Dub Hub: Steph Curry and Draymond Green make ESPN’s Top 25 NBA players of the 21st century list

• Stephen Curry and Draymond Green were among the players listed on ESPN’s Top 25 NBA players of the 21st century.
• Draymond Green recently advised the Warriors against making a trade that would have hurt the team in the long-term, he revealed during an episode of the Club 520 Podcast.
• Olympic Basketball tips off this weekend as Team USA plays Serbia on Sunday.

ESPN recently released their list of the Top 25 NBA players of the 21st century. After measuring the accomplishments of basketball players over the past 24 years, the Golden State Warriors found themselves with two of their current players featured on the list: Draymond Green and Stephen Curry.

Green’s defensive prowess and championship resume earned him the 22nd spot on the list, while Curry’s generational talent and long list of accomplishments finished him at third — just behind LeBron James and the late great Kobe Bryant who earned the top spots. In total, four Golden State players were featured on the list including former Warriors Kevin Durant and Chris Paul.

Key accomplishments: NBA 75th Anniversary team, four-time NBA champion, 2022 Finals MVP, 10-time All-Star, nine-time All-NBA, 2022 All-Star Game MVP, two-time scoring leader, career leader in 3-pointers made

Curry had been reluctant to call himself the greatest shooter of all time until he broke the career 3-point scoring record. Once he achieved that milestone in December 2021, he wasn’t so shy about it anymore. Curry has changed the way basketball is played — at every level of the sport. Nowadays you’ll find kids in high school gyms going through the same pregame shooting routine Curry does. And in the NBA, offenses are built around 3-point shooting like never before.

If the way he revolutionized the game isn’t enough to solidify his standing in the NBA — and among great athletes around the world — his résumé is. After winning his first Finals MVP in 2022, to go along with his four titles, 10 All-Star appearances, nine All-NBA teams and two MVPs, Curry asked: “What are they going to say now?