A rookie Stephen Curry tried speaking trash to Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant.
Throughout the 2009-10 NBA season, a rookie Stephen Curry started his journey with the Golden State Warriors.
On the time, Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant was nonetheless considered as the most effective participant within the NBA. In any case, Kobe and the Lakers had been coming off the heels of successful the 2009 NBA Championship.
Evidently, enjoying nicely in opposition to Bryant was a dream come true for any NBA participant, not to mention a rookie. Nicely, Curry seemingly did that in a sport, however made the error of attempting to speak trash to Kobe.
Throughout Curry’s rookie 12 months, the Lakers and the Warriors confronted off in opposition to one another 4 instances. Whereas the Lakers ended up successful all of the video games, there was one contest the place Steph tried to get contained in the Mamba’s head.
The Child-Confronted Murderer made the revelation throughout a latest look on 360 with Speedy.
“It was a sport at dwelling at Oracle and so they had been successful, and I believe they had been up like six or one thing like that down the stretch, and we had been beginning to do the foul sport, and he was going to the road.
And I simply walked by him like, ‘Yo, you nervous?’ The look he gave me was one I — simply has been burned into my [mind],” Curry mentioned.
He added: “One, ‘He’s a rookie speaking to him, however two, like, ‘Am I nervous? Like what are you speaking about?’”
The sport that Curry is referring to is probably going a March 15, 2010, contest. The ultimate rating of the matchup was 124-121 in favor of the Lakers.
Within the sport, each Curry and Bryant scored 29 factors every. Possibly that’s what gave Curry the boldness to attempt to speak trash to the Mamba?
If there’s one star who’s the epitome of trash-talking, it’s none apart from Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan. It consists of the well-known ‘Shrug Sport’ when Jordan went off in opposition to Clyde Drexler.
One other fashionable occasion is Jordan closing his eyes earlier than making free throws as he devoted them to famend defender Dikembe Mutombo.
Steph anticipated one thing related from Kobe, stating: “I lowkey like anticipated him to do just like the Jordan factor and stroll up there and shoot them blindfolded or shut his eyes after which have a look at me like, ‘Mutombo, that is for you.’ I believe that’s what Jordan mentioned.”
In actuality? Bryant did one thing way more chilling: “However the look he gave me mentioned all of it. It’s like, ‘Yo, you simply obtained right here. Like chill out. Keep in your lane. Chill out, brother.’”
Whereas Curry obtained off on the fallacious foot with Kobe, he in the end earned the Mamba’s respect earlier than his ascension to superstardom.
