At the microphone of Monte Poole from the chain NBC Sports During the last episode of the podcast “Dubs Talk”, Dell Curry returned to the careers of Steph and Seth, and in particular to the precise moment when he realized that his eldest son was going to become one of the best players in the NBA. It was by overcoming his first injuries and coming back stronger that the Chef gave himself the means to begin to mark his sport.
How beautiful is a dad proud of his son. So yes, it’s true that it would be rather surprising to see Dell Curry land on a show to literally spit on his kids given their success in the NBA, but the fact remains that we always enjoy seeing how his offspring manages yet to put stars in his eyes. To the occasion of his passage in the podcast “Dubs Talk” on NBC Sports, the former Hornets player also returned to the moment when he understood that Steph was really going to dominate in the League: when he managed to overcome injuries, around 2013. To his arrival in the NBA, the leader was indeed subject to many physical glitches in the ankles, even forcing him to undergo an operation at the end of the 2010-11 season. The following ? Full of small relapses, which prevent him from passing a course on the ground. The turning point will be made thanks to the recruitment of Keke Lyles by the Warriors, who will develop a specific program for Steph, drastically reducing his injuries thereafter. The first All-Star Game selection for the best shooter of all time? In 2014, from his first season without being embarrassed, and this is therefore apparently what the daron had anticipated:
“Once he got through the first injury period, I was sure he could be an All-Star. His way of playing, shooting, his focus on being a player for the team and his determination were the elements that worked in his favor. »
– Dell Curry
The main reproach that we could therefore make to Dad Curry… is to have, like all of us, downright underestimated his son. Because who could have said, when Stephen Curry arrived in the NBA, that from the top of his 88 meter and his child’s head, the guy would become more than an All-Star and would even change the face of basketball? Not many people, to be sure, and yet there were warning signs. Asked about Steph’s performance against the Knicks in New York, where he scored 54 points in 2013, the latter also explains that the moment was also revealing for his son himself: ” doing it at Madison Square Garden, it was just surreal. A handful of guys have scored over 50 points in that kind of atmosphere…it’s hard to play in that kind of atmosphere. I think it was a moment when he said “I came to the NBA”. “And since it’s not just the past that counts, Dell also confided in what he plans for Steph in the coming years, the latter being already 34 years old: ” he still has that urge, he wants to win more, he’s hungry for more wins, so he can definitely play at this level for many more years“. Four more years of contract at the Warriors? For dad, there is no reason for his son’s level to regress by then, and we know that it wouldn’t help at all.
Four times NBA champion, eight times All-NBA and as many All-Star Game selections, twice MVP… Stephen Curry has become much more than just an All-Star. Already among the best players who have ever walked an NBA floor, the leader has established himself in the League despite all the hardships endured. Dad can therefore only be proud of his son.
Source texte : NBC Sports
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