Sure he's known for his 3-point shooting, but we saw so much of Steph Curry's game take place in the vast space between the arcs, and here he is hanging around after the play, being a menace and causing a turnover. The athleticism on the jump-deflection, the coordination on the bobble and gather, and the inventiveness with the backwards, no-look bounce pass to a streaking Harrison Barnes - the MVP checklist begins its redraft.

No matter what time of year it is, or who's out on the floor for them, the Bulls are known for their defense. Watch here as five Bulls players are drawn to the ball. Watch Steph Curry exploit that defensive awareness with two ball fakes and a disappearing, over-the-shoulder shovel pass to free up David Lee for the dunk. Film rooms everywhere took notice.

Perhaps lost in the February madness that was Russell Westbrook, was Curry kicking off the month with his season-high: 51 giant points against Dallas, no slouch. As fun as it was to sit back and watch the points flow in, we think Steph enjoyed it the most, cruising with his team to a 14-point win.

Steph takes it right to the teeth of one of the most decorated defenses of our time. Running with the theme, Curry helped the Warriors to the win, avenging what was, at the time, their only home loss of the season.

Curry saves the play with the backwards pass as he falls forward, and Marreese Speights kindly hits the jumper. The magic continues.

From the same game, this time Curry will forego his teammates and take on the Wizards' frontline by himself, with an absurd falling push floater, near-hand side to the basket, running underneath the leaping defense and using the goal for protection. Spill and splash.

Perhaps nothing embodies Curry's hard-work-breeds-showy-confidence mantra than this classic three against the Bucks. Steph looks away, turns, and heads back down the floor as soon as the shot is released, not even bothering to wonder if he'd be off the mark. Of course it went in. This was just one of the many "Rewind that!" moments of Curry's remarkable season.

Speaking of "Rewind that!" moments, we present to you one of Steph's greatest sleights of hand. The behind the back hesitation hold and shovel out to Barnes in the corner for the 3 left Dallas feeling bewildered and motion-sick. MVP's tend to think quickly on their feet, right?

MVP's also tend to have the occasional ability to overrule their respective coach. With that, we bring you this peculiar possession, where Curry dribbled through a forest of Clippers jerseys, turned, went in the opposite direction of his basket (not recommended), and then launched an off-balance three. Some would call that a broken play. Steve Kerr looked like he called that a broken play. Then the ball went in and it became the Play Of The Day. Any questions?

Some things to look at closely in this play: the score going into HALFTIME, and the quickness with which Curry stops his chasedown sprint, and has his feet set to launch. We know Australian football is different from American football, but props to Andrew Bogut for the tremendous lead pass into space! Oh, and that's good for 73 points in the first half and a 21-point lead over the Knicks. Check please.

Of course an MVP must anticipate the movements of his teammates in an effort to facilitate for them. But why does it feel like on this play Curry knew where Leandro Barbosa was going to go before Leandro even knew he was going anywhere?? You can almost see Curry entering another of his cheat codes to create another of his next-dimension plays.

More cheat codes, or maybe its a glitch: He's proved he doesn't need to watch his shots go in, but this time Steph doesn't even look while he shoots. In the process of falling on his face, Curry heaves up the circus shot, at a previously-impossible angle -- and it falls. Chef Curry or Mad Scientist Curry?

Another classic Curry moment, reevaluating advanced metrics tactics: Why take a fastbreak layup for a 4-point swing, when you can stop and pop a fastbreak three for a 5-point swing? With Steph's shooting, it's worth the risk.

At this stage of the game, the MVP race was still a race, and MVP hopefuls were dishing out signature night after signature night to distinguish themselves. There aren't too many things more distinct than taking down another MVP-capable superstar, especially when it involves giving Chris Paul a taste of his own ankle-breaking medicine. Cue the internet breaking in unison...

When you're alone at the top of the MVP mountain, there's only one person available to best: yourself... That's what Steph did with his own 3-point record, hitting his 273rd of the season against the Trail Blazers, a new all-time record high. Pretty good self-advertising from Steph.

As far as we know, preseason play doesn't factor into the minds of MVP voters. But we still submit this notable run-in between Curry and The Black Mamba from October 12th. You could already tell it would be a special season ahead when Curry went to the ground and got back up to fend off the former MVP, and just for good measure, drilled the deep three. Even Kobe had to laugh at that improbable shot, and Kobe knows a thing or two about low-percentage shots...

All-Star Weekend has no impact on regular season stats or awards, but really, where else do players have a better opportunity to distinguish themselves from all the current bests the game has to offer? On top of winning the 3-point contest, Curry provided one of the truly unique All-Star Game moments that stood out from a sea of stupendous plays. It should be noted that it was Curry who helped fellow MVP candidate James Harden realize his full vertical potential, seemingly jumping higher than he'd ever jumped before.

And of course, the postseason is not included in consideration for awards voting. But all we can say is, tell that to Steph Curry! Easily the shot of his career, in a career that already has plenty of big shots, Curry gets back his own miss and nails this wild corner three, while hanging on for dear life, to force overtime in Game 3 of the Warriors' first round series with New Orleans. The Pelicans were up by as many as 20 in the 4th Quarter, but after this shot, the series was effectively over, as Golden State swept. And well, now we're all caught up.