STEPHEN CURRY BIOGRAPHYStephen Curry born March 14, 1988 is an American professional basketball player with the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association. A guard, Curry is listed as 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) and 185 lb (84 kg).
He played college basketball for the Wildcats of Davidson College from 2006 to 2009. In 2008-09 he led the nation in scoring with 28.6 points per game and was a consensus first-team All-America selection by The Sporting News, Associated Press, National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). Curry was twice named Southern Conference Player of the Year and to the John R. Wooden Award All-American team, set the all-time scoring record for Davidson and the Southern Conference, set school career records for three-pointers, free throws, 30-point games and 40-point games, set a single season NCAA record for three-pointers, and led Davidson to two straight NCAA tournament appearances.
Curry is the son of former NBA player Dell Curry and former volleyball standout Sonya Curry. On April 23, 2009, Curry announced that he would leave Davidson after his junior year to enter the 2009 NBA Draft, and on June 25, 2009, he was selected 7th overall by the Golden State Warriors
In the 2009 NBA Draft in June 2009 the Golden State Warriors selected Curry in the first round with the seventh overall pick. He subsequently signed a four-year, $12.7 million contract in July 2009. Curry made his NBA regular season debut on October 28, 2009 in the Warriors' 2009-10 season opener against the Houston Rockets. Curry started the game and finished with 14 points, seven assists, four steals and two turnovers in 36 minutes of play.
On January 23, 2010, Curry finished with a then career high 32 points in a game against the New Jersey Nets, as the Warriors looked to Curry to carry the team while Monta Ellis was out with an injury. On February 10, 2010, Curry got his first triple-double in his career with 36 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds, including 7-of-11 from 3-point range. On April 7, 2010, Curry came close to a quadruple-double finishing with 27 points, 14 assists, 8 rebounds and 7 steals in Don Nelson's 1,333rd win as an NBA head coach, as Nelson set a new NBA record for career coaching wins. Curry also had a rookie high of 5 30-point, 10-assist games, which was also the 3rd most in the league behind Lebron James and Dwyane Wade. He broke an NBA record for most threes made in a season by a rookie with 166 made on .437 accuracy. Due to Curry's dominant performance with the Warriors in his rookie season, he was a contender for the 2009-2010 NBA Rookie of the Year Award. On April 14, 2010, Curry scored a new career high 42 points in the last game of the season in a win against the Portland Trail Blazers. During the 2011 NBA All-Star Weekend, Curry beat Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the Taco Bell Skills Challenge with a time of 28.2 in the final round. Stephen Curry was also the recipient of the NBA Sportsmanship Award for the 2010-2011 season.
Curry finished second in the Rookie of the Year voting, behind Sacramento Kings guard Tyreke Evans, and was one of the three unanimous selections to the 2010 All-Rookie First Team, alongside Evans and Brandon Jennings of the Milwaukee Bucks.
Curry appeared in a Burger King commercial with his father, Dell, at a very young age. His younger brother, Seth, played at Liberty University before transferring to Duke University.Since 2009, Curry has lived in Oakland, California. He is also a practicing Christian and has written numerous Biblical verses on his footwear. On July 30, 2011, Curry married Ayesha Alexander in Charlotte, North Carolina. The two had met in a church youth group when they were 15 and 14. Curry is currently taking classes at Davidson College to finish his undergraduate degree in Sociology.
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