Stephen Curry
Wardell Stephen Curry II is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association. He is credited with revolutionizing the game of basketball by inspiring teams to regularly utilize the three-point shot. A six-time NBA All-Star, Curry has been named the NBA Most Valuable Player twice and won three NBA championships with the Warriors. Curry is the son of a former NBA player and the older brother of current NBA player Seth.
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Wardell Stephen Curry II is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association. He is credited with revolutionizing the game of basketball by inspiring teams to regularly utilize the three-point shot. A six-time NBA All-Star, Curry has been named the NBA Most Valuable Player twice and won three NBA championships with the Warriors. Curry is the son of a former NBA player Dell and the older brother of current NBA player Seth. Curry played college basketball for the Davidson Wildcats. He set the all-time scoring record for both Davidson and the Southern Conference and was twice named the conference’s player of the year. During his sophomore year, Curry also set the single-season NCAA record for three-pointers made, and 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 and 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. In 2016, the Warriors broke the record for the most wins in an NBA season en route to reaching the 2016 NBA Finals, which 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.
In 2013–14, he set the NBA record for combined three-pointer made in a regular season, with 272. He surpassed that record in 2015 with 286, and again in 2016 with 402. Curry is currently third in all- time made three- pointers inNBA history, and alongside teammate Klay Thompson, the pair have earned the nickname of the Splash Brothers. He was born in Akron, Ohio and grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. His father spent most of his NBA career with the Charlotte Hornets. Curry attended Charlotte Christian School, where he was named all-conference, all-state, and led his team to three conference titles and three state playoff appearances. During this time, Curry played for the Queensway Christian College boys’ basketball team, leading them to an undefeated season. In 2007, 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. In his first collegiate game, against Eastern Michigan, Curry finished with 15 points but committed 13 turnovers, in the next game, he scored 32 points, dished out 4 assists, and grabbed 9 rebounds. On March 15, 2007, Davidson marched into the NCAA tournament as a 13 seed to play Maryland; despite Curry’s 30-high points, Davidson lost 82–70. At the end of his freshman season, Curry was named Southern Conference Freshman of the Year, SoCon MVP and selected to the SoCon Tournament.
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