Stephen Curry on teaming up with LeBron James: 'It's like surreal'
The Golden State Warriors and Team USA point guard spoke to Yahoo Sports senior NBA writer Vincent Goodwill about what it's like to team up with his longtime rival.
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I have lebron as a teammate is like surreal because you have so many battles back and forth, you admire his game, you know what he's about and to see the work up close and personal every day, to see how, you know, he prepares, uh how he talks and practice.
Like, I've never had that vantage point of him.
So, just excited to see how our games complement each other and, and, you know, build that chemistry that's gonna help lead this team.
I would assume your relationship has had to evolve.
You and lebron's relationship has had to evolve from when you first arrive on the scene as a contender.
And he's been there, there's some friction and I feel like maybe now as you guys are sort of on the back end of it, your relationship, I would assume has gotten better and will get better.
The relationship started out great at the beginning not to say it was bad at any point, but it was great uh when I was in the NCAA S. Right.
Exactly.
And he came to a couple of games and then he invited me over to his house my rookie year before we played Cleveland and hes been in Akron to, like I said, some of the final stuff and obviously in the finals that brings out the, the healthy animosity of somebody standing in your way of a goal.
Um And you know, you're gonna have some, some bad blood out there, but through it all, like I'm a firm believer, you can be competitive, you can, uh you know, have that killer instinct and see blood on the other side, but still have the utmost respect for who you're playing against.
And that's uh the ultimate compliment for a guy like Ron who's always pushed the bar, you know, higher and higher with everything that he's done.
So to now be in a situation where we're still in the same conference, they beat us in the playoffs, uh last year and like there's still that competition, but I can fully enjoy this experience and get to know him at a much deeper level a as teammates.
And, uh I think that's what we both deserve at this stage in our career.
It is pretty dope.