“You can’t do that anymore and you know why?” James said. “Whenever that little lightskinned f-er came into the league that’s in Golden State, he changed that whole narrative. He single-handedly changed the ‘no lead is safe’ [paradigm]. It’s like Pat Mahomes right now. Love that guy, I love Steph.”
James’ praise of Curry didn’t stop there, with the NBA’s all-time scoring leader saying that the Warriors superstar and Allen Iverson are the two most influential players since he’s been watching basketball.
“When it comes to influence, since I’ve been watching the game, [the players with] the most influence on the game, Steph and Allen Iverson are the two biggest influential guys in our game,” James told Redick
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Green told Kuminga that his best position to create his own shot from was in the midrange area, an observation Kuminga and Vereen confirmed on the shot chart and began to apply on the court.