1. Childhood

March 14, 1988, Stephen. Curry was born in Akron, Ohio. Steph Curry's father, Dell. Curry is a shooting guard for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets, not a superstar, but a star of some sort (Charlotte Hornets all-time leading scorer, team all-time three-point champion, and Sixth Man of the Year honors).

As the son of a football star, Stephen. Curry is undoubtedly lucky. Compared with many NBA slums, the superior family and the experience of following his father in the court since childhood, Stephen. Curry's high basketball IQ was decisive. This is similar to Kobe Bryant, who is 10 years his senior.

Steph Curry Jr. sits with his father Dell. Curry side

However, the battlefield of basketball is ultimately the world of long and fierce people. Dale is 193 centimeters tall and weighs 86 kilograms. Curry was able to complete a 16-year career in the NBA, relying on a superb shot. As the son of Dell Curry, Steph. Curry's baby face makes him look thinner than his father, and although he has practiced hard under his father's influence and guidance since childhood, his shooting skills have surpassed his father's, but no one wants to believe that he can have a place in the league.

Ii. University

In 2006, Stephen was already the dominant player in high school basketball. Curry is full of confidence to apply to join Duke University (American university basketball school), but coach K (Duke University basketball coach) on the grounds of "too weak" refused. At that time, Steph Curry was only 1.83 meters tall and weighed less than 75 kilograms. Dell Curry took his son to every basketball school in the United States, but they were rejected. Dell Curry even had the cheek to recommend his son to his Alma mater, Virginia Tech, where he is a Hall of Fame player in school history and still has no success.

"Sorry, your son is not NCAA football material," it was Del. The response Curry got. In desperation, Stephen. Curry can only go to the NCAA Division I in the smallest size of the Davidson College, because only this basketball level in the NCAA ranked No. 1 Davidson College is willing to provide Curry with a scholarship. After entering college, Stephen. Curry began to show his shooting talent, not only helped the school to its first NCAA victory since 1969, but also single-handedly carried Davidson to the NCAA Madness March Elite Eight, completing a feat of 162 three-pointers made in a single season, breaking the NCAA record.

3. In the league

In 2009, junior year, Stephen. Curry declared for the NBA draft with the NCAA scoring leader (28.6 points per game), only to be selected seventh overall by the Golden State Warriors - however, as of today, Steph. Curry is the only NBA rookie in the class of 2009 to win a championship, the only MVP, the highest achievement of the player. -- "Stephen Curry, 1.91 meters tall, 83.9 kilograms, point guard. Athletic ability and physical quality under the NBA level, shooting is good, but the ability to finish under the basket is relatively weak. Steph is not the type of player who can adapt to the NBA right away, he has little potential, it will be difficult to reach the next level, don't expect him to run the offense."

This is Stephen in 2009. Curry's draft report summary (Every NBA team has professional scouts responsible for observing and judging potential players around the world, and provide draft reports to the team to determine whether to select a player). You can't say in hindsight that the scout who gave this report was not professional enough, in fact, at the time, in addition to the selection of Steph. Curry's Golden State Warriors, before that, had five teams with six chances to pick Steph. Curry, but no team has done so, even though the Minnesota Timberwolves, who have the fifth and sixth picks respectively, used the fifth and sixth picks to select two other players who also play point guard. Yes, even if you choose two players in the same position, they don't see Steph. Curry.

The skepticism and disdain also come from the Golden State Warriors. Monta Ellis, the Golden State Warriors' shooting guard and top star at the time, publicly questioned the team's choice when he learned that Golden State had selected a small guard with the seventh pick, even declaring that he did not want to work with Steph. Steph Curry plays. Suffice it to say, conventional wisdom is against Stephen. Curry's slights are so common.

Stephen entered the NBA. Curry didn't get much attention. In the Golden State Warriors at that time, Monta Ellis was the number one star, the boss of the team, and this boss could not change the team's decisions, but could decide everything on the court. Stephen as the new guy. Curry, more often than not, is to serve the team's No. 1 star on the court, and the newcomer is to keep a low profile.

Monta Ellis is the team's first option on offense, Stephen. Curry needs more to create better offensive opportunities for the No. 1 star. Throughout the season, with the Warriors, Steph. Curry ranks third in field goal attempts, averaging only 14.3 per game, and Monta. Ellis had 22. Still, throughout his rookie season, with limited access to the ball, Steph. Curry is averaging 17.5 points per game, second among all rookies.

There are also 5.9 assists and 1.9 steals, both of which are first among rookies in the same year. What's more frightening is that Curry made 166 three-pointers, hitting 43.7%, both figures are also the first among rookies. With that, Stephen. Curry ranked second in the final rookie rankings of the 2009-2010 season, and unfortunately missed the honor of the best rookie of the year

So Dale as a father. What does Curry think of his son?

Dell Curry once said in a later memory: "Someone told me that your son is going to play basketball and make a lot of money." I thought, well, maybe overseas leagues [in Europe and Asia]?" Yes, at least at that time, even his father, who knew everything about himself, did not know about Stephen. Curry's future holds too much promise. The inherent cognition of human beings often creates obstacles to their own judgment, which may be Stephen. Why Curry has always been looked down upon.

In this attitude, how much impact on Curry's character is unknown, perhaps it will be his motivation to keep forging ahead, but I believe that more, these doubts always let him have a knot, that is, he thinks in his heart: "I can't, I am not the best, even if I average 40 points per game, I can't be the first person in the league." Yeah, good guys don't get to be overlords, and if you want to be first, you have to be convinced.

4. The story behind the three points

A few years ago, Curry signed an agreement with the charity "Nothing But Nets," in which for every three-point shot Curry made, three anti-malaria mosquito nets would be donated to the organization. This means that after the 2016 season, 1,206 poor families across Africa received insecticide-treated nets.

In the summer of 2013, Curry went to Tanzania, Africa, to do charity activities, where the refugees did not know what is basketball, what is the NBA, of course, do not know who Curry is. But that doesn't stop Curry from helping them, where poverty, backwardness, malaria, and offseason NBA stars prefer to go on vacation, who wants to go to that kind of place? But Curry went, and he also provided free mosquito nets to protect against malaria to refugee camp families there.

Anyway, he is the pride of his family, and no matter how many people question, he will be calm, after all, no matter how difficult the moment is also coming. These achievements are worthy of his efforts. It also gave faith to many people whose natural talents were stumbling along the road to success, as the devout Christian Curry wrote on his shoe: Philippians 4:13: "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me."