Over the past two decades, the NBA has boasted exceptional scorers, but perhaps two of the names with the biggest impact are Kobe Bryant and Stephen Curry, as stars of the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors, respectively.
Because of how their careers have unfolded, comparisons seem inevitable, and here are four milestones Curry will need to achieve to place his legacy alongside or even surpass the Lakers legend.
One of the first objectives that Curry must meet to get into the conversation of surpassing Bryant is to win a fifth NBA championship, something that is not easy at all, but it seems to be within his reach with the new breath that the dynasty took. of the Warriors.
Similar to Bryant, Curry managed to win a Finals MVP in his fourth NBA championship, leaving behind any kind of criticism about the importance they had in the first titles. The parallel would be complete if he also manages to win one more in his career.
A not easy task that Curry will have in the remainder of his NBA career will be to exceed 30,000 points, which would imply averaging at least 25 points for the next six seasons, since he is currently over 20,064 scored. Bryant reached an impressive 33,643 in his career after 20 seasons.
The accolades and awards have been piling up in Curry’s career since his rise to stardom in 2014 and he now has eight NBA All-Team calls. Thinking of equating with “Bamba Negra” who had a total of 15, at least reaching double digits seems necessary.
