Last year, LeBron James raved about Steph Curry on an episode of HBO’s “The Shop.” James named Curry as one of the players he wanted to work with and described the Golden State Warriors guard’s greatness through NBA defenses going up against him.
During the second episode of The Shop’s fifth season, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar was asked about players past or present he’d like to play with. “The King” first named his son Bronny, then added Curry, Scottie Pippen and Penny Hardaway.
“In today’s game, damn, there were some assholes in today’s game, but Steph Curry,” James said. “Stephen Curry is definitely a guy I want to play with in today’s game…I love everything about him. Deadly.”
James also explained how opposing teams defend Curry:
“He got out of the car. You better keep an eye on him.”
LeBron James has participated in the 2021 and 2022 All-Star Games with Curry. James served as captain and selected Curry as a member of the team. The Golden State Warriors superstar responded to James’ comments about him during an episode of “95.7 The Game” last year.
“Well, he got his wish,” Curry said. “He’s the captain and he picked me in the last two All-Star Games, so I don’t know if that’s enough, but I’m good now.
“Anytime you have an idea of what it would be like to play with an MVP-caliber guy like him, one of the greatest players of all time, it’s cool. It’s awesome. We can all live in that fantasy world. “
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LeBron James and Stephen Curry have a chance to team up next year
Earlier this month, Shams Charania and Joe Vardon of The Athletic reported following the 2023 FIBA World Cup that LeBron James has Interested in representing Team USA at next year’s Paris Olympics. James is reportedly recruiting superstars like Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis and Jayson Tatum to join him.
Draymond Green, Damian Lillard, Kyrie Irving, Devin Booker and De’Aaron Fox have also reportedly expressed interest in wearing the red, white and blue next year.
Anthony Edwards and Mikal Bridges are members of the FIBA World Cup fourth-place team and could be bench players for Team USA next year.
According to reports, Bam Adebayo and Desmond Bane, who were scheduled to compete in the FIBA World Cup, may also participate in next year’s competition in Paris. It will be interesting to see if the aforementioned NBA players will have the same motivation to play for their country after a rough season.
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Juan Paul David