{"id":127129,"date":"2025-03-06T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=127129"},"modified":"2025-03-06T01:16:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T06:16:58","slug":"shaq-curry-goat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/03\/06\/shaq-curry-goat\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaq Believes This NBA Star Deserves GOAT Consideration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who is the greatest basketball player<\/a> of all time? This question has been asked a million times, and every great player has gotten the opportunity to be mentioned. Many people believe it is Michael Jordan<\/a>. Some believe LeBron James<\/a> has taken the title. On TNT the other night, however, Shaquille O\u2019Neal<\/a> brought a new name to the debate table. After Stephen Curry<\/a>\u2019s dominant performance against the Knicks in MSG, O\u2019Neal \u201cdemanded\u201d that Curry be added to the GOAT conversation. Shaq\u2019s Curry quote has certainly sparked debate in NBA circles, but is there some validity to it?<\/span><\/p>\n

Shaq Believes Steph Curry Deserves GOAT Consideration<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Shaq\u2019s Curry Love Goes Above and Beyond<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Shaq has always loved Curry. It seems like every chance he gets he tries to give him his much-deserved flowers. He was chosen to Shaq\u2019s team in this year\u2019s All-Star draft and repaid his GM with an All-Star Game MVP<\/a>. Shaq had previously said on <\/span>Angel Reese\u2019s podcast<\/span><\/a> \u201cYou know why I love Steph Curry? \u2026 If you look at Steph on the street, he doesn\u2019t have the LeBron muscle\u2026he looks like a normal office guy. <\/span>But he’s doing stuff that we’ve never seen before.<\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is part of why Curry captured the world with his play. He is humble, unassuming, and above all, smaller than almost everyone he shares the court with. There is something about Curry not having a superhuman body, like most of the NBA, that makes his dominance so legendary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Curry Dominates in MSG<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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“At some point we’re gonna have to put Steph Curry in that category” \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n

Shaq after Steph Curry puts on another show at MSG \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f<\/p>\n

(via @NBAonTNT<\/a>)pic.twitter.com\/Cens6BqmgB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n