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Andy Nesbitt

NBA Fans Crushed Stephen A. Smith For His LeBron-Curry Take

The Lakers and Warriors will face off in Game 2 of their second-round series Thursday night in San Francisco, with Stephen Curry and Co. desperately needing a win to even things up before the series shifts to Los Angeles. 

Speaking of Curry, this latest postseason showdown with LeBron James has all the makings of being another classic between two of the best players to ever play the game. 

It has also opened up some wild arguments. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith said that if Curry is able to win another title then you might have to take James off the Mount Rushmore of basketball. 

Here’s how that went:

That's a pretty wild take because James, the all-time leading scorer in NBA history, is arguably the best player to ever play the game and nothing Curry can do going forward should push James down on that list. 

NBA fans went off on Smith: 

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