"We played seven minutes, man. He had to have like 25 points" - Andre Iguodala recalls insane Stephen Curry 3-point shooting clinic during a Warriors practice

“We played seven minutes, man. He had to have like 25 points” – Andre Iguodala recalls insane Stephen Curry 3-point shooting clinic during a Warriors practice originally appeared on Basketball Network.

For over a decade, Stephen Curry has redefined the art of long-distance shooting, pulling up from 30 feet with the kind of audacity that reshaped defensive schemes and recalibrated the geometry of NBA courts.

His form is clean, his release is impossibly quick and his confidence is practically a gravitational force. But while fans have witnessed countless jaw-dropping performances on the big stage, there’s something different about seeing it up close.

And that’s a reality Andre Iguodala knows all too well.

Curry’s insane shooting

Before Iguodala became the ultimate swingman for the Golden State Warriors dynasty, he was a veteran forward with a front-row seat to history in the making. “Iggy” still remembers one particular practice when Curry went off and made every possible bucket with his shots.

“One time I got mad, I forgot he was on my team and pushed [Curry] and he still made the shot,” the retired wing recalled. “We played about seven minutes, man. He had to have like 25 points. Man, it was crazy.”

That moment, buried in the back gym of a Warriors facility, captured everything “Chef” represents — an unshakable scoring rhythm that couldn’t be disrupted even by a frustrated shove. It was a closed-door glimpse of what the world would eventually see on the brightest stages.

The superstar point guard moved through defenders as if they weren’t there and flicked off shots from deep like it was muscle memory. There was no scoreboard that day in practice, but the dominance was unmistakable.

During his time with Golden State, Andre witnessed the transformation of a talented guard from Davidson College into a two-time MVP and four-time NBA champion. Curry’s 3-point barrages became routine; the numbers piled up — over 4000 made threes and counting, a record that continues to balloon — but the ease with which he did it still managed to surprise even those who saw it daily.

That 25-point outburst in seven minutes didn’t count toward Steph’s career stats, but it left an imprint on Iguodala’s competitive instincts. Because when the former unanimous MVP starts cooking, even the best defenders — and even teammates — can get caught watching.

The realization

The respect came long before the practice battles.

“Iggy,” then a member of the Denver Nuggets, had to contend with “Chef,” the enemy, during the 2013 Western Conference first round. That series marked Curry’s coming-out party — 24.3 points, 9.3 assists per game and a flood of 3s. Game 4 alone saw “Baby Faced Assasin” torch Denver with 31 points, including five outside makes that felt like daggers dropped from the rafters.

“When we played them in the Western Conference finals, everyone was like, bro. I almost clapped when he made a shot,” the 2015 Finals MVP admitted. “I forgot I was playing against him. He was like, ‘Man, I had never seen nothing like that.”

The sentiment spread quickly across the league: Steph was becoming the best shooter, the best shooter in even another dimension, that is. He was a phenomenon.

The 2013 series flipped the perception of the Warriors from plucky underdogs to dangerous disruptors. And for Iguodala, who would sign with Golden State later that offseason, it became clear that aligning with The 6’2” guard was aligning with something generational.

Davidson star had a range like none other. But that is just one piece of his game. He had the joy with which he played, the precision of his movement and his ability to suck the oxygen out of an arena with a single flick of the wrist.

Even veterans like “AI2” — known for defensive discipline — found themselves forgetting the assignment when Stephen entered that uncanny rhythm, the kind where he’d sprint off two screens, relocate, rise and release before defenders even realized he had the ball.

That rhythm would soon become the pulse of the Warriors’ dynasty and Iguodala would be there every step of the way — Finals MVP in 2015, locker room sage during the later title runs and a trusted witness to the man who turned warmups into spectacle and practices into performances.

This story was originally reported by Basketball Network on Jun 8, 2025, where it first appeared.

“We played seven minutes, man. He had to have like 25 points” – Andre Iguodala recalls insane Stephen Curry 3-point shooting clinic during a Warriors practice

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