Stephen Curry, my fantasy nemesis

Also, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as fantasy’s Jordan facsimile

BY TRAVIS MORAN

A hot Stephen Curry transforms any landscape—real or fantasy. EZRA SHAW/GETTY IMAGES

There are three constants in Excalibur, our fantasy basketball league: 

1. At some point, my brother will instigate a tense, prolonged silence.

2. Stephen Curry is our league’s golden goose.

3. Our commissioner, Trust The Process, will sell both kidneys to get Curry.

Only once in seven years has Curry played for a different Excalibur team. In 2021-2022, Triangle—my brother’s squad—drafted Curry out of spite, refused to trade him to Process, and rode him to a regular-season title. (Not the actual title, of course.) It’s Triangle’s go-to tale of never was. 

My brother is my chief fantasy rival, but the Process-Curry pairing—winning two of the past five Excalibur titles—is everyone’s true nemesis. Over the past six fantasy seasons, Process has kept the Hustle completely under thumb, winning nearly 60 percent of all categories. And as much as I’d like to chalk that up solely to the Curry factor, Process a…