Steve Kerr Highlights Stephen Curry And Michael Jordan’s Similarities After Warriors Star’s Landmark Game
When you’re being compared to arguably the best player in NBA history, you’re already on the path to greatness and immortality. Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr recently addressed the comparisons between
Sitting down for the radio show, Willard and Dibs, Kerr provided his perspective from the unique lens of having played with one of these legends and having coached the other one for most of his career.
“Well, you know, the first comparisons come when we’re pulling into the arena, last night, and there’s a line of people getting ready to go through the gates, and most of them have Steph Curry jerseys on. That’s what I remember about Chicago. Everyone on the road had a Jordan jersey on,”
Curry is being celebrated yet again because of his back-to-back exceptional performances against the San Antonio Spurs. The ‘Baby-Faced Assassin’ had consecutive 45+ point games.
In the first matchup against the Spurs, he scored 46 points, shooting 52% from the field and 32% from the three-point line.
In the second game, he upped it by scoring 49 points, shooting 61.5% from the field, and 52.9% from the three-point line, making nine three-pointers in the game. If it weren’t for Curry’s magic, the
“These two guys transcend the sport; they transcend home team, road team. People just wanna root for these guys, whether it is Jordan or Steph. It’s just an incredible aura about them, no matter what arena you’re in, they are the center of attention,”
Curry has joined Jordan as only the second player in NBA history, 37 years of age or older, to score 45+ points in back-to-back games. He’s also tied the former Bulls superstar for the most 40+ games after turning 30, at 44 games each.
In the two games against the Spurs, Curry showed off his absurdly superior scoring skills. The young Spurs team was playing aggressively, led by their star Victor Wembanyama. But all of their strengths and advantages were neutralized by Curry’s masterful shooting and scoring.
“Both guys really love that. They love the challenge. They love the game. They never want to disappoint anybody. They were both well aware that a lot of people were coming to see them for the only time in their lives… They want to put on a show,”
“Each of them has been a phenomenon in the league at different times. Fun to see how it changes over the years and how the game has changed. But it’s still these individuals who can just carry so much weight for the league,”
Curry has entered his 17th season, but he’s not showing any signs of slowing down. Michael Jordan played 434 regular-season games after turning 30 years of age, while Curry has played 357 till now, and already he’s tied Jordan in multiple categories. The pace and prowess with which Curry is still playing, and the way older athletes have been able to navigate health in the last few years, suggest that he easily has a few good seasons left in him.
And even in retirement, he wants to walk the path that Jordan paved. But till then, Curry is showing his fans and his teammates that they can trust him, he’s still got it, and only continues to get better by adding the value of experience to his insane abilities and work ethic.
He’s got it covered for the Warriors. The other parts around him are still figuring themselves out, and their head coach is leading that charge from the front, but Curry needs no figuring out. He’s played an elevated game since the early days in his career, and he’s still showing up with the same energy.
Browns WR Refutes Shedeur Sanders vs. Dillon Gabriel Locker-Room ‘Division’
Now that we have, finally, seen the Cleveland Browns debut of quarterback Shedeur Sanders, such as it was, the issue of which player should be running the show for the team in the near future probably should be settled. With Sanders completing four passes on 12 attempts, throwing an interception and taking two sacks in less than one full half of work, it appears that neither Sanders nor
After the 23-16 loss to the Ravens, perhaps it should be Bailey Zappe time.
Alas, the Browns will move forward picking between the two rookies, with Gabriel now in concussion protocol and Sanders ready to start against the
Browns Have No ‘Division’ on QB Choice
That question was put to third-year receiver Cedric Tillman, the reliable Browns target who has been on the IR for four weeks with a hamstring injury and had missed much of the Dillon Gabriel-Shedeur Sanders drama. In Week 11, Tillman caught the best throw of the day from Gabriel, a 26-yard strike in the seam, and had earlier caught a 21-yarder.
He also caught the first pass of Sanders’ career, a five-yard check-down in the third quarter. On Monday, Tillman was diplomatic when answering whether there was locker-room tension over whether Sanders or Gabriel ought to be the starter.
“No, I don’t think there is any division,” Tillman said.
He then wanted to clarify, in case his use of the word “think” left a bit of doubt. “No, ” he emphasized, “there’s not division. I don’t want to say, ‘think.’ There’s not any division.”
Shedeur Sanders-Dillon Gabriel Debate a Browns ‘Coach’s Decision’
One of the Sanders-Gabriel issues that has also swirled around the Browns has been the way the team has set up its practice routine since the trade of Joe Flacco a month ago, which sees Gabriel get the first-team reps, with Sanders limited only to second-team reps. That means that his debut on Sunday marked the first time Sanders had played with the first-teamers.
Tillman was asked about that, too, but recognized the potential for getting entangled in a verbal trap. Laughing, he said, “That’s coach’s decision. Coach’s decision.”
Surely, though, it would benefit Sanders to get some run with the first team? Said Tillman: “I think it would help, obviously, getting reps with the 1s and stuff like that. I guess we’ll just see how the week goes.”
Shedeur Sanders Competitiveness Left Impression
Despite the unimpressive numbers in his Browns debut, Sanders impressed Tillman with his ability to fight through adversity and keep the team in the mix despite the difficult situation.
“He’s a competitor,” Tillman said. “Obviously, playing with him, that was the first time. So that was cool. But I see him every day, how he works and stuff like that, how he prepares. So it was cool being out there with him, seeing him be a competitor. So it was good, I am looking forward to it.”
But Tillman was clear: For him and other Browns players, whomever the coaches choose to put on the field, their job is the same.
“Rather is Dillon out there or Shedeur, we’re gonna do our jobs out there to execute, to help those guys out,” he said. “Rather it’s Dillon or Shedeur, it’s the job of the other guys on the field to help those guys out and to make plays.”
