{"id":119531,"date":"2016-01-14T12:52:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T20:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=119531"},"modified":"2023-06-13T09:24:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T16:24:37","slug":"this-is-why-magic-johnson-said-no-way-to-steph-curry-being-ranked-over-isiah-thomas-on-top-pgs-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/this-is-why-magic-johnson-said-no-way-to-steph-curry-being-ranked-over-isiah-thomas-on-top-pgs-list\/","title":{"rendered":"This is Why Magic Johnson Said \"No Way\" To Steph Curry Being Ranked Over Isiah Thomas on GOAT PGs List"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It might sound odd to hear somebody say a 12 x NBA All-Star and 2 x NBA Champion in the Basketball Hall of Fame is underrated, but Isiah Thomas just might be one of the most underrated basketball players of all-time. How? I often see Top 10 lists leaving Zeke off and don't hear his name enough in conversations about point guard GOATs and to me, that's just ridiculous.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, ESPN released a list of GOAT point guards<\/a> and somehow found four players to put ahead of the first point guard I ever saw who could score at will, dish out 20 assists, dunk on a defender at 6 foot, or make a defender look silly with behind the back moves and crossovers only seen in Harlem Globetrotter games. Those four names are Magic Johnson (cool), The Big O (sure), John Stockton (I get it) and Steph Curry (oh hell naw). This isn't a knock on Steph -- the greatest shooter of all-time -- but the 2 x All-Star needs to put in at least another half decade of great basketball for me to rank him ahead of the baddest of the 80's Bad Boys.<\/p>\n

One person who agrees with me is the baddest of all the point guards, Magic Johnson. The Showtime leader tweeted <\/a>out the following comments when he saw his former nemesis on the list.<\/p>\n

ESPN ranked the Top 10 PGs of all time & they have @iamisiahthomas ranked 5th. There's no way Stockton & Curry are better than Isiah.
\nLet me remind everyone, young and old, I played against @iamisiahthomas when he was hurt & hobbling on one leg and @iamisiahthomas still scored 25 points in one quarter in the NBA Finals!
\nI love @StephenCurry30, the best shooter we've ever seen, but he's not better than Isiah, at least not yet.<\/p>\n

We could go on all day bringing up war stories from different decades and pulling out stats, but I'm just going to drop a few numbers, a couple of videos and leave it at that.<\/p>\n

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25 POINTS IN A QUARTER ON A SPRAINED ANKLE<\/h3>\n