How does Steph Curry shoot the ball so well?



Which combinations in his DNA set his jump shot range to something nearing the infinite? Did a childhood of tutelage from his father, Dell — one of the greatest 3-point shooters in the NBA in the 1990s — teach him how to do it nearly perfectly every time?



He is a product of his genetic code as much as his environment. Dell told The Athletic he taught Stephen and his brother, Portland Trail Blazers guard Seth, to watch the rim when they were kids. The lesson stuck with Seth, but Steph found himself watching the ball as time went on.



“It wasn’t really anything I thought about, to be honest,” Steph said. “Can you repeat it and can those mechanics be the same over and over? That’s just a natural way I’ve shot and you work at it.”



The reason it felt natural was that it was the exact same thing Dell did in his day. Despite coaches always saying to keep your...