Steph Curry will play in Team USA Men’s Basketball’s exhibition game against Team Canada on Wednesday night in Las Vegas, but the next-best shooter on the roster, in his mind, won’t.
Kevin Durant, Curry’s former Warriors teammate from 2016 through 2019, will miss the game as he rehabs a calf injury.
Curry, while talking to reporters at Team USA’s training camp on Sunday, was asked who the best shooter on the roster was, besides himself, and he explained why it’s Durant.
I’ve seen it up close and personal for those [three] years we played together,” Curry said. “But we got shooters all over the floor. That’s the beauty of USAB with this team. It’s pick-your-poison. And a lot of confidence with whoever is taking the open shot but I’ve seen KD up close and I know he’s a knock-down shooter from wherever.”
During Durant’s three years with Golden State, he shot 52.4 percent from the field and 38.4 percent from 3-point range.
Durant over his 16-year NBA career with the Warriors, Oklahoma City Thunder, Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns, is a 50.1-percent shooter from the field and 38.7-percent shooter from 3-point range.
Curry and Durant arguably are the best two shooters on a loaded Team USA roster.
