{"id":476759,"date":"2026-01-01T19:39:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T18:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=476759"},"modified":"2026-01-01T19:39:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T18:39:47","slug":"rich-paul-shuts-down-lebron-stephen-curry-speculation-its-not-going-to-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/rich-paul-shuts-down-lebron-stephen-curry-speculation-its-not-going-to-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich Paul Shuts Down LeBron\u2013Stephen Curry Speculation: \u201cIt\u2019s Not Going to Happen\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hd8KLgy5MCw?si=lfsVD7bCXpSY3Qz5\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"270\" data-end=\"555\">Speculation about a potential partnership between <strong data-start=\"320\" data-end=\"361\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">LeBron James<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"366\" data-end=\"407\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Stephen Curry<\/span><\/span><\/strong> was firmly dismissed by LeBron\u2019s longtime agent <strong data-start=\"456\" data-end=\"497\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Rich Paul<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, who made it clear that such a scenario is not realistic.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"557\" data-end=\"836\">The topic surfaced during a discussion led by analyst <strong data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"652\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Max Kellerman<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, who outlined a hypothetical on-court fit involving multiple playmaking forwards and an off-ball point guard \u2014 a vision he admitted became more appealing the more he thought about it.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"838\" data-end=\"1146\">\u201cI was thinking about Draymond, watching two point-forwards playing on the same team with a point guard who\u2019s off-ball a lot,\u201d Kellerman said. \u201cOh my god, the more I think about it, the more I need to see it. And the more I think about it, the more I think it actually makes basketball sense for both teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1148\" data-end=\"1230\">Paul, however, was quick to shut down the idea with a mix of sarcasm and finality.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1232\" data-end=\"1420\">\u201cWhy don\u2019t we just play Duck, Duck, Goose?\u201d Paul replied, before cutting the speculation short. \u201cIt\u2019s not going to happen. 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