CURRENT April 6, 3:41 p.m Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry was asked during an appearance on 95.7 The Game about LeBron James’ recent comments that of any modern NBA player he wants to play with him the most. Curry kept things short and simple: “I’m fine right now.” The guard confirmed the implied compliment, noting that the two had played together at All-Star games before, but it seems like the sentiment isn’t picking up for now reciprocity is based.
Apr 6, 12:14 p.m What would a team with LeBron James and Stephen Curry look like?
That’s the question basketball fans have to ask, albeit an incredibly brief one, as James Curry names the player in the modern game he would most like to play with.
This comment came during a preview of an upcoming episode of James’ HBO Max show The Shop – the Lakers star’s passion project, which promises “unfiltered conversations and debates” with celebrities and rich people who are known to love that their unfiltered conversations are made public – where Initially he was asked who he would generally like to play with most. His first answer was his son, LeBron “Bronny” James Jr., but then he was hit by the episode “Who Else?”.
“Steph Curry. Steph Curry is the one I definitely want to play with in today’s game,” said James.
“If he gets out of his car, you’d better guard him from the moment he drives into the arena. … You might want to guard him when he gets out of bed, swear to God. He is serious.”
Aside from the lengthy debate over whether this hypothetical situation would be the worst or best thing that could happen to basketball, it’s worth noting that the timing of this clip is absolutely hilarious. This was released on the same day the Lakers were knocked out of playoff contention, so the anti-LeBron contingency of the Warriors fan base — which probably makes up most of that population — can really enjoy the “Steph Better” mantra .
It’s also worth noting that if any of the above is a narc, this is not considered manipulation. The NBA clarified the rules in 2019 that manipulation only applies when someone tricks another player into requesting a trade. Compare this, for example, to how Draymond Green said on national television: ‘You have to get [Devin Booker] out of Phoenix,” and the James commentary seems a lot tamer.