As Stephen Curry has become stronger physically, he has been able to extend his range.

“I've heard people say you need to take his space,” Curry’s trainer Brandon Payne said via phone after Curry's 51-point game against the Orlando Magic. “Well, if you get up tight on him, that's actually what we want you to do. We want you to get up tight on him because then it's going to open lanes to the basket when he plays off the high post.”

Payne discounts the notion that Curry wouldn't be as successful in a more physical era.

“To say that you would completely shut him down or render him not effective with more physical defense, I don't think that's accurate. He just has too many things he can go to.”

Payne believes Curry is just entering his prime 

“The strength that he has is allowing him to step further and further back without changing his mechanics," Payne said. "He's able to create any look that he wants because he's able to get backward away from pressure.”