Why Draymond believes Steph’s GOAT case differs from LeBron, MJ

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Why Draymond believes Steph’s GOAT case differs from LeBron, MJ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Draymond Green, to no one’s surprise, agrees with Shaquille O’Neal’s sentiment that his Warriors teammate belongs in the NBA’s “greatest of all time” conversation.

But when comparing Curry to other basketball legends like LeBron James and Michael Jordan, Green believes the 3-point king stands apart.

“He 100 percent is in that [GOAT] conversation,” Green said on Wednesday’s episode of “The Draymond Green Show with Baron Davis.” “When you talk about what he does on the basketball court, with all due respect to LeBron James, with all due respect to Michael Jordan, there’s no one in the history of the NBA that has been schemed against and guarded the way Steph Curry is guarded. I’ve played in the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers and got wide-open layups, dunks and transitions because he’s running on the wing, and they’d rather go run and take the three away from him on the wing and give me a dunk.

“Still to this day, he’s in Year 16, [and] teams still throw three of four defenders at him on a given possession. Everything is designed to try to take this guy away. The way the game of basketball is played is because of Steph Curry. You tell me the game of basketball is modeled after how you play because you are special, after, everybody thought, ‘Yo, that’s what we need to do.’ And you’re telling me that guy don’t go in the GOAT conversation?”

“You tell me the game of basketball is modeled after how you play… You telling me that guy don’t go in the GOAT conversation?”@Money23Green & @BaronDavis make the case for Steph Curry belonging in the NBA GOAT debate pic.twitter.com/OG5ZcDnels

— The Draymond Green Show with Baron Davis (@DraymondShow) March 6, 2025

Green’s admiration for James is well-documented, but it’s clear where he stands on Curry’s transcendental nature.

Curry and his lethal shot most certainly have changed the game. And while there’s arguments to be made for many players as the league’s GOAT, Curry’s size and marksmanship set him…

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Publish date : 2025-03-06 17:37:00

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