{"id":104560,"date":"2015-06-17T07:20:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T14:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=104560"},"modified":"2023-06-13T10:19:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T17:19:13","slug":"klay-thompson-trolls-lebron-by-saying-steph-curry-is-the-best-player-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/klay-thompson-trolls-lebron-by-saying-steph-curry-is-the-best-player-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Klay Thompson trolls LeBron by saying Steph Curry is \"the best player in the world\""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hHlORb_Z8Dg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt just feels good to say we\u2019re the best team in the world with the best player in the world, this man sitting to my right,\u201d said Klay Thompson pointing at his Splash Brother Steph Curry&nbsp;after winning the 2015 NBA Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The half joking comment was a response to LeBron saying&nbsp;\u201cI feel confident because I\u2019m the best player in the world\" after losing Game 5.<\/p>\n<p>Although most fans would agree that LeBron is still a \"better player,\" you can't blame a guy for saying his teammate who was the MVP of the league that <a href=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/all-98-3-pointers-by-nba-champion-steph-curry-in-the-2015-playoffs-reggie-miller-is-2nd-with-58\/\">destroyed the NBA playoffs record for 3-pointers<\/a> is the best. 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Only 41!<\/p>\n<p>But from the looks of this pic of Klay after he fouled out with just 5 points, he could not care less.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/resize-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104554\" src=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/resize-1.png\" alt=\"resize (1)\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PQz42SjS9Hc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u201cIt just feels good to say we\u2019re the best team in the world with the best player&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":104561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8316,1444,3,74,23],"tags":[5392,896,1815],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-104560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-all-blogs","category-nba","category-nba-videos","category-video","tag-klay-thompson","tag-lebron","tag-steph-curry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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