Although the author of an exceptional career, Stephen Curry regularly sees league legends imagining him with difficulty evolving in their time. One of them has reignited this debate with an opinion that should once again sow discord.

More than benefiting from the league’s new standards of play, he can be considered the instigator of these changes. Almost single-handedly, Stephen Curry has changed the way of attacking in the NBA. His expertise in 3-point shooting has indeed irradiated many of his peers who are moving further and further away from the basket, regardless of some old nostalgic glories.

James Worthy’s cash opinion on Steph Curry

Virtually untenable these days, Curry is not the subject of any debate regarding his level in today’s NBA. On the other hand, many have already questioned its ability to shine like this in another era.

This is, for example, the subject on which James Worthy was invited to speak on the All The Smoke podcast . And according to him, the problems that the Chief would encounter would turn out to be mainly defensive:

How would today’s players fare in the 80’s?@JamesWorthy42 respects today’s players but thinks they’d have different challenges to face from his era.

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Given the way Steph shoots and his movement without the ball, he could have survived against us, but he would have had to defend on Magic (Johnson) on the other side of the court.

In any case, we would have made sure that he had to defend against a guy like Magic, AC Green or me, who were going to get offensive rebounds. So, it would have been a little different for him defensively.

If Steph would therefore have had no difficulty expressing himself in attack according to Worthy, the sizes he would have had to face on the other side of the field would supposedly have caused him big problems. It must be said that he has never been known as a great defender, even in the contemporary era.

His case nevertheless stands out from that of his prestigious counterparts, whose difficulties would have been different according to Big Game James.

For the Lakers icon, other stars today would not have been able to score and create offensively like they do now:

At the time, we had defensive experts like Sidney Moncrief, Sean Elliott, or even later players like Bruce Bowen. So, it would be a little different for the current stars. They wouldn’t be able to run as freely and they would be at the mercy of guys like that.

Unlike other veterans who doubt it, James Worthy sees in Stephen Curry a player capable of withstanding the intensity of the NBA of the ’80s. At least on the offensive level, since according to him the Chief suffered in defense.