Despite the ultimately disappointing end to the season of the Golden State Warriors, there's no denying that Stephen Curry had one of the most memorable campaigns of his career. Former Dubs teammate Leandro Barbosa has opened up about the one aspect he saw in Curry's game this season that he believes played a key role in Steph's MVP-caliber year.

According to Barbosa, Curry came in with a different mentality this season:

“The difference is that now he knows he has a lot of pressure, a lot of responsibility on his shoulders,” Barbosa said Friday on 95.7 The Game's Steiny, Guru & Dibs (h/t Jessica Kleinschmidt of NBC Sports).

“He was good, he was doing pretty much what he did this season, but he had a couple of other players around him. He didn’t have that much responsibility on his back, on his shoulders. He knows right now that he needs to drop 35 points every single game.”

Excellent point from Barbosa here, who himself played alongside Curry with the Warriors for two years between 2014 and 2016. This was during Golden State's historic dynasty run, and back then, the Dubs had more than a couple of stars on their roster.

This certainly wasn't the case for Curry and the Warriors this season. Injuries played a key role for Golden State, which left Curry with the burden of having to carry his team pretty much the entire way. There's no denying that all things considered, Steph did an absolutely stellar job in bringing a shorthanded Warriors side as far as they did this season.