Former NBA player and current analyst JJ Redick recently had a very controversial take about the difference between Steph Curry and some of the game's great shooters that came before him. According to Redick, the physicality that Curry faces on a nightly basis is greater than what players like Larry Bird faced.
"When I watch, let’s say Steph Curry, for example," Redick said during an ESPN segment. "When I watch Steph Curry off the ball in a playoff game getting grabbed and held by Marcus Smart, they’re attached to him at all times. But then when I watch Larry Bird come off a pin-down and no one's within five feet of him and they’re shooting the gap, you’re telling me one is more physical than the other? You’re telling me that’s more physical than Steph Curry being grabbed and held for 48 minutes?”
NBA legend Dominque Wilkins fired back at this take from Redick, saying, "Redick doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about. What basketball was you watching? To say something as idiotic as that is ridiculous. When you can put your hand on a guy's hip and make him go a certain way... how many guys can deal with that kind of pressure? And for JJ Redick, who has played this game, I'm very disappointed that he said something so stupid."
NBA debates about different eras will always exist, and this latest one has people on both sides of the argument heated with one another.