LeBron James’ Main Reason For Hating Stephen Curry

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and the consensus greatest shooter of all time, Golden State Warriors legend Stephen Curry, are good friends now.

But this wasn’t always the case.

As recently as a few years ago, James hated Curry.

This week we learned why.

“It was really surreal for me to watch Curry and LeBron specifically just enjoy each other as much as they did (in the Olympics) because we were at all those Finals where it’s not a matter of them having animosity towards one another, but they were rivals,” San Amick of The Athletic said this week.

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“Their camps didn’t always love the way that the other player was talked about. LeBron’s people did not love it when people started calling Steph the best player in the world, and there was a tension that was real.

“And then there were on-court moments, right, where LeBron, with his massive size, is kinda bodying Steph and making sure the world sees him as less than and kinda the small, younger guy. That dynamic was real. So, to go from that to these guys genuinely clicking and havin’ such a great time together was the kind of thing I never thought I’d see.”

It would certainly make sense why James could feel some type of way about Curry being dubbed the best player in the NBA for a certain period of time.

But clearly those Petty feelings are gone now for him. Unlike Kevin Durant.

Will James and Curry’s friendship lead to the two playing together at any point before James’ retirement? Time will tell.

Jennifer Withers Hoey

Jennifer Withers Hoey is a former Business Development Manager who transitioned to writing about sports. With valuable connections all over the West Coast, she has used those contacts to break some of the most interesting stories pertaining to the Portland Trail Blazers, Oregon Ducks, LA Lakers, LA Clippers, Seattle Supersonics (RIP), and more.