--- title: The Universe of Discourse : “Steph Curry: fluke or... description: A ten-year follow-up on a 2016 prediction about whether Steph Curry's record-breaking 402 three-point field goals in the 2015–16 NBA season was a fluke or a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-universe-of-discourse-steph-curry-fluke-or-breakthrough-ten-years-later-lylxc8cvp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Universe of Discourse : “Steph Curry: fluke or breakthrough” ten years later | daily.dev og:description: A ten-year follow-up on a 2016 prediction about whether Steph Curry's record-breaking 402 three-point field goals in the 2015–16 NBA season was a fluke or a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-universe-of-discourse-steph-curry-fluke-or-breakthrough-ten-years-later-lylxc8cvp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lYLXC8cvp.png og:image:alt: The Universe of Discourse : “Steph Curry: fluke or breakthrough” ten years later og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Universe of Discourse : “Steph Curry: fluke or breakthrough” ten years later **[Planet Haskell](https://daily.dev/sources/phaskell)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A ten-year follow-up on a 2016 prediction about whether Steph Curry's record-breaking 402 three-point field goals in the 2015–16 NBA season was a fluke or a breakthrough. The author concludes the prediction was largely correct: three-point shooting has fundamentally transformed basketball, with league-wide attempts and scoring from three-pointers rising dramatically. However, one specific prediction — that other players would regularly exceed 300 three-pointers — did not materialize, as only Curry himself has done so consistently. The analysis draws parallels to Babe Ruth's transformation of baseball through the home run. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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