{"id":22177,"date":"2025-07-25T22:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/22177\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T22:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:43:08","slug":"warriors-steph-curry-reveals-nba-player-with-best-basketball-iq-nbc-sports-bay-area-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/22177\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors\u2019 Steph Curry reveals NBA player with best basketball IQ \u2013 NBC Sports Bay Area & California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warriors superstar Steph Curry<\/a> enters his 17th NBA season<\/a> having played with and against some of the greatest basketball players of all time.<\/p>\n

So, who would he consider to be the hooper with the highest on-court IQ? The 37-year-old revealed his answer to Complex\u2019s Speedy Morman on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBetween [Chris Paul<\/a>] and [LeBron James<\/a>] — those two,\u201d Curry told Morman.<\/p>\n

No shockers there.<\/p>\n

Paul and James have undoubtedly been hailed as two of the NBA\u2019s brightest players throughout their combined 2,916 career regular-season games played. Each can facilitate offenses like no other and always has been an extension of their coaching staff.<\/p>\n

Curry has a great perspective on each player. He has been a longtime rival of both with Golden State, having defeated their various teams en route to championships. He, too, has played on the Warriors with Paul and on Team USA Basketball with James.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the way they play, obviously, but the way they talk, the way they can kind of orchestrate an offense [and] control it,\u201d Curry told Morman. \u201cLike, Bron is the one who can control the tempo the greatest.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd CP\u2019s the one that, every possession, knows what he\u2019s trying to get out of it. At his peak, it was insane; he could get his bucket and get somebody a lob or drop-down pass; he knew what play; the timing was cool; all that type of stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curry has much respect for Paul and James. And one day, they will have spots in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame together, largely due to their unique basketball minds.<\/p>\n

But Curry mentioned one more name<\/a> when finishing his answer to Morman — his longtime Golden State teammate and fellow future Hall of Famer, Draymond Green<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose two are top of mind with the highest IQ,\u201d Curry reiterated about Paul and James to Morman. \u201cAnd obviously Draymond. That\u2019s like the podium for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Green\u2019s on-court smarts might be lesser known to NBA fans outside of Dub Nation. Curry knows how much of a genius<\/a> his running mate is, though, which is all that matters.<\/p>\n

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