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The NBA has a problem with conspiracy theories. Kyrie Irving has been explaining himself every week since he claimed the earth is flat after he went down a rabbit hole of watching YouTube videos. Now, Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry has proverbially stepped in it after appearing on Vince Carter and Kent Bazemore’s Winging It podcast this week.
During the podcast, Steph Curry denied that humans have ever been to the moon. He basically flat out called the moon landing a fake and implied that it was a government conspiracy.
Steph Curry went to Davidson College in North Carolina which is a really good school. It’s an institution full of intelligent students and it’s pretty damn hard to get into. Steph is an intelligent individual so for him to say this bullshit is pretty unprecedented.
During the segment, Steph asked the others “We ever been to the moon?” to which they responded “Nope.” Steph Curry then said “They’re gonna come get us. I don’t think so, either.” In that last part, saying he agrees that we haven’t been to the moon and ‘doesn’t think so’ with respect to whether or not astronauts have actually been to the moon.
Hey @NASA, Steph Curry doesn't think man's been to the moon 🤔 pic.twitter.com/ZKFAe5oI8m
— FanSided (@FanSided) December 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/JimmyDonofrio/status/1072168690492325889
NASA landed ANOTHER damn probe on Mars last week. We’ve been to the moon MANY times. These guys are trolling and they’re being called out for it. That, or they’re somehow deluded into thinking the world is some massive conspiracy theory.
Everyone on Twitter had a response to Steph Curry, a Davidson educated individual saying he doesn’t think we’ve ever been to the moon.
I'm just going to go ahead and interpret the "We" he is referring to as the Golden State Warriors. I agree, they did not go to the moon. https://t.co/aqGpWNsQGI
— FeddE-Bow the Letter (@Nick_BPSS) December 10, 2018
Davidson professors reading this news right now like pic.twitter.com/WoKROmsfp0
— Taylor Sturm (@TSturm13) December 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/Jon_Roser/status/1072191509812994049
This person’s got the worst take so far.
Steph Curry's take that the moon landing was faked is a lot less preposterous than Kyrie's assertion that the Earth is Flat.
that's not to say i agree with Curry, but that comparison is some false equivalence.
— Tim (@ChuckShots) December 10, 2018
Someone speaking the truth here:
.@StephenCurry30 calling into question the greatest accomplishment in human history does such an incredible disservice to the men and women who sacrificed so much to get us to the moon. It's incredibly irresponsible for someone with your platform to ignore facts like this.
— Max Lederman (@Max_Lederman) December 10, 2018
You're stance on the moon landing is like someone saying you didn't win 2 MVP awards. It's ludicrous because we can prove you did, in fact, win those awards. Just like we can prove we landed on the moon. It's soooooo irresponsible, and if it's a joke, PLEASE say so
— Max Lederman (@Max_Lederman) December 10, 2018
My boy Isaac dropping truth bombs here:
https://twitter.com/WorldofIsaac/status/1072202062782435329
Facts only.
If you add up every one of Stephen Curry's shots, he's shot a total of 36.3 miles which is 1/6,581th of the way to the moon.#analytics
— Micah Adams (@MAdamsStatGuy) December 10, 2018
I think we can all agree that Steph Curry agrees to be dragged for this take from now until forever. Anytime he picks up a microphone in front of reporters they need to ask him why he is spreading misinformation to the children across America that idolize him.