on him. Some guys hold and grab him and try to be physical. If you look at Steph after the game, he's got two arms full of scratches and welts and bruises because he's just getting absolutely mauled.

"We run him off a lot of screens so he's getting bashed. He's coming off a lot of double screens fast. Guys chasing him are always holding his shirt, or holding his arm, or grabbing him. We're hoping he can get more calls as the MVP."

Curry is averaging a career-best 6.3 free throw attempts per game (he averaged 4.2 attempts last year) -- tied with Blake Griffin for the 16th most in the league.

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