“They’re going to be tough because the shooting is outstanding on his team. It’s going to be a hell of a run when Klay gets back and they could put that together. I mean, you just don’t know who to key in on. “Steph, you seen the other night had 50 points. Wiseman is not even on the court - and these guys are off to a wonderful start. Klay is not even back yet, the emergence of a guy like Jordan Poole, you brought Iguodala back, Draymond looks fantastic. “I just look at who Steph is, I look at the pieces that they have on that team. “You’re not going to believe me, but before the season started, I had the Warriors,” McGrady told CNN Sport’s Andy Scholes.
READ: How CJ McCollum is using his love of wine to become a different type of trailblazerĬontent to now admire and love the game from the sidelines as an analyst, McGrady believes Curry will justify his NBA foresight. The 33-year-old point guard has already been serenaded with MVP shouts and dazzled again this season, following up a 50-point haul against the Atlanta Hawks with another starring role in the Warriors’ 117-99 dominant victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night.Ĭurry sunk nine three-pointers in a 37-point performance to pass 2,900 career regular season three-pointers, putting him within range of all-time leader and Hall of Famer Ray Allen on 2,973. Now into his 12th season in the Bay Area, Curry has continued his one-man assault of the record books with dogged consistency, twice being named the league’s most valuable player en route to three NBA championships. T-Mac - a seven-time All-Star across a 16-year career - was the league’s back-to-back highest scorer in 20 as part of the Orlando Magic before retiring in 2013, three years before Curry would win the first of his two scoring titles.
A two-time NBA scoring champion knows a winner when he sees it: Tracy McGrady is backing Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors to vindicate his preseason championship prediction.