Full transcript below the best 4.5 minutes I’ve ever heard giving Steph his flowers in a way NBA media has always refused to do 🗣️🫡
“They finally had Wiggins was back. Chris, Paul, Steph, they finally had a full team. Here we go. Everybody’s back. Steph was amazing. Milwaukee hung for a while. Warriors blow them out late with a gigantic fourth quarter.
You know, we pay so much attention, and probably should, to LeBron’s greatness, age, and longevity. We forget, Steph’s 36 very soon. Is he the anti-LeBron in many forms? Built a dynasty with his first team. Super loyal to friends and relationships. Finesse over power. Shooting over driving. Leaves oxygen in the room for others. Doesn’t have to always be the number one guy.
Just think about what he has dealt with this season, Steph Curry. Draymond Green, long suspension. The death of an assistant coach. Andrew Wiggins, another personal leave. The drama of Klay Thompson going to the bench. Chris Paul arrives, hall of fame guard, uh oh, and then misses a big chunk of the season. Bob Myers leaves as a beloved general manager. He’s also trying to connect two generations two of their best young players, 21 years old. And then you got Draymond, Chris Paul, him. And here’s Steph, 27 a game, cool as ever, shooting 41% on threes. Drama has surrounded him forever. Even when he first got there. Do you keep Steph? Monte Ellis? He creates the Splash Brothers. The KD comes, KD leaves. The Draymond stuff. The changing of the guard, Mark Jackson to Steve Kerr.
**None of it phases him. He’s never frazzled and remains the absolute rock. Foundational piece, the steady soul of this great franchise.**
**Forget his superior game. The difference between him and other great guards, James Harden and Kyrie Irving, is a mile wide in terms of leadership, a get it quality, self-awareness, intangibles. He’s a remarkable player. You don’t get any of this ridiculous, I am the man. Put some respect on it, nonsense. It’s all about basketball IQ, working well with others, making things work, lubricating, not agitating, adapting, evolving, dealing with KD. He’s had a lot of players with a lot of baggage and drama. Just look at this year and what he’s dealt with…and here are the Warriors again.**
He’s also never demanding on coaches. I like LeBron, but he can be passive aggressive, little drops in the media, putting pressure on a GM and owner or a coach. We’ve seen it a half dozen times in LA.
**And I think the four best guards I’ve ever seen in my life in professional basketball, and I’ve watched it since the early 70s, are Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, and Steph Curry. And he’s the only one that could play with all of them. Get along with all of them. You could put him on any all-time team. If he played with Michael, he’d be like, hey, I’ll just run around. If you spot me open, throw it. Kobe was hard to play with, Steph could play with him. He worked with KD. KD can be a lot, got along great. He gets along with everybody, and that’s an underrated skill.**
I love LeBron, think he’s the all-time best at doing great things across the board. But there are some things about Steph I strongly prefer.
And last night, another classic performance. The band is finally all back together. They add Chris Paul. It’s a new GM. The death of an assistant. Klay comes off the bench. Young kids everywhere. And they’re blowing out Milwaukee. Great win.
Warriors, finally, the entire unit is back. And I’ll make my call: Warriors end up in the Western Conference Finals against Denver. I’m calling it out right now. Celtics-Nuggets make the Finals. Warriors get to the Western Conference Final.”
by taygads
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Bron chose the life of a mercenary. It hurts his legacy, but he’s still top 5 all-time.
Steph is top 10.
Top 5 probably, if he wins 5. Might pass Bron on my list.
All facts. But isn’t it great there’s a league for both? Lebron has done a lot of things that are hard to support as a fan, but his talent is undeniable.
Totally agreed.
He’s a once in a generation player.
Will be one of the all time greats, top 10 ever.
Certainly top 5 best guards ever.
And he’s still writing history. ✍️
Hate this shit. Smug non players who instead of just celebrating Steph or Lebron does this stupid ass attention seeking shit of THIS GUY vs THAT guy.
This just makes me miss him more as we start feeling the gravitational pull of his upcoming retirement. Might be 3 years away. 4 years away. 5 years away. But knowing it’s on the south side of a decade got me sad, man.
I’ll take western conference finals. I don’t think we are gonna win the chip this year. But I’d love a deep player run for our young plays. Let’s them have a taste of what the most competitive basketball is like and summer to stew on it and improve.
Only thing I’m kinda confused by is the LeBron not leaving oxygen for others comment? Because if he’s talking about him as a player, that feels super wrong. LeBron sets his teammates up better than almost any other top 10 player, both with assists and making them look better as players than they are, often leading to bigger deals than they’re worth.
But if it was that about him as LeGM trading away guys? Or that he has such a traveling circus around him that his teammates often get overly criticized because they have a hyperfocused media presence with him there? Because both of those I can get behind. If he meant as a player that’d be a weird take. Did someone else read that differently?
Built a dynasty with his first contract out of rookies season.
For me he is already top 5, I know it’s not a popular opinion but the influence he’s had on the game is only matched by MJ, and the accolades, longevity, leadership, loyalty, clutchness are all there so im dying on that hill.
I love Steph and this team but it’s a lot easier to win a dynasty with a championship core team than it is to win a championship chasing where you need to press reset button every where ouch on chemistry.
Not saying one is better than the other. I’d rather have Steph’s legacy with one team over lebron three teams rings.
With that being said being said I think cowherd is still salty for lebron dominating his Celtics all those those years.
No needs to bash lebron legacy to admire Steph’s.
With that being said, fuck the lakers
Well said
This is like some Anime shit. If Steph is the main protagonist, the antagonist is likely someone like Lebron and Vice versa. 😂
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Not a flopper!
Steph is my guy because he’s not only an all-time great basketball player period but an all-time great human being at the same time. Never been so easy to cheer for a dude tbh
I have warriors Celtics rematch. Warriors win a ring cause that’s what they do.
Idgaf when it’s all said and done curry will be top 5 in the league ever…
I don’t care who’s getting kicked out of the top 5 but Steph is a title or two from pushing someone out of there
There is a reason why I see Curry jerseys EVERYWHERE! It’s obvious that he is the greatest Shooting PG to ever grace the game of Basketball. However, Dray will always be the heart of the team. He is the head of the snake. The power to the punch.
Pound for pound, he is the GOAT.
Let me throw this out there:
Among the top 20 players, Stephen Curry and Jerry West are the only two under 6’6″.
That just makes Curry that much more impressive IMO.
And IDK what people say about Magic, I think Curry’s the GOAT PG + top-10 ever. Magic got to play with a top-5 ever in Kareem. That helps tons.
He’s my pound for pound GOAT and people fight me now but they won’t once he’s gone.