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Draymond Green\u2019s podcast,\u00a0The Draymond Green Show<\/em>, had Cam Thomas as the guest during the latest episode. Green picked the Brooklyn Nets star\u2019s brain on a lot of things, which included his opinion on Stephen Curry and James Harden.<\/p>\n The Warriors star brought up how Harden\u2019s comments on how he has changed the game has sparked debates on whether he has impacted the game more than Curry. So Green asked Thomas\u2019s opinion on the matter.<\/p>\n He also asked the 23-year-old which player he has modelled his game after.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we really gravitated towards James <\/em>[Harden], because James was doing the isos, breaking people down one-on-one, scoring the 40s and 50s. I think Steph really changed the way teams wanted to play the game of basketball, shooting the threes, you know, the pace y\u2019all play at, moving around without the ball,\u201d <\/em>Thomas said.<\/p>\n I think Steph really changed the way the teams around the league tried to play. James really changed the individual play of players,\u201d <\/em>he added.<\/p>\n The Nets star couldn\u2019t have summed it up any better. While Curry and the Warriors\u2019 success in the NBA Finals prompted teams to adopt the Dubs\u2019 fast-paced small ball play and three-point shooting, Harden\u2019s smooth moves on the court attracted individual players. Therefore, teams started collectively shooting more threes and players started emulating Harden\u2019s stepbacks and iso moves.<\/p>\n Curry\u2019s game is modelled closely to aid the team. It is not as flashy as the Beard\u2019s moves and is not easy to emulate as well. Therefore, Harden had a more significant impact on young guards.<\/p>\n But they have always been mentioned in the same breath.<\/p>\n Green\u2019s question to Thomas is far from the first time the two future Hall-of-Fame guards have been compared. Dating back to their college days, franchises debated which guard\u2019s playing style could elevate their team more.<\/p>\n Harden and Curry were both selected in the 2009 NBA Draft, picked 3rd and 7th, respectively, which ultimately placed the two in a comparison battle that would span their entire careers.<\/p>\n Curry has undoubtedly had more team success, but Harden has always been right on his tail in terms of individual production, especially in his prime with the Houston Rockets. Harden has noticeably slowed down since leaving Houston, but he still has been producing at All-Star levels with the Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n While Steph\u2019s three-point efficiency and volume paired together have always blown the rest of the NBA out of the water, Harden\u2019s unmatched scoring peak allowed The Beard to recently enter the NBA\u2019s top 3 in all-time three-pointers made, trailing only, Stephen Curry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Draymond Green asked Brooklyn Nets star, Cam Thomas, who resonates more with players his age: Stephen Curry or James Harden?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"\nHarden and Curry have always drawn close comparisons<\/h2>\n