Michael Jordan will always be Michael Jordan, of course. But the search for another MJ may well be over.

Instead, kids across America are aiming at becoming the Next Stephen Curry — as postulated by Howard Beck in this extended feature for B/R Magazine.

A thorough read of Beck’s story is suggested. But Warriors fans focused primarily on Curry’s place in the scheme of things will not be surprised by Beck’s appraisal.

“Generation Steph” is what Beck called this age of young players trying to reach the NBA.

“Coaches everywhere are managing a new challenge: a millennial army of aspiring Stephs,” Beck wrote.

Curry told Beck about the myriad of videos sent to his social media accounts, by proud parents and youth coaches, of shots kids hit from 30 feet or half court.

“Somebody will hit a deep three, and they’ll tag me in it, saying, ‘Such and such did his best Steph Curry impersonation,'” Curry said. “Just random people from all over the country — all over the world.”\

Be Like Mike has turned into Shoot Like Steph.

“I hear it a lot,” Curry said. “It’s pretty special.”

Former NBA player Penny Hardaway, now a high school coach, has reportedly “had to admonish his players more than once for launching from 30 feet, like a band of mini-Steph Currys.”

Said Hardaway: “They’re just not making as many as Steph. They’ll just say, ‘I can really shoot them!’ And I’ll go, ‘Yeah, well prove it to me. If you prove it to me, then you have that right.’

“They want to be Kyrie (Irving) and Steph, for sure.”

Curry wants those kids to work on more than their shooting skills.

“Hopefully, it inspires them to work on their game and not just try to go out and do the stuff that I do,” Curry said. “Because I want them to know how much time I put into it.” Related Articles Giannis Antetokounmpo wins second MVP award; Is an NBA title with Warriors next?

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While future players continue to work toward the NBA, current stars are more free than ever before from comparisons to Jordan. Instead, they can able forge their own identities.

“Russ Westbrook is just Russ Westbrook, Steph is just Steph, and the quest to reincarnate MJ is mercifully over,” Beck wrote.

Curry was not among those who wanted to be like MJ.

Curry recalled, at age 10, seeing Jordan win his sixth NBA championship: “I didn’t really appreciate what I was watching.”

Not surprisingly, Curry’s favorite player at the time was not MJ but a current Warriors adviser.

“I was actually a Steve Nash guy,” Curry said.

And, now, so many kids are Steph Curry guys.