Steph Curry didn't hesitate naming the five toughest defenders in the NBA including 'frustrating' player

Steph Curry didn't hesitate when naming the toughest five defenders he has faced in the NBA.

Curry and the Golden State Warriors could only finish seventh in the Western Conference this season, qualifying them for the play-ins.

They will be eliminated from the season-ending play-offs if they lose to Memphis Grizzlies and then to the winners of the fixture between Sacramento Kings and Dallas Mavericks.

Should the Warriors defeat Memphis, however, they will go straight through to the play-offs as the number seven seed and take on Boston Celtics in a first round series for a chance to reach the conference semi-finals.

Curry is looking to capture his fifth NBA Championship, having last lifted the trophy in 2022. He was also named the NBA Finals MVP on that occasion.

Should he come up against the Celtics, Curry would come up against Jrue Holiday - who he named as one of the five toughest defenders he has faced in the NBA back in a 2021 interview.

He told DubsTalk: "Jrue Holiday, Avery Bradley, Tony Allen when he was in the league.

"There are guys that have a knack for being in the right place at the right time, being physical, studying your game, and your moves.

"Never in my mind are you scared to come in and feel like they can stop you, but you know you have to work a little harder that particular night. You need to play a little smarter.

"Guys like Pat Bev [Patrick Beverly] uses antics and stuff like that, so I have to deal with that.

"I think those guys exist, and that is why they're getting paid to do, defend the best guys in the league. But still, you can get your numbers on them."

For his fifth and final pick, Curry selected his own brother, Seth, as the player that 'frustrates' him the most.

"Seth Curry is the one that frustrates me the most," he explained. "Cause he has that look like, 'I know what you are going to do'.

"In the play-offs when he was in Portland, I think he had four steals on me. I think he disarmed me a little. It felt like we are in the backyard again, and he was everywhere, and I couldn't figure it out. So he is on that list too."