According to Marcus Thompson, the writer of a new Stephen Curry biography, several NBA superstars have developed a “disdain” for the reigning, two-time MVP.
The theory goes that LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and Chris Paul are among those who haven’t exactly been thrilled with all the hoopla around Curry the last few years.
Russell Westbrook, LeBron James & Chris Paul Have Disdain for Stephen Curry, New Book Claims https://t.co/woLERd5gkq
— The Big Lead (@thebiglead) April 10, 2017
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Per The Big Lead:
“He was a big fan of Steph, went to games at Davidson, and even when [Curry] got to the NBA, they had moments where LeBron was looking at him like, ‘wow’ and then Steph kind of challenged LeBron’s status. The part that’s odd for Steph – why does that mean there has to be beef between us? He loves LeBron and respects LeBron, and he’s like, ‘because the outside world is pitting us together, why do you and I have to now have this disdain between us, I thought we were cool? … that’s the question that’s in Curry’s mind and Curry’s camp. Why do you not like me when all I did was basically respect everything you did, and follow the model you carried out? … it’s not just with LeBron … Steph wants to be accepted by all these guys. this is what he worked for. For [them] to say, ‘you’re one of us.’ It seems like they don’t want to give that to him.”
Q: Why not? What more does Curry need to accomplish?
“Generally, I think it was all so sudden. [Curry] leapfrogged a whole lot of people. There’s a whole lot of people who never got the adoration Steph gets … they don’t like that. Players who were probably Hall of Famers [were saying] ‘nobody ever anointed me like this.'”
Q: Which players, specifically, feel this way?
“Everybody on the Clippers … Chris Paul was one of those guys. Chris Paul was somebody [Curry] looked up to. Chris Paul used to dominate that matchup. Chris Paul was supposed to be next in line to win a championship. Then, suddenly, it was Steph … that’s another relationship where [Curry] was like, ‘oh, I look up to you,’ and suddenly there is this disdain vs Steph. There’s a lot of those …”
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