NBA superstar LeBron James highlighted fellow superstar Stephen Curry’s best advantage, which he observed while playing with and against him over many years.
James has always had a deep and abiding respect for Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, and he had the opportunity to express why in a recent interview with him, highlighting one part of Curry’s game that shows when he’s at his “most dangerous.”
LeBron James Heaps Praise on One Aspect of Steph Curry’s Game
Curry was the latest guest on James’ “Mind The Game” podcast, which he hosts along with former NBA great Steve Nash. In the first part of the episode, which aired Tuesday (Nov. 4), the basketball icons discussed aspects of Curry’s game, and James pointed out one element he observed.
“He’s most dangerous when he doesn’t have the ball,” James said, as Curry burst into laughter. “As a competitor, and as a dear friend now, having guys not truly understand what that means… it grinds you in the head.” He continued, “It’s a natural reaction…the most dangerous guy gives the ball up and you go, ‘Whew. I did a great job.’ He’s most dangerous when he gives the ball up.”
“He’s most dangerous, when he doesn’t have the ball… as a competitor, and as a dear friend now, having guys not truly understand what that means… it grinds you in the head.”
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Referencing a statistic Nash brought up earlier in the segment, James added, “45% of rim attempts when he’s on the floor. That means when he’s moving, everybody’s going like this (mimics someone turning their head) and then, a slip happens. Draymond (Green) layup, (Andre) Iguodala 3, Gary Payton III dunk. It’s funny to say the ball has energy, but player movement has energy as well.”
James is speaking from extensive experience. The two have played each other 56 times overall, including 28 games in the postseason and one play-in game. Curry has the edge in victories, leading 30-26 overall and holding a 17-11 advantage in the playoffs.
Those playoff matchups became the stuff of NBA legend, with LeBron’s Cleveland Cavaliers teams meeting Curry’s Warriors in four consecutive NBA Finals from 2015 to 2018. The Warriors won three of those titles, but the Cavaliers took the 2016 Finals in a thrilling seven games, thwarting the Warriors’ hopes of capping their 73-win season with a championship and giving Cleveland its first NBA title.
Throughout it all, James has consistently praised Curry’s game. In another tangent about the guard’s ball movement and positioning, Nash asked about Curry’s unique shot, which James described as a “flick,” based on witnessing it daily when the two were teammates on the gold-medal-winning U.S. men’s team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
“It helped me off the dribble,” Curry said. “I wouldn’t call it unorthodox, but it is a one-piece shot that — no matter if you’re really all the way on balance or just off, or you’ve got it on the right hand, left hand off the dribble, whatever it is — I kind of can get it here quick enough.” He added that if younger players wanted a shot to emulate, he recommended following the motion of his former Warriors teammate, Klay Thompson.