Over the course of Stephen Curry’s 17-year career he’s played with and against some of the best basketball players in NBA history. Coupled with Curry’s illustrious Hall of Fame career, he’s surely a great judge of giving his opinion on some basketball debates everyone likes to converse about.
During an appearance on 360 with Speedy, Curry revealed who he believes has the highest basketball IQ he’s ever seen, one of which is a former teammate.
“Between [Chris Paul] and [LeBron James], those two — and it’s the way they play, obviously, but the way they talk, the way they can orchestrate an offense,” Curry said. “[LeBron’s] the one that controls the tempo the greatest, and [Paul’s] the one that every possession he knows what he’s trying to get out of it. At [Paul’s] peak it was insane, he could get his bucket, could get somebody a lob, drop down pass. … Those two are top of mind with highest IQ.”
Those certainly aren’t controversial answers, as both James and Paul are considered some of the greatest basketball minds in league history. Like Curry said, the way James can control every aspect of the game is unlike anyone we’ve seen before. With Paul, there likely isn’t another player in league history that knows all the intricacies of the game like he does. He’s one of the single greatest point guard’s ever who has shown time and time again that he’s capable of elevating everyone around him.
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