Although LeBron James y Stephen Curry they get along well, the memories of all those fights they had with each other will linger forever. A total of four Finales consecutive of the NBA between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers took place between 2015 and 2018.
Three of those were Golden State victories, but the 2016 NBA Finals will remain the most iconic of the four due to the performance of LeBron James.
Stephen Curry knew that facing James would always be a big problem for the Warriors dynasty, even if people felt LeBron only had Kyrie Irving to trust. Several times, there were moments where everyone saw that it was LeBron James alone against the rest.
Curry and LeBron are actually good friends.
“He’s a great guy, a great friend, a great competitor,” Curry sentenced at the time. And it is that both had a relationship even before those finals.
It all happened in 2008, when a young Steph Curry introduced himself to the world during an NCAA game.
The king’ attended a Curry game. There is video evidence of a young LeBron James absolutely blown away by what Stephen Curry did during that game.
The ‘Chef’ tHe was still a teenager and was already mastering games like that. LeBron was having a blast watching this young prodigy with no idea of the rivalry they would have a decade after that. The rest, as they say, is history. Stephen Curry reflected on how James has been a part of his career during different stages of it.
Stephen Curry reveals how LeBron James advised him
In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Stephen Curry, idol of the Golden State Warriorsspoke about his nuanced relationship with LeBron James, current star of the Los Angeles Lakers.
“It’s complex, because you go from playing in the tournament, him coming to see me come into the league as a young rookie and giving me advice on how to overcome some of the early difficulties that I was going to go through as a player, to four consecutive finals appearances,” he said.
LeBron vs Curry, a unique rivalry
To make clear the importance of both, Stephen Curry leaves a phrase that is actually very valid and that puts into perspective many things that have happened in recent times in the NBA.
“It will be very difficult to find two teams that meet four times in the Finals in the NBA landscape … That streak will go down in history as an amazing four years,” he added.
This makes it clear why LeBron James and Stephen Curry have become two of the greatest players in basketball history, so the only thing left for fans to do is continue to enjoy them with their enormous greatness and sporting rivalry.
2023-07-23 00:14:00
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