Warriors beat writer Danny Emerman shares his thoughts on the Warriors and beyond

The results are in: Steph Curry is no longer the best point guard in the NBA.

Both Luka Doncic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ranked ahead of Curry according to the 30 general managers polled in the league’s annual survey.

The poll isn’t just a bunch of randos on social media or even reporter-class pundits. It’s the league’s top decision-makers — the same ones that considered Curry the best point guard in the league each of the past nine seasons before this one.

So the survey holds weight. It’s the Times/Siena poll of the NBA. But should Curry getting dethroned matter?

Well, the same poll considers Curry the best pure shooter and the best at moving without the ball (duh). He ranks as the best leader in the NBA with a plurality of the votes and, for the second year in a row, the player general managers would most want to take the shot with a game on the line. He also finished a hair behind Doncic for the players toughest to game plan for.

Seems like someone any team would love to build around.

Curry is 36 years old. He doesn’t get the same separation on isolations on a nightly basis that he once did — which is to be expected. But he still creates as much gravity as ever, with defenses needing to stay attached to him wherever he is on the floor. When he’s on, he’s still as unguardable as anyone in league history. He showed as much during the Olympics.

As Curry said this week, the ball is going to stop bouncing at some point. But right now, the ball’s still bouncing in.

More GM survey strays

– Steve Kerr ranked as the third-best coach, the second-best motivator and as the fourth-best offensive coach. He didn’t get a vote for best in-game adjustments. Sounds about right.

– Top pick Zaccharie Risacher didn’t receive a single vote for the “Who will win the 2024-25 Rookie of the Year?” question. That’s got to hurt.

– Nikola Jokic was rightly named the best international player, with an overwhelming 87% of the vote, but Joel Embiid didn’t receive a single vote in the category. Be serious. Victor Wembanyama (1 vote) is going to run the league one day, but he’s not better than Embiid right now.

– My favorite inquiry was “Which active player will make the best head coach one day?” Chris Paul was a great choice at No. 1, and Garrett Temple was close behind him (20%); I never would have guessed him, but the fact that six GMs thought of him is fascinating.

– Jayson Tatum is regarded as the best small forward in the NBA, which very well might be correct, but he doesn’t even play small forward on his own team. The only two positions that make any sense to rank are point guard and center.