Richard Jefferson Responds To Stephen Curry’s Comments On Rivals Wanting To Beat Warriors

“One thing that we gloss over because the game has changed. Remember all of the turning around and high-fiving each other cause Steph is that good of a shooter?” Jefferson said. “Like 90s basketball players, early 2000s players, that would’ve been a fight. That would have 100 percent been a fight. But the rules have changed and all that stuff is good and fine now. Other players are doing it.

“So the point is, they were doing some quote unquote historically disrespectful stuff on the court and whooping you, and there was nothing you could do about it.

“So, now that you’re down? Oh no no no no no, we’re going to put that gas pedal. I don’t care how far you are down, we’re going to keep that gas pedal. When I say that he was doing disrespectful stuff it’s not, that’s part of the game, it’s cool as a bat flip, it’s whatever. But, 20 years ago, 10 years ago, that would never have been allowed. So, there are still some old heads in this game that want to put it on them for the show.”

The Warriors are now with Curry and Draymond Green leading the pack after Klay Thompson went down with another season-ending injury. The sharpshooter knows they had a big moment and now are trying to be more ‘average’ and see what life is like when you don’t have Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson terrifying the rest of the association.