{"id":124804,"date":"2016-05-11T12:47:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T19:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=124804"},"modified":"2023-06-12T15:45:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T22:45:19","slug":"dwight-howard-kenny-smith-discuss-who-is-the-better-offensive-player-steph-curry-or-michael-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/dwight-howard-kenny-smith-discuss-who-is-the-better-offensive-player-steph-curry-or-michael-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwight Howard &#038; Kenny Smith Discuss Who Is The Better Offensive Player: Steph Curry or Michael Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UJT2fqMsl28\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Dwight Howard's question was, \"Is Steph Curry better offensively than Michael Jordan?\"<\/p>\n<p>Kenny Smith's response, which I agree with 100%, was \"Not no but hell naw. Because the one thing Michael Jordan had to play against was physical contact. So, if Michael Jordan played against no hand-checking, he would average about 45 points a game.\"<\/p>\n<p>45? I can see the young heads shaking their heads at Kenny right now and &nbsp;yelling \"hater\" and \"old people\" at Kenny andCharles Barkley when he chimes in with comments about MJ averaging 38 in an era where the Bad Boy Pistons were allowed to grab him.<\/p>\n<p>But the best moment in this&nbsp;video is when Dwight said Steph Curry \"has that glow\" right now and then referenced Bruce LeRoy from the awful but awesome 80's film <em>The Last Dragon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZiRHu1JjpI0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>BONUS VIDEO: STEPH ON MJ COMPARISONS<\/h3>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ytkF1mQoo4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwight Howard's question was, \"Is Steph Curry better offensively than Michael Jordan?\" Kenny Smith's response, which I agree&hellip; 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