Across 10 NBA seasons, Steph Curry’s trophy case is packed with hoop hardware. Three championship rings, two MVP awards, six All-Star appearances, a 50-40-90 club membership and more. Despite his award-winning resume, ESPN’s Bomani Jones believes that an NBA club may need a little more than Curry to win a championship.
In their podcast “The Right Time,” Vince Goodwell of Yahoo Sports and Jones discussed what NBA superstars give teams a chance to win a championship. When it came to Curry, Jones was not convinced. Jones referred to the Golden State Warriors point guard as “the best system player of all time.”
Via ESPN’s The Right Time with Bomani Jones:
I feel like if you tell me you have Kevin Durant, you have a chance to win the championship. If you tell me you have Kawhi Leonard, my immediate response is: ‘You have a chance to win a championship.’ And the same with LeBron. You tell me you have Steph. I want you to tell me a little more.
However, my only problem with Steph, you already know me and what matters to me, is a big problem: having his own opportunity. He can get his own shot if he shoots from 40 across the line. It has a bad management and all those things. There is something different. It is difficult to explain what it is with Steph, but Steph is somehow like the best system player of all time. And I don’t say that to shade it. But you don’t go 1-4 flat and you say, “Get us a bucket.”
On Saturday, Curry had a subtle response to Jones’ “system player” comment. In a Twitter message for the WNBA season opener, Curry greeted players in the league system. The Davidson product wrote: “we do it” with a couple of emojis.
Via @ StephenCurry30 on Twitter:
Klay Thompson’s absence due to injury combined with Curry’s lack of most of the 2019-20 season has brought up a storm of questions about the Warriors’ ability to return to the postseason Western Conference. Add Jones’s comments to a long list of bulletin board material for Curry and the Warriors next season.
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