Cam Newton has the NBA MVP’s endorsement for his own Most Valuable Player award.
Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is from Charlotte, N.C., and is a longtime Carolina Panthers fan. Curry struck up a friendship with Newton thanks to his connection to the team, and now he thinks the Panthers quarterback should be this season’s NFL MVP.
“To see Cam doing what he’s doing and leading a team after all the critics basically said he’s a mediocre quarterback,” Curry told Sports Illustrated’s Robert Mays. “As a fan, I never believed that. It’s great to see him out there playing well. He should be the MVP when it’s all said and done.”
Newton has led Carolina to a perfect 13-0 record, racking up 3,062 passing yards, 28 passing touchdowns and seven rushing touchdowns along the way. Still, Curry could be just slightly biased, as he and Newton aren’t just acquaintances, but very good friends.
“We talk about the ride, but we also just kind of motivate each other without really speaking,” Curry said of their friendship. “What we’re seeing each other do on the field and on the court, that’s just motivation for us.”
And Newton had plenty of nice things to say about Curry, too.
“I was always a fan of him,” Newton told Mays. “He’s not big. He’s not tall. He’s not the guy that’s going to make that amazing dunk. You know he works on his skill. That’s a character that’s just America, that blue-collar person that works on each and every part of his game.”
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