Stephen Curry recently triggered heated debates in NBA circles after he claimed that he was the greatest point guard ever, ahead of Magic Johnson. While placing himself ahead of a Point GOAT like Johnson certainly asks for a serious discussion, Curry might not have anticipated the full extent of the backlash against him. Recently, when Stephen A. Smith had a chance to give his take on the greatest PG debate on ESPN’s First Take, he read out a text message from Michael Jordan himself. According to Smith, His Airness had texted him around 6 AM in the morning and declared in no uncertain terms that Magic was the greatest point guard of all time, ahead of Curry.

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In the midst of all this, a hilarious attempt to figure out Steph Curry recently resurfaced. In the clip, Gilbert Arenas could be seen scoffing at some football players trying to suggest how Curry should be guarded.

Gilbert Arenas scoffs at NFL vets talking about guarding Stephen Curry

During an episode of the “I Am Athlete” podcast, Brandon Marshall tried to tell Arenas some ways to guard Curry on the hardwood, responding to which the former Washington Wizards star had a hilarious reaction. He scoffed at the football players trying to chime in with their takes, as if to call out their nonsense. Marshall and others suggested that they would play bully-ball and try to rough Curry up in order to tame him. This drew a perfect response from Arenas as he declared that that wouldn’t work in the modern NBA. Trolling the 80s’ players who often talk big about their physical playing style, Arenas said: 

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“Bruh, bruh, that sh** don’t work man. Stop listening to them 80 goofies man. Oh we gonna body slam him…it’s a foul!…We played bully ball growing up, we played on the streets. We know how to play this but if the referee has called him a foul…But if you are saying you are gonna rough me up and then you don’t know how to play!”

Arenas is not the only person who knows the difficulty of guarding the Warriors’ superstar player. Minnesota Timberwolves player Jeff Teague opened up on a recent podcast episode about the difficulty of guarding Curry. He recalled that while playing an exhibition game in China in 2017, the 2022 NBA Finals MVP embarrassed him in front of the entire arena. What was even more embarrassing for Teague was the fact that he had played the best defense of his life against Chef and yet he had dropped 40 points on him.

Iman Shumpert recalls the MSG carnage that Curry carried out in front of the Knicks crowd

2016 NBA Champion Iman Shumpert recently appeared on “All The Smoke” podcast on Showtime Basketball. Recalling the historic game Curry had at MSG against the New York Knicks, Shumpert observed that it was the inception of the disrespectful bully Steph that we see today. Playing against the Knicks in 2013, the Dubs guard dropped 54 points, shooting the ball like it was a video game for him. Shumpert said on the pod:

“Oh, it was real. He started shooting it from 40. Started turning around when he shoot. Like oh, you Gilbert Arenas now? I think we ignited that confidence that came. Cause after that game, bro, he got very disrespectful.”

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It was an absolute ruthless carnage, to the extent that Knicks fans had started to cheer for him. The former Davidson Wildcat shot the ball from everywhere and perhaps in every style. Curry made 18 of 28 field goals in the game and also made 11 of 13 threes, recording one of the greatest shooting performances in NBA history.

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