Stephen Curry believes some of the criticism he's received is an overreaction to his back-to-back MVPs.

"Yeah, I heard the words 'slump' and 'down year' and all sorts of other ways to describe something that wasn't really a problem for me," Curry told ESPN. "I obviously hold myself to the highest standard. Still, at this point, I'm not at the numbers I was last year, but I'm not worried about that because it's a different year. Every shot I take, I have confidence I'm going to make it, and over the course of the season, I expect that to show itself as we go along."

Curry is averaging 24.8 points per game and shooting 40 percent from 3-point range, the lowest long distance mark of his career. 

Curry was honored as the Western Conference Player of the Week after averaging 31.8 points, 5.5 assists and 4.5 rebounds for games played from Jan. 2 to Jan. 8.

"There's a lot of scrutiny over something, to me, that wasn't really an issue -- knowing that it will all average out, most likely," Curry told ESPN. "I try to get better from year to year, so if you survey it from that standpoint just off of raw numbers, I'm not achieving my goal right now. But there are a lot of things that go into it, obviously."

Curry finds it humorous to suggest he has been "in a slump."

"That is the one that's most comical, because if you look at the numbers at that point, in the politest way, I'll take those slump numbers any day of the week," Curry told ESPN. "But I know it's a long year and a lot more games to play. I try not to get caught up in that nonsense. It's a roller-coaster ride of a season. It is what it is."

Steve Kerr compared what Curry is experiencing to that of a baseball legend.

"If people think that you're just supposed to do that every year, that's crazy," Kerr told ESPN. "Ted Williams didn't hit .400 every year, but every year he hit about .350, .360, and that's what Steph is doing. The expectations on Steph are outrageous."