Sports Illustrated is doing its yearly Sportsman of the Year award, and, of course, publishing the nomination essays online. (The actual award is announced on December 2. My money's on Mark Cuban. Too soon?) Anyway, Joe Posnanski, one of the best writers and/or bloggers anywhere, nominated someone near and dear to our heart: Stephen Curry. And eloquently so: "Then, for two wonderful weeks in the tournament, he showed the big schools and America what too many had forgotten: Basketball is not a science; basketball is art. He swished long, high-arching jump shots that leaped from his fingers as if pulled by a string." Curry's 2008-09 trick: Actually shooting basketballs with strings. Just wait. It'll blow your mind.

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