Hottest Take of the NBA Finals: Stephen Curry isn't a Leader, Has Character Flaws
By Jason McIntyre
The swings of these NBA Finals!
Games 1 and 2 – Warriors roll by 48, the Cavs aren’t in the same league!
Game 3 – Cavs win by 30, hey, maybe we’ve got a series!
Game 4 – Stephen Curry scores 38 points! The MVP showed up!
Game 5 – Without Draymond Green – the Warriors’ best defensive player – Lebron went wild, and Kyrie had his 3rd straight good game and the Cavs won
Which has all led … to this! “As Curry Fails Leadership Test, Warriors Left Looking for Their Title Resolve.”
"Curry just had to be himself, and it would’ve created enough of a comfort zone at home for his teammates to finish off these NBA Finals. Curry couldn’t even manage that much. And for a superstar on the spot, that’s coming up quite a bit shy."
Hot take level of this paragraph: Tabasco Sauce from the grocery store.
"The Warriors openly acknowledge they are wired to lose focus unless they feel challenged. It’s time to wonder how much of that character flaw is Curry’s."
Hot take level of this paragraph: You probably should have been wearing a flame retardant suit just to read it.
"If that sounds preposterous for a guy who just repeated as NBA MVP, let’s look at it this way: Who do you think has more killer instinct, Curry or Green? They are the two Warriors leaders, so if you agree that it’s Green who pushes that point more, then it’s an indictment of Curry by default."
Hot take level of those paragraphs: If you read that on your phone, I hope you were wearing oven mitts.
Up 3-1, without one of their best players, the Warriors couldn’t close out the Cavs at home, so it’s time to question Stephen Curry’s leadership levels.
Of course Draymond Green has a killer instinct. He’s the vocal leader of the team; he’s the emotional center of the team. In no way, shape, or form is this any sort of indictment of Stephen Curry.
As you were.