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Draymond Green: ‘Stephen Curry is 100 percent in the GOAT conversation’

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Draymond Green on Stephen Curry’s GOAT case: He 100 percent is in that conversation and he 1,000 percent belongs in that conversation. When you talk about what he’s done, what he does on the basketball court, there’s no one in the history of the NBA, and with all due respect to LeBron James, with all due respect to Michael Jordan, with all due respect to my favorite player of all time the great Shaquille O’Neal, there’s no one in the history of the NBA that has been schemed against and guarded the way Steph Curry is guarded. I mean, teams throw their whole defense at him, I’ve played in the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers and got wide open layups, dunks in transition, because he’s running on the wing and they’d rather go run and take the three away from him on the wing and give me a dunk. Kevin Durant, one of the greatest scorers we’ve ever seen, got wide open dunk straight down the lane because Steph Curry’s on one wing, Klay Thompson on the other wing.
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Christopher Hine @ChristopherHine
That last Curry three aside, this has been a good shift for Rob Dillingham. Some nice chemistry with Randle these last few possessions. Done a decent job on defense. – 7:43 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Most points this month:
88 — Quentin Grimes
82 — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
78 — Steph Curry
Elite company. pic.x.com/pwqojuw6yB – 10:18 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Steph Curry career at the Knicks:
26.2 PPG
5.9 RPG
1.5 SPG
5.0 3PM
48/49/88%
12-1 at MSG. pic.x.com/tPJlpFlGGy – 10:01 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Steph Curry vs New York:
28 PTS
6 REB
9 AST
2 STL
5-9 3P
+23
Second in points since the All-Star break. pic.x.com/Dk5evxjaVa – 9:58 PM

Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
One of the better Warriors wins this season. Second night of b2b in New York. Part of tiring 12 of 14 on the road stretch. Steph Curry hobbled. Trailed by 10 in 3Q. Came back on defensive end. Curry 28, Butler 19, Podziemski 19. They’re 9-1 with Butler. – 9:58 PM
Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA
Part of the point of playing Post is it forces the center onto Draymond, but without Steph in that lineup as well that’s actually a good strategy because the center can just not guard Draymond. – 8:12 PM
Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Steph Curry is officially in tonight at Knicks.
Warriors starters
Steph Curry
Brandin Podziemski
Jimmy Butler
Moses Moody
Draymond Green – 7:02 PM
Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Steph Curry will warm up and attempt to play at Knicks tonight, per Kerr.
Gary Payton II: Non-displaced fracture in nose. Out tonight, status for Thursday still TBD. – 6:02 PM
Rod Boone @rodboone
‘The city deserves it for sure’: Steph Curry hopeful hometown #Hornets will turn it around.
Also spoke with Seth about the unique night at Spectrum Center.
charlotteobserver.com/sports/charlot… – 9:09 AM
Rod Boone @rodboone
Asked Steph Curry how much he wants see the #Hornets turn things around and win more. He said the city deserves it. pic.x.com/OJR7G2ujGd – 11:31 PM

Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Steph Curry rolled his right ankle tonight. Still hopes to play tomorrow at Knicks, but he was limping a little postgame: “I think I’m going to play but if my ankle says I shouldn’t play, I won’t play.” pic.x.com/2f4TtEoiH3 – 10:54 PM

Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Draymond Green on Brandin Podziemski bouncing back after what Green said was his first bad game in the last 10: “Steve got on him a little bit last game. You can’t let that make you second-guess yourself. Let that charge you forward.” pic.x.com/BVKUDr37aI – 10:43 PM

Rod Boone @rodboone
Double-double for Steph Curry. Now has 21 points, 10 assists. – 9:27 PM
Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Steph Curry has 22 assists the last six quarters. Warriors up 58-49 in Charlotte at halftime. – 8:10 PM
Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Warriors starters tonight at Hornets
Steph Curry
Brandin Podziemski
Jimmy Butler
Moses Moody
Draymond Green – 6:33 PM
Rod Boone @rodboone
Steph Curry’s first stop when he gets to town is like many others: @Bojangles. pic.x.com/P1wc6uipZc – 12:56 PM

Rod Boone @rodboone
Asked Steph Curry what it’s like seeing Seth playing for the #Hornets, especially here in Charlotte: pic.x.com/LJI419p4Lb – 12:52 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Steph Curry over the last 10 games:
33.1 PPG
6.0 APG
1.0 SPG
49/41/91%
Leading the league in scoring in that stretch. pic.x.com/jdEszAXYPA – 11:23 AM

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Kuminga will presumably take all of Gui Santos’ minutes and shave some frontcourt playing time away from Kevon Looney, Quinten Post and Moody. He can help lessen the workload for Draymond Green. There should be ample opportunity, especially if he shows an ability to be an impactful point-of-attack defender with Butler and Green in help side behind him. “You’re integrating another dynamic player who can switch positions (on defense), get out in transition and score the basketball,” Green said. “We haven’t done anything spectacular offensively. We haven’t put in a bunch of sets offensively (for Butler). I don’t think he’s necessarily coming back to a completely different offense. I think he’s coming back to a team with a completely different mentality. He’ll be fine picking that up.” -via New York Times / February 27, 2025
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Prior to Wednesday night, only seven players had scored at least 50 points in a game in NBA history after turning 35 years old: Alex English, Karl Malone, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Jamal Crawford, LeBron James, and Stephen Curry. Harden is the first player in NBA history to score at least 50 points in a game at the age of 35 or older while on the second night of a back-to-back that his team won. “To see him come out and score 50 on a back-to-back at the age of 35 just says a lot about him and competing every night,” said Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue, whose Clippers team improves to 33-29, good enough for eighth in the Western Conference with 20 games left to play. “Playing 38 minutes again on a back-to-back, but we needed every bit of it.” -via New York Times / March 6, 2025
This time it was more than enough to send the Knicks on their merry way to the West Coast with a 114-102 defeat. They won’t see the Garden again until St. Patrick’s Day. Curry made sure the flight to L.A. will feel a little extra long, especially with a killer back-to-back against the Lakers and Clippers awaiting them.  “It doesn’t take much for him to get going,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said. “He never stops. The way he moves, he draws a lot of attention on him, and we probably could have communicated better than we did.” -via New York Post / March 5, 2025
AK: Shaq demands fans to put Steph Curry in the GREATEST OF ALL TIME conversations. “I’ve played against Mike, played with/against Kobe/LeBron, but at some point, you gotta put Steph in that category” -via x.com / March 5, 2025