Arenas said Curry and Jokic aren’t generational talents due to them not having unique physical traits.

Former NBA superstar Gilbert Arenas has become known for his bold takes on popular basketball topics. Recently, the now-retired player weighed in on the topic of NBA champions without generational talents.

Stephen Curry is widely regarded as a basketball player who changed the game with his three-point shooting ability and movement off the ball. Arenas, however, thinks that the Golden State Warriors superstar guard wasn’t a generational talent despite his influence on the game and multiple titles.

“Steph is not a generational talent. Wemby is a generational person. That is a generational talent. Generational means you can’t mimic it,” Arenas said on the Gil’s Arena Show. “Can you mimic Magic Johnson, 6’9 point guard with the vision? No. You can’t mimic Shaquille O’Neal’s body. You can’t mimic LeBron James, you can’t mimic Wemby. Those are generational. It only comes once every [few decades]. There are only five or six [of them].”

Asked to clarify his stance, Arenas said that being a generational talent means combining unique physical gifts with tremendous results on the court.

“Physical traits is generational,” Arenas said.

“[Nikola] Jokic is not a generational talent. He’s just a great basketball player,” he later explained. “Curry is a great basketball player. It’s different. Generational is like once every 20 years.”