No, Phil Jackson, what are you doing, please stop why would you ignite such a stupid controversy about Stephen Curry because you know Twitter loves to snatch on to things like this:
Never seen anything like SCurry? Remind you of Chris Jackson/ Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, who had a short but brilliant run in NBA?
— Phil Jackson (@PhilJackson11) February 28, 2016
Jackson has to be trolling or just playing around, because he definitely knows that Abdul-Rauf and Curry aren’t in the same stratosphere, right? It’s not as if Jackson is adverse to stirring up stuff just for the fun of it. He did it plenty of times as a coach, though in a bit more sinister fashion, twisting and playing the media to try and influence the referees.
People keep falling for the banana in the tailpipe. Phil is laughing at the reactions, I guarantee it. https://t.co/AkUeiJjnvM
— Howard Beck (@HowardBeck) February 28, 2016
This was probably just in a bit of fun, poking the bear that is Twitter to see people freak out, as they are wont to do whenever someone dares denigrate another player – especially when that player is Curry. But, just in case Jackson is serious, let’s put this to bed right now.
Abdul-Rauf shot 35% from 3 for his career, played nearly 40 percent of it when league had a shorter arc.
— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) February 28, 2016
So, we’re done with this now, right? We can all move on and sing Kumbaya? Or, at least sing it until the next person says Steph Curry isn’t as good as we think he is or the Warriors are lucky or whatever other inane comment comes their way.