Michael Jordan. Larry Bird. Magic Johnson. LeBron James. Steph Curry.
All-time greats that revolutionized the NBA and altered the entire landscape of the game. So when that list is whittled down to a Top 10, the debate can get heated whether Steph should be included or not.
So when Stephen A. Smith, who recently said Curry was the face of the NBA over LeBron, went up against guest "Mad Dog" Chris Russo on ESPN’s “First Take” on Wednesday to make the greatest shooter of all time a part of that ultra-exclusive club, the conversation took a pundit-rattling turn that few viewers saw coming.
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SIGN UP HERE Fair to say that there’s no debate among Dub Nation. Steph Curry is on that list. But it’s also fair to ask, as Mad Dog hilariously does in this “heated” exchange, who are you taking off that list? Larry Bird? Magic Johnson?
Steph fans can point to his still incomplete resume already: all-time leader in 3-pointers, three-time NBA champion, two-time MVP (and the only unanimous one in 2016), and the accomplishments keep building.
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And even LeBron James, having gone from rival to an admirer, who recently was in awe of Curry’s record-setting MVP NBA All-Star Game performance, said he was “from a different planet.”
Let the debate rage on planet Earth.