You clutching your pearls yet, MJ worshippers and LeBron lifers? Good. Now sit down and let Uncle Brochacho walk you through reality.

Steph Curry is the 2nd greatest basketball player of all time. Not “pure shooter,” not “pound-for-pound,” not “light-skinned savant from Davidson” — no, just player, period.

Basketball IQ? Otherworldly.

He broke the sport without breaking a sweat. The dude re-engineered defensive schemes across the league. You think that’s an exaggeration? Go look at the spacing maps from 2015–2022. Defenders guarding him 35 feet from the rim like he’s armed with a sniper rifle.

Numbers Don’t Lie — But They Do Scream.

• 4x Champion
• 2x MVP (Unanimous, mind you — something even LeBron and MJ never pulled off)
  All-time 3-point leader, and he’s still padding the stats.
• Most points per game in a Finals win since Jordan (2022).
• Career TS% that nukes most big men, while hoisting from distances that used to get you benched.

Impact? Existential.

He made the NBA rethink what matters. He made 6’3” kids believe again. You can’t name a player in the modern era not shaped by Curry’s gravitational pull. Dame? Luka? Trae? Just Curry cover bands.

Clutch? Ask Boston.

2022 Finals, Game 4, in the Garden — 43-10-4 on the road with the season on the brink. That wasn’t just clutch. That was legacy-altering, grown-man business.

Why Not #1?

Because MJ was a psychopathic assassin with no moral compass and six rings. You don’t dethrone that. But Steph is the closest thing we’ve had since, and unlike LeBron, he didn’t need to form a Banana Boat cartel or hop teams like a political candidate chasing swing states.

You can hate it, but you can’t argue with it — well, you can, but you’ll be wrong. Steph Curry is #2 all-time. Deal with it.

Brochacho Vargas, Truth Dealer & Button Pusher