Stephen A begged Steph Curry to come to the New York Knicks in 2024 Free Agency
the step in Golden State pairing almost didn’t happen Dell Curry revealed that he wanted his son to drop to the Knicks in the 2009 draft he told the heat check podcast a draft day we’re in New York I get a call from former Warriors coach Don Nelson he says Dell you got a problem if we select Steph at number seven I said yes I do he’s like what I’m like yeah we want him in New York we talked for 5 or 10 minutes he’s like well if he’s there we’re going to take him anyway and the rest is history oh Ste that must be tough for you to hear that um oh God here’s what I want to know do you think that Steph would have had the same success if he was drafted by New York first of all this very subject pains me as exhausted as I am the last thing I needed added to my life today was depression because obviously I don’t give a damn how much his father wanted him in New York he didn’t want him in New York worse than I did and the New York Nick ended up getting Jordan Hill with the next pick I know you haven’t heard of him mly neither have most people no disrespect to Jordan Hill but he hasn’t had that illustrious of a career bottom line and it just reminds me of the opportunities that the New York Nick have missed out on they had the eighth pick he was picked seventh they had the eighth pick in 2017 by the way where I begged Eminem I begged the New York Knicks to take Donovan Mitchell and that damn Phil Jackson showed why he should never be allowed in the state of New York again because he drafted Frank Neil Aina instead of Donovan Mitchell I was begging them to get him Donovan Mitchell okay in the New York Knicks they end up getting a third pick in the draft obviously it was the draft that Zion Williamson and John Morant went one and two so this is the bane of my existence the bad luck that is the New York Knicks which is why I have to say this Steph Curry would not have had the career that he has had m if he were in New York City for one reason and one reason only James Dolan is no Joe Lup period James D James Dolan I know that we look at him this year and I applaud him Eminem I want to put Eminem up on the screen because I want to be nice I applaud James Dolan this is a rarity because we don’t get it I’m gonna give it to him I first of all James Dolan is wonderful to to to a lot of African-American employees that he have had that he has had over the years and the things that they say he has done for his staff and people work for him stuff it’s there’s no question he deserves credit for that but I’m gonna say this because he spent so much time paying attention to headlines and to outside noise instead of leaving basketball people to run basketball people it wasn’t until recently Eminem that James Dolan has taking on a new Leaf in some people’s eyes prior to this he was just a bad Bad Apple in the organization and he’s the head of the snake as they say and I think he would have gotten in the way of the progress of a Steph Curry prematurely and it wouldn’t have gotten to this point so that okay so ultimately we sort of agree on the trajectories being different I think when we look at what Steph has done in the league I think folks sometimes forget about the ankle injuries and the health early in his career but I also think 2011 was as pivotal I I mean I don’t want to get too hyperbolic here but I think 2011’s draft When The Warriors take Klay Thompson is obviously synced to what Steph goes on to do right and so I just think as great as Steph is as the centerpiece what happened in Golden State those pieces the way they sort of revolutionized that basket the way basketball was being played at that time when they went on that dynastic run in terms of bringing in this idea of small ball which was counterintuitive to what we were doing the league at that point there were so many things that had to come to fruition just so in Golden State everybody knows Steph is at the center of it but I do think we are talking about very different paths if he was a New York Nick originally because of all the pieces that fell into place in such a beautiful way in Golden State yeah here’s the Silver Lining he’s got a ton of chips he’s had an epic career and the ne uh the Knicks excuse me they’re coming they had an epic playoff epic postseason run and they weren’t even healthy so everybody wins we haven’t won yet Monica I mean Stephen A we’re all little tired today be patient look at the Celtics right look at this team how many times did they knock this group just got together take it down a notch relax give it time no microwave Society okay I’m talking 1973 okay well I’m talking about this new iteration let’s stay focused present moment typical non Nick Monica love you long Molly girl your summer almost started okay summer almost started talk to you soon all right we got one more segment came out on top to win their 18th championship in team history does this make them the best franchise in all for it has been processed normally it has been 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