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Lakers News: Steph Curry's Trolling of LeBron James Sets Internet Ablaze

Warriors guard Steph Curry takes a jab at Lakers forward LeBron James at the ESPYs.

Ryan Menzie

Lakers News: Steph Curry's Trolling of LeBron James Sets Internet Ablaze
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The ESPYS brings together the best athletes from all over the world as they are honored for their amazing accomplishments over the past year. Warriors guard Steph Curry was given the honor of hosting this year's event with his opening monologue giving star athletes plenty of reasons to laugh.

Curry left no prisoners, going after the Super Bowl Champion Los Angeles Rams, Dikembe Mutombo and even the Lakers front office, but the joke that no one can stop talking about was his comments towards Lakers forward LeBron James (quotes via ClutchPoints)

“I am the second NBA player to host this awards show, which is kind of crazy to think about. LeBron James, he hosted this award show back in 2007 after losing in the NBA Finals. So yes, you guessed it, this feels better."

Whenever you're given a chance to go after The King, you do it. 

Curry and the Warriors are coming off a championship season and were given the ESPY award for Team of the Year. It didn't take Curry long to be able to take a jab at one of his top rivals in the league.

Curry is no stranger to James as they faced off in the finals four straight seasons from 2015 to 2018. The series remained one sided with James going 1-3 in the finals and winning just seven total games against Curry's Warriors.

With an already proven team and the later addition of Kevin Durant, the ring advantage belongs to the Warriors. However, James arguably won the greatest finals matchup of all time in 2016 as he rallied back from a 3-1 deficit and defeated a 73-9 Warriors team. 

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Ryan Menzie
RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Kobe Bryant  Favorite Moment: Kobe Bryant Final Game. Too many moments to choose from between Derek Fishers 0.4 second buzzer beater, the Lakers 3-peat or game seven against Boston, but can't beat a final memory like Kobe's final game. 

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