Stephen recently Curry wrote a piece for the players tribune. He starts out talking about the basketball tournament that shaped the basketball person he is today. When Stephen was 13 years old playing AAU, he remembers playing really horrible while losing in the national tournament. Being a basketball player sometimes you’re not mentally prepared for the game, it will get you down and question your skills or even if you should stop playing. Steph had come to that thought while in the hotel room after taking that “L”. Steph having a basketball legend dad wasn’t making it easier for him, it was “do or die” (1) In these moments Steph mentions that his parents mostly his mom told him words that would stick with for the rest of his life and basketball path. Having his own mind eat him up, his mom basically told him that “NO ONE gets to write your story but you” (1). That really stuck with him and helped his worth ethic. Him being a short and skinny point guard, he was overlooked by big programs school except for the school that his dad went to. When he was a junior in high school, West Virginia called him to ask for a meeting. Basically, they played him, and they weren’t interested at all and only came for the courtesy of his dad and offer to walk on. Most of us know how that story works out with his recruiting progress. He ended up going to Davidson and having to change the culture where people didn’t see Davidson as a basketball program to a good program now. While their NCAA Madness run was famous for defeating Georgetown, Wisconsin and playing a great game against Kansas in the elite eight. Steph always had people tell him what he isn’t good at. That caring into the NBA draft, he was what people called ‘slept on” in the draft. He was a steal and he had goals yearly to make people eat those words. Steph mentions that Doug Gottlieb put six other point guards ahead him pre-draft. While Others were gifted in physical abilities and where the game came easy for them, he crafted something he created himself and no one could destroy his story/book. Steph has a camp now but him being a low star recruit he wouldn’t even be invited to his own camp right now. He’s looking to make camps across the country where three-star players and down and can get a chance like the other big recruits had.
work cited
Curry, Stephen. “Underrated | By Stephen Curry.” The Players’ Tribune, 9 Jan. 2019, http://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/stephen-curry-underrated.
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