Easy to say since he’s retired and fat now: Reigning MVP Stephen Curry believes that he could beat Michael Jordan in his prime, with a game on the line
It must be so great for NBA players now to be able to use Michael Jordan’s name in vain, considering MJ is now 52, overweight and retired, and vastly less likely to take words as challenges, lace up his Air Jordans and get back on the court to put some youngsters in their places. Now, under the guise of veiled respect, today’s players are all allegedly better than Michael Jordan was, and they’re not as afraid to opinionate such beliefs to inquiring ears.
Reigning MVP and leader of defending champion Golden State Warriors,* Stephen Curry is the latest of upstarts to boldly proclaim himself, basically better than Michael Jordan. He tries to backpedal a little bit and apply a scenario of it, “with the game on the line,” but there’s little reason to believe that he simply doesn’t think he’s better than Michael Jordan.