Enjoy Klay Thompson, Stephen Curry jump shots — the art won’t last forever
As the Giants hire busloads of analytics and mechanics experts, joining the sports trend of finding the most efficient way for each athlete to comb his or her hair, the Warriors remain an oasis.
It’s not that the Warriors shun analytics. They employ all the new-age tracking and evaluating they can get their hands on.
But the jump shot is the last refuge of the pure, self-taught artist, and the Warriors feature three of the purest in Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant.
On the PGA and LPGA tours, 99 percent of the players have received intense swing coaching and analysis from the day they picked up a club.