LeBron James of Lakers exposes what Stephen Curry from Warriors experienced during the Olympics was like.
Rivals going back to Wilt Chamberlin’s days have been connected to the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers. Though LeBron James exposed what Stephen Curry was like at the Olympics while representing Team USA, it is not often the two franchises feature stars teaming together. Not the first interaction since the two first-ballot Hall of Famers left France either.
Curry recently did a video to support James. LeBron gave the low-down on Steph during the GoJo and Golic show. The two have a close bond after over a decade of battling for NBA Finals bragging rights, but this was their first Olympic Games together. Curry started slow (7.6 points per game) but exploded in the semifinals (32 points) and Gold Medal game (24 points on 8-12 shooting from three point range.)
James was never worried about Curry staying in a Paris-induced shooting coma.
“I’ve talked to him a lot about that and being in his first Olympic Games. He had played in a World Championship before but being part of the Olympics for the first time was new,” shared James. “You could see every single day, every single moment (Curry’s form) was right there. I knew the onslaught was going to happen. I knew the barrage and the avalanche was going to come down at some point.”
LeBron kept letting the team’s most lethal shooter know to let the 3-pointers fly without a second thought.
“We saw it in the semifinals versus Serbia and we saw it in the Finals against the host team France,” James continued. “Steph did what Steph did hitting those big-time shots and putting everybody to sleep. It was an unbelievable moment and I was happy to be alongside him.”
