Entering the 2017-18 season, Steve Kerr couldn’t be more optimistic about what Stephen Curry might be capable of doing.

The Warriors’ head coach thinks his superstar point guard will be even better this year than he was in his previous two MVP campaigns, which seems difficult to fathom. Still, Kerr is confident because he says Curry is just now in his prime.

“I think Steph is at his absolute peak right now,” Kerr told reporters Thursday. “Physically, emotionally, this is probably as good as he’s ever going to be this year. I think he’s better now than he was last year and the year before. And that’s saying something.

“He is the most impactful offensive player in terms of what he does to the defense – maybe ever. There are guys, obviously, Michael Jordan impacted things. But the way Steph plays, [he] puts the fear of God into defenses like nobody I’ve ever seen.”

Indeed, Curry’s three-point shooting has changed the NBA and allowed Golden State’s ancillary stars more freedom to operate. Defenses have to cover more of the court while trying to slow Curry than any other player given the mathematical fact that three points are more than two – and he shoots thres with unprecedented efficiency.

“Gravity,” Kerr said. “Nobody’s been able to shoot off the dribble from 35 feet in a normal setting. But he does that, which changes an entire game. So everything we do revolves around Steph. You can talk about where he stands in terms of the best players in the league. He’s obviously one of the best. By that standard, he’s the best.

“If you want to just say who effects the game the most offensively, Steph’s the best player in the NBA. But there’s different ways of measuring that stuff. From a two-way standpoint, if you like the two-way guys, maybe it’s Kawhi Leonard or KD (Kevin Durant) or LeBron (James) because they’re bigger and stronger and they can protect the rim, or whatever.

“… All you have to do is just look on the impact (Curry) makes every time he’s on the floor for us to know that everything we do, everything we run offensively, the other guys’ ability to make plays, Shaun (Livingston), Andre (Iguodala), Draymond (Green), it all starts with Steph’s gravity.”

If Curry has the best season of his career, and Durant takes another step forward in his second season with Golden State, it’s almost impossible to imagine how good the Warriors could be.