Evan Turner makes a strange criticism of the ‘tacky’ Steph and Klay as an NBA duo

Evan Turner makes a strange criticism of the ‘tacky’ Steph and Klay as an NBA duo originally appeared in NBC Sports Bay Area

Whether you agree or not, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown proved to be basketball’s best star duo after leading the Boston Celtics to Franchise’s 18th NBA Championship.

Although times have changed since then, there have been another dynamic duo ruling the league in the Bay when Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and the Warriors made five consecutive NBA Finals appearances and won four titles through their dynastic run together.

Despite Golden State’s success on the court, former NBA guard Evan Turner explained to former Warriors forward and NBA champion Andre Iguodala on his “Point Forward” podcast why he believes Curry and Thompson have failed to capitalize on that success. at the time, and why his failure to do so presented other young stars with these opportunities.

“The best of the best is yet to come,” Turner said. “These kids are 16 years old and they’re jumping around the gym, doing all these crazy things. If you look at Jayson and Jaylen, it’s like, are you going to find me two others better than this now? championship and they’re at 10, they might as well make an R&B album. They’ll get rich as hell by winning!

“Imagine if Klay and Steph weren’t corny as fuck, bro. They had the world in a chokehold. Those little guys were on fire. It’s dangerous.”

Curry is a 10-time NBA All-Star, two-time scoring champion, two-time NBA MVP and Finals MVP. Fellow Splash Bro made five NBA All-Star appearances and was twice named to the All-NBA Third Team.

His three-point shot changed the game of basketball, but Turner believes they should have taken advantage of off-the-court marketing opportunities.

Iguodala argued that the same could be said about Tatum in regards to the “cheesy” label, though he clarified that he doesn’t believe the Celtics forward is corny, but that’s just the league-wide perception. Turner then retracted his words and emphasized that Curry and the Warriors could have seized the moment better during a historic dynasty.

“I’m not going to call Steph and them [are] cheesy, I’m just saying that back in the day when you took your hat off about marketing and how an athlete could be represented, you had two beige guys,” Turner said. “They should have had the world. Steph Curry shoes should be Jordans, dog. That’s all I’m saying.”

Iguodala said he wouldn’t necessarily put that on Curry, Turner made one last marketing point.

“From a marketing standpoint,” Turner continued. “You were by far one of the best teams of all time. The best team of all time! And you had the best pitchers of all time. The worst thing that ever happened to them was they fired Mark Jackson because there goes the marketing pitch.”

While it’s safe to say that Curry and Thompson probably won’t be releasing an R&B album anytime soon, the two have found a lot of success and happiness away from basketball.

And if being a four-time NBA champion is the new thing, sign us all up.

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