The reason why Bill Simmons easily picks Steph Curry over James Harden

On Thursday's episode of "The Lowe Post" podcast, ESPN's Zach Lowe and The Ringer's Bill Simmons re-drafted the 2009 class. Steph Curry was the No. 7 overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft and James Harden went No. 3 overall to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Here is Lowe and Simmons' conversation: Lowe: "I gave you the number one pick in the draft because I'm a nice person. Also, I get to foist the tough decision onto you and I get to make the easy decision. So who's your first pick?" Simmons: "I mean, it's not a tough decision. It's Stephen Curry. I get somebody who was a back-to-back MVP. I get the greatest shooter of all time. I get somebody who basically is a 50-40-90 guy for his entire career. "And most important -- I get a culture guy. There's been a handful of guys in the history of the league that you can just build your team around and it was gonna be OK. He's this generation's (Tim) Duncan. The best possible teammate. "The fact that the Warriors situation with KD (Kevin Durant) didn't really fall apart until midway through Year 3 is almost a credit to the culture they had there to begin with, because it should have fallen apart in Year 2 and it didn't." Simmons also added: "I think there's gonna be a really interesting second piece of his career post-prime, when he's still gonna be awesome -- just in a different way," he said of Curry. "I look at Harden going forward -- I'm not sure how his game ages with the kind of physicality he's endured with all the hits. I just wonder what that looks like. "So for me, it was actually a pretty easy decision. "I continue to think Steph is the most underrated guy of the last 15 years. Even with other players (they say), 'He's good, he's not that good.' It's just bizarre to me."

Steve Kerr: "Steph allows for everything in this organization to function smoothly. He's helped build the culture, and it's largely been built around his joy and his energy. And it just fills every corner of this organization."

— Drew Shiller (@DrewShiller) April 8, 2020

Over a five-year span from 2015 to 2019, Curry and the Golden State Warriors eliminated Harden and the Rockets from the playoffs four times. Source- NBC Sports

Stephen Curry is back in the Chase Centre and puts up some shots