In mid-May, Bronny James revealed that the last time he was star-struck was when Stephen Curry came to him and dapped him. For someone who has had his fair share of meetings with some of the top A-Listers, be it in the entertainment or sports industry, you would think LeBron James’ son would be used to it all. But it seems like that’s the ‘Curry effect’. And it’s not limited to just the son.

Thankfully, the 19-year-old did not stay star-struck. In fact, tonight turned out to be James Jr.’s best performance so far. Although, the Purple & Gold indeed suffered a massive loss – a 58-point loss, to be specific. However, it didn’t take away from the fact that Bronny had a brilliant outing. In 35 minutes of play, James scored 17 points on 7-of-17 shooting and contributed four rebounds, one assist, three steals, and one block. This put him as the team’s second-best scorer behind Quincy Olivary.

Talking about the “surreal” experience to Mike Trudell, the USC alum said, “It’s a crazy moment for me. Just growing up, watching him play my dad over the years, it’s a surreal moment for me to go out there and guard him.” Sadly, Steph missed out on today’s game due to his finger injury.

Nonetheless, we just got to know how he managed to maintain composure and stay on his toes all the time, don’t we? Well, James has a simple explanation for that, too. “Probably just stay in on the body, just move a lot off the ball. Paying attention to where he is off the ball and sticking with that.”

While that’s well and good, it seems like Bronny James might have already had an idea of the route to take thanks to his father. After all, LeBron has played the most against Steph and he seemed to have figured out the secret.

“He’s the problem!”: LeBron James explains the true threat of Stephen Curry

James and Curry have gone head-to-head for a total of 52 times. And more often than not, these matchups were high-stakes games. Needless to say, with Bron’s basketball IQ, the 4x champion would have figured out what makes guarding the ‘Baby-Faced Assassin’ virtually an impossible task.

“I had Steph in transition and Steph Cuts back door and I’m body on body. I didn’t look at the ball the whole time. And I know that goes against every coach. The ball is not the problem with Steph Curry. He’s the problem! Steph is most dangerous when he doesn’t have the ball,” LeBron revealed recently.

Perhaps not many really notice just how much of an off-ball threat the Warriors legend is, truly. You can’t really blame them. After all, who can turn their attention away from Steph’s mesmerizing threes or the insane ‘Golden Dagger’ long enough to see the things he does when you are waiting with bated breath for his next shot from the deep?

But to LeBron’s point, a prime example of Curry’s off-ball play was during Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals against the Raptors. Of course, it wasn’t the best year for the Dubs, but that’s exactly why Steph, as an off-ball threat, became important. The key moment came late in the fourth quarter.

The 10x All-Star started at the top of the key, passed the ball to Draymond, and immediately moved to the corner, running through several screens set by his teammates. Toronto’s defenders were close at his heels, but his constant movement allowed him to get free at the three-point line, eventually. Just at that moment, Green quickly passed him the ball from where he drained a successful three.

James, however, was not done explaining. “It’s not many guys, all-time in our league, that’s most dangerous without the ball. I’m telling them, ‘Listen guys, I’ve been in more than enough wars with those guys. But when Steph decides to cut inside the lane, don’t relax. He’s coming back up.’ That’s reps and reps and reps and reps of actually guarding something that’s uncomfortable,” the NBA’s all-time scorer noted.

Clearly, the 29-23 win record Curry holds over James has taught him valuable lessons! Ones, he no doubt, transferred to Bronny James, as well.