Most Fascinating: Star Player for the Golden State Warriors Steph Curry Highlighted His Future Face of the NBA
Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, and Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant have been dominating the NBA for the last 15-20 years. James of course entered the league first in 2003, with Durant arriving in 2007, and Curry in 2009.
While Curry, James, and Durant are each still playing at a very high level, and have shown no signs of slowing down any time soon, many are wondering who will take their place atop the league once they do finally step away. Asked this during All-Star media day, Curry named Luka Doncic, Anthony Edwards, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as three players who have what it takes to be the future face of the NBA.
“There’s a lot of guys to pick from,” Curry said. “Luka [Doncic], [Anthony Edwards], Shai [Gilgeous-Alexander] – guys that are really coming into their prime and are highly decorated already as All-Stars and All-NBA guys, but have a perspective of what that means within the on-court, off-court opportunities, and the doors that basketball opens in that respect. You got a lot of talent to choose from.”
As Curry mentioned, there are a lot of great young players that can help the NBA transition into the post-Curry, James, Durant era, but as previously mentioned, those three are still very much superstars in this league.
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Warriors’ Stephen Curry has a prediction for Sabrina Ionescu 3-point competition
The two will have a three-point competition Saturday night.
“It started with her and the three-point contest this summer with the WNBA, she had 37 points which is a record for the current format of the three-point contest,” Curry said. “I shouted her out and said how amazing and ridiculous that accomplishment was. She challenged me back and then fast forward to today, we’re going to have our Sabrina vs. Step showdown. There’s only one outcome, it’s that I win. So I’m excited to go out there and shoot with her. She’s unbelievable, an unbelievable shooter, unbelievable player, and it’s going to be great for the game to have a little competition.”
Warriors star Curry and Ionescu ready for three-point contest
Not that surprising to see that he is picking himself to win as this is a competition. During their press conference for the event, Curry said that this is “what sports is about” according to CBS Sports.
“However this plays out, it’s what sports is about, right?” Curry said. “Competing, whatever the format is. She’s the champ, so I’m the contender. Let’s lay it out on the line.”
For the WNBA star in Ionescu, there is no doubt that this contest will be exciting for her as she will go up against arguably the greatest shooter in basketball history. She is a huge fan and even said in their press conference that Curry “used to be my background screensaver” on her phone.
“He used to be my background screensaver,” Ionescu said. “I used to have wallpapers. Everything you could think of up in my room. This is a pinch-me moment knowing what we’re able to do this next weekend is every kid’s dream.”
Curry motivated to go after Ionescu’s record
Seeing Ionescu score 47 points in the WNBA contest motivated the Warriors star in wanting to go after that record. He even said that “I got something to shoot for now.”
“I gotta go after Sabrina’s record,” Curry said. “I got something to shoot for now that she went crazy with the 37 points in their All-Star weekend. I guess we gotta settle that one for sure.”
An interesting development with the contest as that Ionescu has opted to shoot from the NBA range of the three-point line compared to the WNBA. However, that doesn’t bother the former first overall draft pick from 2020 and she said that she usually practices from that range anyways.
“Personally, I shoot from that range to begin with,” Ionescu said. “I practice from that range wanting to be a better shooter and a better basketball player. Just get better as a whole. Knowing I had that opportunity to pick what line I wanted to shoot from, it was a no-brainer from when it was first presented that I wanted to shoot from the NBA line.”
The competition between Curry and Ionescu will happen Saturday night after the NBA three-point contest as part of All-Star weekend in Indianapolis.
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