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‘Sports Fanatic’ Paige Spiranac Delivers Controversially Hot Takes on LeBron James, Steph Curry and the NBA

Published 04/19/2022, 12:15 PM EDT

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Golf professionals and stars often love other sports. Moreover, professionals often enjoy watching or playing different sports, and basketball may be topping the list. Recently, a former golf professional Paige Spiranac gave her bold opinions on a few of the big names in the sport of basketball and the NBA.

Paige Spiranac makes bold picks for basketball stars

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The 29-year-old former professional turned social media sensation is famous for making bold opinions. Moreover, Paige majorly resorts to uploading golf instructional videos on Youtube and is a fan favorite. She has 3.3 million followers on Instagram and 270K subscribers on Youtube. Furthermore, Paige is among the known stars in the golf world who are famous for their blunt opinion, and she recently made another bold pick.

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Paige recently spoke about her opinions on famous NBA players like Stephen Curry, Anthony Davis, Lebron James, Shaquille O’Neal, Klay Thompson, and others. Moreover, the 29-year-old star talked about the greatest basketball player of all time and the worst player of all time while discussing her opinions on different players.

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Paige expressed her opinions about the same in a video uploaded by PointsBet USA on their official Twitter account. Moreover, in the beginning, Spiranac introduces herself as a “You can call me a Sports fanatic.” Then she continues saying that she watches anything but NBA. However, it will change today. Spiranac talked about her opinions regarding famous basketball players. At the same time, a few of the views were bold.

She said, “Klay Thompson is a better shooter than Steph Curry. Anthony Davis wouldn’t be top 75 if it wasn’t for LeBron. Jonas will be the greatest player of all time by the end of his career. Julius Randle is the worst basketball player of all time. Derrick Rose would have been the greatest point card ever if he stayed healthy.”

 

“Shaq is the most dominant player to ever play the game. Draymond is more crucial to the warrior’s success than Steph and Ben Simmons is a top 25 player in the league when playing.” Only time will whether Spiranac’s hot opinions about the above players will hold true or not. Do you think her views are right?

As soon as the video went on the internet, Paige fans from all over the globe started to react to the video. At the same time, a few fans did not agree with her picks. In contrast, other fans’ reactions seemed to agree with the 29-year-old. Who according to you is the best NBA player ever?

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Why did Spiranac retire from professional golf?

Paige was among the rising names in golf. Moreover, the young prodigy event won her first event as a professional in 2015. She won at the Orange Tree Country Club on the Cactus Tour in June 2015. Furthermore, Paige carded a final round of 68 to defeat Hannah O’Sullivan and claim her first professional career win. However, in 2016, things started to go downhill. Paige could not make it through the qualifying school. As a result, she could not secure her card for the LPGA Tour.

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On top of that, she even broke down during a press conference at the Omega Ladies Dubai Classic. She broke down into tears after revealing the amount of cyberbullying she received. With all the factors adding up, she finally announced her retirement from professional golf in December 2016. What do you think about her decision?

What do you think about Paige’s opinions? Share your views in the comment section.

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Written by:

Bazif Qadri

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Bazif Qadri is a Golf writer at EssentiallySports. Currently pursuing BSC Economics Hons, Bazif is a golf enthusiast. Not only a fan, but he is also an avid golfer himself.
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Pritam Priyedarshi

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