I Was Told Steph Curry Wasn't A Good Shooter

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I Was Told Steph Curry Wasn't A Good Shooter depicting an image of the NBA player and the original tweet.

Category: Meme Status: Submission Year: 2019 Origin: Twitter Region:

Type: Axiom,

Tags: twitter, steph curry, arguing, axiom, nba, basketball, wasn't a good shooter, axioms, tweet,

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Frankie Bacon and The Screaming Popes ... @PanasonicDX4500 I was told Steph Curry couldn't hoop Ben Stinar @BenStinar · Nov 9, 2021 Steph Curry has a 9-1 record playing with no other All-Stars and dropped 5O points last night.. it's time he get acknowledged in the best player in the world convo. Like right now. 11:12 AM · Nov 9, 2021 · Twitter for iPhone

The Original Pascal Siakam Stan Account ... @duckshoe PTO The thing that I don't get is I have never seen anyone say the vaccine grants complete immunity They're just "i was told Steph Curry couldn't shoot"-ing the vaccine NBA Central @TheNBACentral · Sep 28, 2021 Devin Booker "I'm not gonna tell you guys if I have the vaccine or not, but you could still get COVID with the vaccine, for anybody that's saying that. Educate yourself, educate yourself." ahnfiredigital.com/nba/phoenix-s. 10:26 AM · Sep 28, 2021 · Twitter for Android

Acting the Fulemin ... @ATFulemin [echoed by a choir of angels] but i was told Steph Curry isn't a good shooter Rokuten WARIDRS 30 DAVIDS 30 NIKE Curry breaks Allen's all-time threes record Stephen Curry has shot his way to the top of the NBA record book for 3-pointers. Curry hit his 2,974th 3-pointer Tuesday night in the first quarter of the Golden State Warriors' game against the New York Knicks, breaking the record set by Ray Allen.

Editor in J ... @Account4hockey "but I was told steph curry wasn't a good shooter" Justin Cuthbert @jccuthbert · Jan 11 Who says Mathews can't get elite service without Marner? Two awesome passes snapped around by Kase and Bunting for the go-ahead 11:26 PM · Jan 11, 2022 · TweetDeck

shoot name kevin ... @might_be_a_mark This has some "I was told Steph Curry can't shoot" vibes. Just making up arguments in your own weird %3D head. Bad Danielson Takes @BadBryanTakes · Aug 5, 2021 So when Ruby debuts to a massive pop and people singing her theme and she's more over than she ever was in the fed, what will the grifters narrative be? 4:42 PM · Aug 5, 2021 · Twitter for Android

Drew Magary ... @drewmagary but I was told steph curry had no grit Michael Lee @MrMichaelLee · Dec 14, 2021 I get that it's meant as a compliment but referring to Steph Curry as "the greatest shooter ever" is reductive & facile. Doesn't consider the competitiveness, work ethic & discipline required to be THIS good. Check his handle, finishes at the rim, craftiness. He's more than his J 8:05 AM · Dec 15, 2021 · Twitter Web App

About • Origin • Spread • Examples •

About

I Was Told Steph Curry Wasn't A Good Shooter refers to a 2019 tweet by user @killakow about NBA player Steph Curry that became an axiom on Twitter to describe tweets in which a person asserts an obvious, widely regarded opinion by boasting to an unseen strawman who denies the opinion. Over the course of the following years, the saying and variations of it were frequently referenced online.

Origin

On June 10th, 2019, Twitter user @killakow^[1] tweeted, "there’s always someone on twitter arguing with no one. saying stuff like 'but I was told steph curry wasn’t a good shooter.'" The tweet gained over 450 retweets and 2,300 likes in roughly two and a half years (shown below). For context, Steph Curry is widely regarded as one of the greatest shooters in basketball history, and owns multiple NBA shooting records.^[2]

Ruth's Chris Pontius ... @killakow there's always someone on twitter arguing with no one. saying stuff like “but I was told steph curry wasn't a good shooter" 11:49 PM · Jun 10, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

Spread

Despite the relatively modest spread of killakow's tweet, it proved memorable, as Twitter users recalled it upon encountering situations described by the tweet over two years after it was first posted. For example, on July 28th, 2021, Twitter user @electricsnuff^[3] posted a reference to the tweet in response to a user writing, "If your favorite analyst ranks CeeDee outside the top 20 WRs this year, he’s telling on himself" (shown below, left). On May 24th, user @Brandonnagy^[4] posted it in response to a Toronto Blue Jays tweet (shown below, right).

slapnick prospect ... @electricsnuff I was told Steph curry can't shoot threes Amr Gabr @amrgaabr · Jul 28, 2021 If your favorite analyst ranks CeeDee outside the top 20 WRs this year, he's telling on himself. pic.twitter.com/9GokmSOaW8 4:01 PM · Jul 28, 2021 · Twitter Web App

Brandon ... @brandonnagy Real "I was told Steph Curry was not a good shooter" energy here Toronto Blue Jays @BlueJays · May 24, 2021 At 20, he was overhyped. At 21, he was overrated. At 22, he's the best hitter in baseball.

The phrase has also seen usage outside of sports-related contexts. On May 26th, 2021, user @Mikelennial^[5] posted it in response to a take about Olivia Rodrigo (shown below, left). On February 14th, 2022, Twitter user @ryrob97^[6] posted a reference to the tweet in response to Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney saying she was "told" she "didn't have a face for TV" (shown below, right).