Nick Young sparks controversy by claiming that people are too afraid to admit Kyrie Irving’s superior skills compared to Stephen Curry.

Nick Young bizarrely claims people are afraid to admit that Kyrie Irving is better than Stephen Curry.

Nick Young has dished out some wild basketball takes over the years but his most recent one might be the wildest of the lot. Young took to X to state that Kyrie Irving is better than Stephen Curry and claimed people are just scared to admit it.

“Kyrie is the Kobe to curry mj ppl scared to say he’s better.

Young also seems to indicate, that people are afraid to admit that Kobe Bryant was better than Michael Jordan. In my opinion, there really isn’t a case to be made for Bryant or Irving in those respective debates.

We’ll focus on Curry and Kyrie here, and down below are their career stats and accomplishments.

Stephen Curry’s career stats: 24.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 1.5 steals, and 0.2 blocks per game

Kyrie Irving’s career stats: 23.6 points, 4.0 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 1.3 steals, and 0.4 blocks per game

Stephen Curry’s accomplishments: 4x NBA Champion, 1x Finals MVP, 2x MVP, 10x All-Star, 4x All-NBA First Team, 4x All-NBA Second Team, 2x All-NBA Third Team, 2x Scoring Champion, 1x Steals leader

Kyrie Irving’s accomplishments: 1x NBA Champion, 8x All-Star, 1x All-NBA Second Team, 2x All-NBA Third Team, Rookie of the Year

think that makes it fairly clear who the better player is. While the gap between the two isn’t enormous when it comes to career averages, it is huge when you look at their accomplishments, both on an individual and team level.

Curry has won three more titles, one more Finals MVP, two more MVPs, and two more scoring titles than Irving. In fact, the Dallas Mavericks guard has not led the league in any statistical category in his career and has never even received an MVP vote.

There is no denying that Irving has been one of the better guards in the NBA over the last 10 years or so, but he hasn’t been better than Curry. That was on full display in the 2022 NBA playoffs as well. That year, both Irving and Curry played the Boston Celtics in the postseason and to say the latter fared far better might be an understatement.