From now until the end of time, Mark Jackson will always appear to have some resentment toward the Golden State Warriors.
The NBA on ESPN analyst, and former Warriors coach, called Golden State's NBA Finals rematch against the Cleveland Cavaliers for ABC on Friday and said the reigning MVP Stephen Curry, who leads the league at 30.8 points per contest, is "hurting the game."
Micah Peters of For The Win transcribed Jackson's comments in full:
Steph Curry’s great. Steph Curry’s the MVP. He’s a champion. Understand what I’m saying when I say this. He’s hurting the game. And what I mean by that is that I go into these high school gyms, I watch these kids, and the first thing they do is they run to the 3-point line. You are not Steph Curry. Work on the other aspects of the game. People think that he’s just a knock-down shooter.
Vincent Goodwill of CSN Chicago seems to agree with Jackson:
Upon hearing about Jackson's comments, teammate Andrew Bogut was quick to dismiss them, per Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports (h/t Diamond Leung of the Bay A ...
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Mark Jackson Comments on How Steph Curry Is ‘Hurting the Game’
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