Warriors superstar Steph Curry is GOAT of this NBA era, Kevin Garnett declares originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Steph Curry and LeBron James have dominated the last two decades of NBA basketball.
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But deciding which one is the best player of this era of NBA basketball is in the eye of the beholder. Curry and James are all-time greats who have made immense impacts on the game.
Naismith Memorial Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett has taken sides in the debate.
βI think all the young stars of our league are starting to come into their own,β Garnett told Paul Pierce on their podcast, βTicket and The Truth with Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierceβ on Tuesday. βIβve said this countless times. I think that weβre in the Curry era. He is the GOAT of this era. When we talk about the long ball and the 3 ball, you got to talk about the messiah of that long ball, you understand, and thatβs how I look at it.
βSo in this era right here, Iβm watching [the Thompson] twins, those twins, [Amen and Asaur], we didnβt see them come out of no β¦ you know what Iβm saying. We got stars that are just blossoming out of this league. Look at Cade Cunningham. Cade Cunningham, [the Detroit Pistons] are the number one team in the East. We wouldnβt have, you know, but if you watch their trajectory and you watch that Knicks series, you see what youβre seeing, right?β
Garnett went on to praise the young crop of players who just entered the NBA and those who will join the league next summer.
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βYeah, man, Iβm so excited about what the future is,β Garnett told Pierce. βThe rookies thatβs coming, that came into the league this year, [Kon Knueppel], fββg [Cooper] Flagg, [Derik] Queen β¦ and all these guys. Then we got another rookie class coming in [2026]
βWeβre gonna look at [Jayson] Tatum. Weβre gonna look at [Jaylen] Brown. Weβre gonna look at all these certified superstars, and we got all these young hungry wolves just, man, bro, the league is gonna be in a really good place, bro.β
Curry, a two-time NBA MVP, has a legitimate case as the best player of this generation, having led the Warriors to four NBA championships while changing the game with his 3-point shooting.
James, on the other hand, routinely is mentioned along with Michael Jordan as the two greatest NBA players ever.
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But Garnett has made it clear he believes this era belongs to Curry, and The Big Ticket wonβt find much argument in the Bay Area.
