Tony Parker believes LeBron James has the edge over Steph Curry as the NBA's best player after leading the Cavaliers to the championship last season.
Curry has been chosen the league MVP the past two seasons and led the Warriors to the NBA title in 2015.
However, the Warriors lost, 4-3, in the best-of-seven NBA Finals to James' Cavaliers last season, and Parker feels that gives James —a four-time MVP who also won two NBA titles with the Heat — the right to call himself the best.
"I think it is between LeBron and Curry, then everybody has a different opinion," the Spurs point guard told Omnisport. "But now you have to say LeBron because he won the title. For me, if you're champion, you're No. 1."
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Curry has also been likened to legends like Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson in recent times, but Parker says any comparisons can only come when the Warriors guard has retired.
He added: "I think you need to wait to the end of his career to judge that. The journalists like to do stuff like that, compare. It's your job anyway to do that. But I think to compare in history, you need to wait for the guys to end their careers. So I think it's too soon to judge or compare with Jordan, Magic or [Larry] Bird."
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And Parker, 34, says the same can be said about James.
"Until now he has three titles, Jordan got six, Magic five, Kobe [Bryant] five," Parker said. "It's tough to judge and sort players in history until his career is over.
"I like to compare based on titles, so until he has six, Jordan is the best player in history."