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Look… I’m starting to think some of you have been taking basketball advice from Stephen A. Smith’s coffee mug, because there is NO WAY—absolutely NO WAY—you’re all seriously putting Steph Curry in the Top 5 Point Guards of All Time without blinking, thinking, or even chewing properly.
This isn’t crazy.
This isn’t absurd.
This isn’t “Errol Marks being overly dramatic again.”
No.
This… is basketball justice.
Let me break this down before someone out there accuses me of hating light-skinned jump shooters from the Bay Area.
Steph is great at many things:
- Shooting
- Shooting farther
- Shooting while falling
- Shooting while tying his shoe
- Shooting during the national anthem
- Shooting in the parking lot
But a POINT GUARD? A floor general? The coach on the court? The guy who controls the game like a mafia boss controls a neighborhood?
Let me introduce you to:
- Magic Johnson — the man ran the floor like he had Google Maps installed in his brain.
- Isiah Thomas — the most ferocious 6-foot assassin since someone gave a raccoon caffeine.
- Oscar Robertson — averaged a triple-double before stat-padding was even invented.
- John Stockton — the only man who could get 14 assists while looking like an undercover accountant.
- Chris Paul — the dude has orchestrated more offenses than Beethoven.
These are point guards.
These are commanders.
These are take me to war leaders.
Photo Credit: Ashley Landis, Associated Press
Steph?
Steph is the cute guy who showed up to war holding a bow and arrow with sparkles glued on it—and STILL killed everybody.
But that doesn’t make him Patton.
Just because you changed the game doesn’t mean you’re top 5 in a role you barely play.
Curry changed basketball—YES.
He made every 12-year-old think they’re allowed to pull up from Pluto—YES. He turned spacing into a religion—ABSOLUTELY.
But if changing the game automatically made you an all-time great at a specific position, then we’d have:
- James Harden as the greatest traveler of all time
- Westbrook as the Picasso of chaos
- Ben Simmons as the Houdini of disappearing shots
Being transformative ≠ being top 5.
Stephen A. Smith swears Steph Curry is a top-5 point guard because… feelings.
Every time he talks about Steph, he sounds like he’s narrating a romance novel:
“This BROTHER… this BAD MAN… can shoot from CLEVELAND… WHILE I’M EATING MY CHEESECAKE… HE IS UNDENIABLE!”
Stephen A., I love you…
But please—PLEASE—put the espresso down.
Just because a man can hit a 43-footer doesn’t mean he suddenly leapfrogs the entire history of point guard royalty like he’s playing hopscotch.
Current NBA players say Steph is a top-5 PG because they grew up watching him give them PTSD from the logo.
But players think everything is the “greatest ever.”
These dudes will see a guy dunk once and immediately tweet:
“NOT GONNA LIE… THAT’S THE BEST ATHLETE WE’VE EVER HAD IN THIS GAME.”
Relax.
Take a breath.
Not everyone who hits a 3 is a basketball prophet.
Photo Credit: Jose Carlos Fajardo, Bay Area News Group
Steph Curry is:
The greatest shooter of all time
A revolutionary offensive weapon
A superstar
A legend
A generational icon
Steph Curry is NOT:
A better point guard than Magic
A better point guard than Isiah
A better point guard than Big O
A better point guard than Stockton
A better point guard than Chris Paul
A traditional floor general
A top 5 POINT GUARD
Top 5 player of his era?
Sure.
Top 10 player all-time? Debate it.
But Top 5 point guard?
No.
And if you say yes, you’re doing it because you’re hypnotized by those adorable trick shots and that little shimmy he does like he’s auditioning for “Dancing With the Stars: Light Skin Edition.”
Steph Curry is a legend.
A superstar.
A basketball alien.
An offensive thermonuclear bomb.
But a Top 5 Point Guard of All Time?
To quote the great philosopher Errol Marks:
“STOP THE NONSENSE.”
Now go ahead…
Tell me who you want me to roast next.
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