{"id":1511799,"date":"2022-05-30T07:45:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T11:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1511799"},"modified":"2022-05-30T08:02:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T12:02:23","slug":"stephen-a-smith-makes-absurd-claim-russell-westbrook-james-harden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/stephen-a-smith-makes-absurd-claim-russell-westbrook-james-harden\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen A. Smith Makes Absurd Claim About Russell Westbrook, James Harden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stephen Curry has a chance to add to his already Hall of Fame legacy with a win over the Boston Celtics in this year\u2019s NBA<\/a> Finals. A victory in the series would give Curry his fourth championship, and he has a chance to win his first-ever Finals MVP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But has he only had his success due to the talent the Golden State Warriors<\/a> have placed around him? Well, it has, of course, helped. Kevin Durant played a major role in Curry winning two of his titles, and Klay Thompson and Draymond Green will likely be in the Hall of Fame when it\u2019s all said and done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, ESPN\u2019s Stephen A. Smith isn\u2019t giving Curry the credit he deserves, and he recently did so by making an absurd claim about Russell Westbrook<\/a> and James Harden<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith believes Thompson should rank higher on the all-time player list than both Westbrook and Harden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephen A. Smith made an absurd claim about Russell Westbrook and James Harden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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(L-R) Russell Westbrook, Stephen A. Smith, and James Harden | David Berding\/Getty Images; Justin Ford\/Getty Images; Michael Reaves\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While appearing on ESPN\u2019s NBA Countdown<\/em>, Smith debated whether a fourth championship would help Stephen Curry surpass Kevin Durant on the all-time player list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He doesn\u2019t think so, and he made that clear. But that\u2019s not the main topic of this story. The debate naturally led to Smith and his colleagues discussing the players Curry and Durant have played with in their careers. And he thinks Steph has had more help than KD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commentator believes Klay Thompson \u2013 Curry\u2019s teammate since 2011 \u2013 is a better all-time player than James Harden and Russell Westbrook, who both played with Durant on the Oklahoma City Thunder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think Klay Thompson deserved to be ahead of both James Harden and Russell Westbrook (on the NBA 75 list),\u201d he said on the May 29 episode<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wait, he really said that? Yes, but his statement was far from the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is Klay Thompson better than Russell Westbrook and James Harden?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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