Ever since he broke out with the Golden State Warriors, people, fans, experts, and analysts have deemed Stephen Curry as the greatest shooter in NBA history. Up to this day, the 2-time MVP still carries that distinction almost unanimously.
Nonetheless, Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard has been lighting it up from way downtown even more often than Curry over the past couple of years, making some people change the term āCurry rangeā to āLillard rangeā.
Obviously, with Lillard rising as one of the leagueās most prominent scorers, there will always be comparisons, with Stephen Curry being the guy whoās often mentioned because of the way they play the game.
Damian Lillard Says He Doesnāt Try To Convince People That He Can Do What Stephen Curry Does
Thatās why Lillard finally opened up to Chris Haynes of Yahoo! Sports, claiming that itās not that heās taking a page from Stephās book rather than people is finally starting to notice him and his small-market team:
āI understand Steph has been playing for championships and has been on national TV countless times. They were building a dynasty. So naturally, when heās making all these long 3s, everyone is going to pay attention to him. I get that. Meanwhile, Iām in Portland and weāre not getting the exposure as some of the other big teams and so a lot of people didnāt know that Iāve been doing this. So I donāt try to convince people that I can do what Steph does. This is what I do,ā he said.
Well, that does make sense, and so do the comparisons between them. Both are streaky shooters, can play well off the ball, and arenāt pass-first point guards although theyāre great facilitators. Neither of them is exactly big or a good defenderand both can shoot lights out from all three levels.
At the end of the day, it doesnāt truly matter whoās the best player or who has the most range. Both Lillard and Curry are two of the leagueās finest entertainers and we should enjoy them rather than trying to put one against the other.
