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Steph Curry praises high schooler's half-court 'Babe Ruth' 3-pointer

Published Dec. 29, 2016 6:23 p.m. ET

Andrew Lynch

To a certain type of basketball fan, high schooler LaMelo Ball's recent ridiculous, half-court, "called his shot" 3-pointer represents the inevitable decline of Western civilization as precipitated by the outlaw Stephen Curry.

https://twitter.com/OnlyTheNBA/status/813660504803528705

This was always the risk, such fans will tell you: as Curry embraced chucking from whatever distance he so desired, so too would the children. Even Curry's former coach, Mark Jackson, openly wondered what effect the two-time MVP would have on our future.

Well, Curry's seen the highlight, and he has nothing but praise for the younger brother of UCLA freshman Lonzo Ball (via Let's Go Warriors):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDAwhtjQ9nI

"That was some confidence right there. The fact that he made it, I wonder if he's done it before and missed it. It's the highlight-driven generation, so that right there was pretty unbelievable, though. For him to call his shot like Babe Ruth and knock it down and act like nothing happened. So shoutout to him."