When Michael Jordan Claimed Steph Curry Didn’t Deserve To Be in NBA Hall of Fame ‘Great Player, Not a Hall of Famer’

“I know I have more to prove to myself. When you hear a guy like that who’s the greatest of all time, it’s kind of funny. Since we’ve been on this stage, we’ve heard a lot of retired guys chiming in on this generation of basketball players and evaluating talent and saying their generation was better and all that.”
He continued, “It’s a great conversation for the fans to get in on. I know I’m in good shape for that, but I still have a lot to prove to myself.”
In 2021, Curry even sat down with MJ, and apparently, the first thing he asked him was about that interview. “That was the first question, and they just edited it out,” Curry jokingly revealed on the ‘Hoops, Adjacent’ podcast with The Athletic's David Aldridge and Marcus Thompson III. “He said ‘first ballot, Hall of Fame, no problem.'”
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