Club 520 Podcast<\/a>. \u201cAt least you know where Kyrie\u2019s going to be. You going to catch him right at that pass, wherever he\u2019s going to be at in ISO. You look one way, Steph takes off the other. And then you got to catch up. He just causes too much havoc once he moves.\u201d<\/p>\nTeague, who played 12 seasons in the league, explained that Curry\u2019s nonstop energy is unlike anything he\u2019s ever seen.<\/p>\n
\u201cSteph is constantly moving, hitting through screens,\u201d he continued. \u201cYou\u2019re scared of him hitting a 3, so you don\u2019t want to go out there, but you\u2019ve got to be locked in for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
What makes Teague\u2019s comparison interesting is that Irving is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous one-on-one players in basketball.<\/p>\n
His ball handling, step-back jumper and finishing ability are considered second to none. Yet even with that in mind, Teague stood firm in his assessment.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s harder to guard those players because you have to go around so many screens,\u201d Teague said. \u201cYou always constantly getting screened and hit. ISO players, it\u2019s just you and him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Defending Irving may leave a player stranded on an island, but defending Curry often feels like running through a maze of screens only to watch him launch a shot in rhythm.<\/p>\n
In the end, Teague summed it up best: defending Curry means chasing shadows, while defending Irving means bracing yourself for isolation. Either way, it\u2019s a nightmare matchup for anyone.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Ex-NBA Star Shawn Kemp Sentenced After 2023 Shooting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NBA champion Jeff Teague knows what it\u2019s like to face both Kyrie Irving and Steph Curry in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-96544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}