“He reminds me of Rafael Nadal” Brad Gilbert draws the striking similarities between Chef Curry and Rafael Nadal after Warriors’ title triumph
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Stephen Curry, Rafael Nadal
Stephen Curry is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time and the greatest shooter in NBA history. Curry has played for Golden State Warriors since 2009 after he was picked up by the Warriors in the NBA draft. Curry has been one of the most accomplished players in NBA history. Even with so many accomplishments, he is regarded as “the most human of superstars” in NBA, with a great character for the general public.
Former world number 4, Brad Gilbert, a retired tennis professional and now a tennis coach has compared the humility and selfless character of Steph Curry with a giant in tennis. He has also highlighted Curry’s amazing play when comparing the towering figures of two widely followed games. He has compared Curry to none other than Rafael Nadal.
Brad Gilbert hails Steph Curry by comparing him to Rafael Nadal.
As Stephen Curry led the Golden State Warriors to their 4th title in the last eight seasons, Twitter was flooded with joy. Curry led the Warriors to take down Boston Celtics 103-90 and won his first-ever NBA Finals MVP. Brad Gilbert was overjoyed with Steph’s performance and he gave him the highest honor of comparison he could think of, comparing him with one of the most iconic athletes and tennis players, Rafael Nadal.
Nadal is currently two slams ahead on the most Grand Slams won in men’s tennis and his work ethic along with his never give up attitude has made him the biggest challenge on the tennis court. Nadal’s humility and selflessness are well known, and with Curry’s game against the Celtics and his persona, Gilbert deemed it fit to compare the two athletes and fans mostly agreed with the comparison.
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Prateek Sinha
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