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Stephen Curry and LeBron James have defined the modern NBA through contrasting paths to greatness. While LeBron has built a legacy of dominance by winning four championships with multiple teams over 23 seasons, Curry matched his ring total in just 17 seasons—all with the Golden State Warriors. Curry’s unwavering loyalty and transformative impact in Golden State stand in sharp contrast to LeBron’s adaptability and success across different franchises, highlighting two unique blueprints for achieving basketball immortality.

The problem is people are assigning playing styles to position. Meaning point guards pass, shooting guard shoot/score, big man are in the post, etc. Just because somebody isn’t a Magic/Stockton/Zeke/JKidd/Nash pass first point guard, doesn’t mean they aren’t a point guard. Pass first is a playing style. You can have combo guards that play both positions like AI/Jerry West, but Steph has literally been labeled a “point guard” his entire career.

Saying he’s not a point guard simply because he isn’t a pass first point guard is ignorance. Play style has complete irrelevance to “labeled position”. That’s like saying Wemby isn’t a Center because he shoots a lot of 3s. So when people say Steph is a top 1-3 point guard, stop saying “he isn’t a point guard” because he isn’t a “pass first” point guard. He is a scoring point guard and it’s literally that simple. His play style does not dictate his position.

Westbrook tops a lot of charts but will he be in the conversation in years to come?

He leads the entire league in: Points Rebounds Assists Steals

Chicago Bulls (1995-96) -

Michael Jordan
Scottie Pippen
Dennis Rodman
Ron Harper
Luc Longley

Golden State Warriors (2016-17) -

Steph Curry
Klay Thompson
Kevin Durant
Draymond Green
Zaza Pachulia