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NBA Fans Crushed Stephen A. Smith For His Wild LeBron James-Stephen Curry Mount Rushmore Take

Yeah, no.

Andy Nesbitt

NBA Fans Crushed Stephen A. Smith For His Wild LeBron James-Stephen Curry Mount Rushmore Take
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The Lakers and Warriors will face off in Game 2 of their second-round series Thursday night in San Francisco, with Stephen Curry and Co. desperately needing a win to even things up before the series shifts to Los Angeles. 

Speaking of Curry, this latest postseason showdown with LeBron James has all the makings of being another classic between two of the best players to ever play the game. 

It has also opened up some wild arguments. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith said that if Curry is able to win another title then you might have to take James off the Mount Rushmore of basketball. 

Here’s how that went:

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That's a pretty wild take because James, the all-time leading scorer in NBA history, is arguably the best player to ever play the game and nothing Curry can do going forward should push James down on that list. 

NBA fans went off on Smith: 

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Andy Nesbitt
ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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