Reggie Miller: Curry great without being 'an a--hole'

Reggie Miller couldn't be more impressed by Steph Curry of the Warriors. The Hall of Famer and TNT NBA analyst said Curry's ability to shoot and dribble and score and not be a jerk is teaching kids a positive lesson. "What made (Michael) Jordan so great,'' Miller told The New Yorker, "was that he could get the ball way up in the air and finish it But you don't have to dunk to be like Steph. Every kid looks at Steph and thinks: 'I can shoot and dribble. I can do that.' "You don't have to be like Mike anymore. You know, Mike was an a--hole. I was an a--hole, too. But you don't have to be an a--hole to be successful. Steph is living proof.'' The story goes on to point out that Curry and the Warriors play with joy, not anger, and he doesn't try to intimidate. Perhaps the most popular player on the planet, Curry seems unaffected, willing to sing with his wife and put it on the internet and to let his daughter dominate post-game press conferences. At the same

time, he's clearly one of the best shooters of all time, and perhaps needs only to do it for an extended period of time to be the consensus best. "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,'' Miller said. "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."Advertisement