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There aren’t any ‘Yeezy’ athletes right now, but if Kanye West gets his way, the NBA’s MVP, Stephen Curry, will be the first.

Kanye did a phone interview with Hot 97 today to talk about everything from fatherhood, his new album, and even the NBA Finals.In speaking about tonight’s Game 4 between the Cavs and the Warriors, Kanye noted that he’s good friends with LeBron but would ‘like to be really great friends with Steph.

Reason being: He wants Steph to be a Yeezy athlete.You can listen to the full interview below, he starts talking about hoops and how he thinks Curry needs to ditch them Under Armours at about the 4:40 mark.