Hall of Famer and TNT analyst Reggie Miller told The New Yorker's Charles Bethea that Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry, in contrast to himself and Michael Jordan, is teaching youngsters a useful lesson:(go to 2k16 MT)
On the court, Curry is a killer. As Klay Thompson told ESPN's Ethan Sherwood Strauss last year, (go to buy NBA 2K16 MT) "No humble man can take those shots." Curry isn't antagonistic, though, and he and the Warriors play with joy rather than anger. His skills are terrifying, but he does not try to intimidate. This is a key part of what makes Curry unique, and given that he's the most popular player on the planet, there will surely be star players who follow in his footsteps, unashamed to sing with his wife and put it on the Internet. There is absolutely no posturing with him.“What made Jordan so great,” Miller told me, “was that he could get the ball way up in the air and finish it. But you do not must dunk to be like Steph. Every kid looks at Steph and thinks: I can shoot and dribble. I can do that. You never have to be like Mike anymore. You know, Mike was an asshole. I was an asshole, too. But you don't must be an asshole to become successful. Steph is living proof.”
Miller praised Curry and said he was making a case to become one of the greatest shooters of all-time, but probably undersold his accomplishments so far. Like many former players, he values longevity:
"It's hard to say he's better than Larry Bird or he's better than Steve Kerr, his coach, because those guys did it for much longer. But for this short a period he's in that group. And he keeps improving. If he can beat his own record for most threes in a season, then you've got to consider him one of the best ever.”
For my money, Curry is already the best shooter ever and, like Steve Nash said, the most skilled player ever. No one has ever done anything close to what he's doing in terms of volume and efficiency, and in terms of shooting off the dribble from deep. That doesn't take anything away from Miller or Larry Bird or Ray Allen -- when they played, this stuff just wasn't even considered possible. Saying that he'll be one of the best if he beats his own record for 3s in a season seems not only arbitrary, but a little silly -- this feat is inevitable as long as Curry remains healthy.
Miller added that all "truly great shooters" believe they're the best, and thus he claimed he could "take down Steph at my peak." That comment has received a fair bit of attention since the story was published on Wednesday evening, and Miller responded with a series of tweets:
I have some sympathy for Miller here, as he clearly wasn't trying to diminish Curry's greatness. Let this be a warning to others, though: If you don't say that Curry is (buy cheap nba mt coins) the best shooter in the history of basketball, people are going to call you out.
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