LeBron James didn’t hold back when breaking down Stephen Curry’s greatness on the latest episode of Mind the Game. In classic LeBron fashion, he went past the surface-level praise and compared Curry to one of the most extraordinary athletes on the planet: Shohei Ohtani. And honestly, once he explained it, the comparison felt almost obvious.

LeBron started with the simple truth: every time Curry shoots, he expects it to go in. But what really makes Steph different is how many ways he can beat you. “If your pickup point is too low—bang. If your big isn’t up to touch—bang. If you cover me well, I’m getting off the ball,” LeBron said, emphasizing Curry’s willingness to move without the ball when most stars prefer total control. That ability to punish defenses from every possible angle is what James called “the greatest threat in NBA history.”

Then came the Ohtani analogy. LeBron said he and his friends were talking about a hypothetical baseball scenario: a pitcher striking out 10 batters in an NLCS game… and then that same guy also hitting three home runs in that game. “That’s what makes Steph so dangerous,” LeBron explained. “You’re going to get it in so many different ways.” Just like Ohtani breaks baseball logic, Curry breaks basketball geometry.

And the numbers back LeBron up. Curry isn’t just the greatest shooter ever; he’s a statistical anomaly. A 42.3% career shooter on over nine threes per game? Nobody else is close. His off-ball gravity alone creates elite offense, and Golden State’s entire system collapses when he sits once dropping 22 points per 100 possessions in the playoffs without him. His peak offensive metric (+11.1 Offensive RAPTOR) is literally the highest ever recorded.

LeBron’s point is simple: Steph isn’t just great at what he does. He does things nobody else in basketball history has ever done.

(This is a developing story…)