5 Interesting Segments From Stephen Curry's Interview on the BS Podcast

#3 The Boogie question

Nothing has earned the scorn of basketball fans quite like DeMarcus Cousins signing for the Warriors for the taxpayers' mid-level exception of $5.3 million. The double standards in his behaviour were obvious, as it wasn't long ago that he called Durant out for jumping ship onto the Warriors' team.

Simmons got the opportunity to ask Curry about the Cousins signing after a question about how Klay is the best teammate out there, when Steph replied with how Cousins had raved about Klay as his own favourite teammate of all time after signing with the Warriors:

"You mean when you guys cheated and you got DeMarcus even though he’s coming off a major injury?"

Curry took it in good humour, laughing before responding with:

"What are you talking about? What are you talking about?"

Simmons goes on to turn the question into a serious one, saying:

"No, I’m kidding. I’m actually on your side on this. Everyone got so mad with the DeMarcus thing and it’s like the guy tore his Achilles last year. If he comes back in February, it’ll be like a bonus for you guys."

Which is an invite for Steph to sound his mind out, and Curry duly does so:

"I think all the way through, just the benefit of being on our team, obviously for him, is there’s no rush for him to come back. He can really take his time and get right. But, when I look at just the opportunity that comes past January, February, whenever he comes back, to the playoffs, it gives us a whole new dynamic."

"Whatever type of DeMarcus shows up—I know he expects to be back to fully 100 percent and we do too—[he] gives us a new dimension that we haven’t had before, a guy that can actually go get a bucket on the block. We can have guys, shooters around him."

"He’s actually an amazing playmaker, and you’ve seen it in New Orleans. But when he gets the ball at the top of the key, he can break the bigs down and he’s a great passer. Coach Kerr loves great passing big men that can read the defense and make plays. So it’s going to be amazing, man. I’m excited about it. Obviously."