Steph Curry is an American professional basketball player. He plays for the Golden State Warriors for NBA.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about his life and career.
- His full name is Wardell Stephen “Steph” Curry II
- He was born on March 14, 1988
- He is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA)
- A six-time NBA All-Star
- Curry has been named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice
- He won three NBA championships with the Warriors
- Many players and analysts have called him the greatest shooter in NBA history
- He is credited with revolutionizing the game of basketball by inspiring teams to regularly utilize the three-point shot
- The son of former NBA player Dell Curry
- Older brother of current NBA player Seth
- Curry played college basketball for the Davidson Wildcats
- There, he was twice named Southern Conference Player of the Year
- He set the all-time scoring record for both Davidson and the Southern Conference
- During his sophomore year, Curry also set the single-season NCAA record for three-pointers made
- He was then selected by the Warriors with the seventh overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft
- In 2014- 15, Curry won his first MVP award
- He led the Warriors to their first championship since 1975
- The following season, he became the first player in NBA history to be elected MVP by a unanimous vote
- And to lead the league in scoring while shooting above 50- 40- 90
- That same year, the Warriors broke the record for the most wins in an NBA season en route to reaching the 2016 NBA Finals
- They lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers
- Curry helped the Warriors return to the NBA Finals in 2017, 2018 and 2019
- Winning back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018
- Before being defeated by the Toronto Raptors in 2019
- During the 2012- 13 season, Curry set the NBA record for three-pointers made in a regular season, with 272
- He surpassed that record in 2015 with 286
- He did it again in 2016 with 402
- Curry is currently third in all-time made three-pointers in NBA history
- Alongside teammate Klay Thompson, the pair have earned the nickname of the Splash Brothers
- In 2013- 14, they set the record for combined three-pointers in an NBA season with 484
- A record they broke the following season (525)
- And again in the 2015- 16 season (678)
- Wardell Stephen Curry II is the son of Sonya and Dell Curry
- He was born in Akron, Ohio
- While his father was a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers
- He grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina
- There his father spent most of his NBA career with the Charlotte Hornets
- Dell often took Curry and his younger brother Seth to his games
- They would shoot with the Hornets during warm-ups
- The family briefly relocated to Toronto
- There Dell finished out his career as a member of the Raptors
- During this time, Curry played for the Queensway Christian College boys’ basketball team
- Leading them to an undefeated season
- He was also a member of Toronto 5-0, a club team that plays across Ontario
- Pitting him against fellow future NBA players Cory Joseph and Kelly Olynyk
- Curry led the team to a 33- 4 record, en route to winning the provincial championship
- Following Dell’s retirement, the family moved back to Charlotte and Curry enrolled at Charlotte Christian School
- There he was named all-conference, all-state
- He led his team to three conference titles and three state playoff appearances
- Because of his father’s storied career at Virginia Tech, Curry wanted to play college basketball for the Hokies
- But was only offered a walk-on spot due in part to his slender 160-pound frame
- He ultimately chose to attend Davidson College, who had aggressively recruited him from the tenth grade
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