Isiah Thomas

his kind of moxie in belief.

I mean, when Dennis came in athletically, I mean, you saw Dan, he was a freak athletically.

I mean, running, jumping, rebounding.

And what I really admired about him and got to understand was how smart and brilliant he was about the game.

And accepting, keyword accepting,

what he could do and what he couldn't do.

And I see players now trying to maximize and do things that they can't do.

But if they focused on rebounding and defending, as he did his whole career,

I think he went into the Hall of Fame and never averaged double digits in scoring.

But rebounding and defending is what he did and what he was known for.

There are a lot of players who have that capability, but I don't know if they have that perseverance and discipline to come to the arena every night and say, this is what I'm going to do.

Kevin Durant.

I would say Kevin Durant is right there with Curry in terms of being the best shooter.

Well, the numbers say he is.

And then what you just, you know, articulated confirms it.

But the numbers say that, you know, I mean, when we talk about Curry and shooting, right, I look at Reggie Miller.

I look at, you know, Larry Bird, you know, Ray Allen.

Those guys were great shooters.

I think what Curry has done is...

He's extended the range and acceptability of where we allow people to shoot from.