Debates surrounding LeBron James and Michael Jordan rage, but what about the Steph Curry- LeBron debate?
Timberwolves legend Kevin Garnett made a bold claim about the Warriors star recently.
“I think all the young stars of our league are starting to come into their own,” Garnett told Paul Pierce on their podcast, “Ticket and The Truth with Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce” on Tuesday. “I’ve said this countless times. I think that we’re in the Curry era. He is the GOAT of this era. When we talk about the long ball and the 3 ball, you got to talk about the messiah of that long ball, you understand, and that’s how I look at it.
“So in this era right here, I’m watching [the Thompson] twins, those twins, [Amen and Asaur], we didn’t see them come out of no … you know what I’m saying. We got stars that are just blossoming out of this league. Look at Cade Cunningham. Cade Cunningham, [the Detroit Pistons] are the number one team in the East. We wouldn’t have, you know, but if you watch their trajectory and you watch that Knicks series, you see what you’re seeing, right?”
His shooting didn’t just break records, it fundamentally altered how the game is played.
Before Golden State’s rise, the three-point shot was still a complementary weapon. During the 2013-14 season, the year before the Warriors began their championship run, no team averaged even 33-point attempts per game. A decade later, every team in the league clears that mark comfortably.
The change is impossible to ignore.
Curry’s case is backed by accolades, titles, and individual brilliance, but Garnett’s argument goes beyond box scores.
It’s about transformation. Curry stretched defenses past their limits, forced coaches to rethink spacing, and inspired an entire generation to shoot from distances once considered reckless.
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