Darling or asshole or somewhere in between, I think it's kind of been lost amid the Warriors' early stumble that Curry right now (both in preseason and in the first three games) is playing at or above his 2015-16 peak level. Somehow this Summer, amid shooting 74-74 in pro golf tournaments, goofing off in China, etc., he was able to improve both his body and his game, to the point where Kerr said a few days ago that he's straight up better now than he was in his two MVP years.
I think the degree to which his sprained MCL in the 2016 playoffs hampered his game remains massively underrated. Not only did it help lose the '16 Finals but it also also curtailed last summer's workouts, which resulted in a slow start to last season, by his standards, and I think a general lowering of his esteem among NBA observers. Since roughly the midpoint of last season, he's been back to historically good Steph (viz. 28.6 pts, 6.3 reb, 6.8 ast per 36 on .659 true shooting in last year's playoffs). I think it's comical how often he gets totally omitted from "best player in the world" conversations these days, as if putting up a
+1,015 net plus minus (~200 points better than any other player, and ~500 points better than any non-Warrior, including LeBron) just happens.
This season through three games (per 36 mins.):
33.0 points on .697 true shooting
5.7 assists
5.3 rebounds
1.9 turnovers
Now if the Ws can stop turning it over start turning it over 17 times a game and start playing a little D...