UPDATE:
Phil Jackson took to Twitter on Monday morning to try and explain the Steph Curry/Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf comparison he made over the weeked:
See original story below.
Earlier today, we showed you some tweets from NBA players in awe of what Stephen Curry is doing right now. He's unconscious. He's a video game glitch. Every time he takes the court he drops a new jaw to the floor. However somebody who isn't as impressed is Phil Jackson, who took a Sunday morning stroll (emphasis on troll) and then shat out this tweet:
Stat breakdowns can be boring. Especially when you already think a player comp is bogus. So we won't go into detail. Just know that Curry's drilled 100 more three-pointers in the past two years than Abdul-Rauf did in his entire nine-year career. Curry's an MVP, a three-time All-Star and an NBA Champ. Abdul-Rauf's greatest award was Most Improved Player in 1992-93. Also, just a guess, we don't see Curry spanning the globe overseas to stay pro in Turkey, Russia, Italy, Greece, Saudi Arabia and Japan.
It's hard to tell if Phil's just getting a shot in before the Warriors sail past the Bulls' 72-win season, or whether he's just another old-timer taking a pot shot at Stephen's style, or whether he's just stirring up social media (as his fiancee Jeannie Buss said in an interview last year):
For whatever reason he threw that out there, it's got him trending on a slow Sunday. And the most confused person in all of it has to be Abdul-Rauf who, through no fault of his own, is seeing his career dissected and laughed at by thousands of strangers over a comparison he likely wouldn't make in a million years.
[via @PhilJackson11]
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