Steph Curry had plenty of praise from one superstar to another to give Sabrina Ionescu.
The New York Liberty star put on the performance of a lifetime in the WNBA Starry 3-Point Contest. Ionescu made 25 of her 27 attempts for 37 points, setting a record in the process. The former Oregon icon set a new standard for the 3-Point Contest and not just in the W, either.
Even while it happened at 4 p.m. Eastern, it still caught a lot of attention. That included from Curry, as the four-time NBA champion shared his thoughts on the prolific performance. He had a huge weekend as he hit a hole-in-one at the American Century Classic celebrity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe.
Curry joined NBA Today, and Malika Andrews asked him if he’d rather win a golf tournament or win a 3-point contest. The two-time NBA MVP made it clear where he stood.
“Well, now, I gotta go after Sabrina’s record. So, I’ve got something to shoot for now that she went crazy with the 37 points in their All-Star Weekend. So I guess we gotta settle that one for sure. Who’s the better 3-point competition shooter?”
.@StephenCurry30 says he and @sabrina_i20 need to settle who's the best three-point competition shooter 👀
"I gotta go after Sabrina's record … She went crazy with the 37 PTS in their All-Star weekend." pic.twitter.com/s8iNjyQy0e
— ESPN (@espn) July 17, 2023
Curry tweeted that he considered her performance to be all-caps “RIDICULOUS” on Friday afternoon.
RIDICULOUS! @sabrina_i20 https://t.co/djeRmwh3UO
— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) July 14, 2023
And to be fair, Sabrina was the first one to issue a challenge. Ionescu tweeted at Curry specifically with the words, “Shoot out??” late Friday evening.
Shoot out??😂 @StephenCurry30
— Sabrina Ionescu (@sabrina_i20) July 15, 2023
Now that’s a battle we’d like to see.
[ESPN]
