At the age of 27 Stephen Curry is currently the best basketball player in the world. He is playing at the position point guard and he is the main reason for the Golden State Warriors’ title last season. He is 1.91 m. tall and his weight is 86 kg. Curry is very athletic and that helps him a lot in the games. Sometimes he finds it hard when playing against physically stronger defenders, but he always scores a big number of points.
Stephen Curry started his professional NBA career in 2009. The point guard signed a contract, which was worth $12,7 m. over 4 years. And he showed his great potential in his very first professional match, scoring 14 points and making 7 assists. At the end of the season Curry was voted for The NBA Rookie of the year.
Immediately after making such a great impression, Stephen Curry was selected in the US national team and in 2010 helped the USA win The FIBA World Cup. Despite his time on the pitch was limited, the point guard made a great contribution to his team.
The point guard was so unlucky in 2011. He had surgery on his right ankle in May. Then a few months later Curry strained a tendon in his right foot and had another surgery. That’s why he averaged just 14,7 points per game during the season 2011/12.
Before the start of the 2012/13 season Curry agreed on a new 4-year contract deal with Golden State for about $44 m.
He was a part of the United States’ squad for The FIBA World Cup 2014. This time Curry had more playing time and he deservedly won his second gold world cup medal.
Then, in 2015 came his biggest success in the professional basketball – winning The NBA championship. The new head coach, Steve Kerr, changed the tactics and gave Stephen Curry more freedom, which was a crucial decision for Warriors’ season. On 7th January 2015 the point guard became the fastest player to score 1,000 career three-pointer. Just a month later he scored 51 points in a game against the Dallas Mavericks, which was a record for him. He eventually won the regular season and the NBA playoffs with Golden State Warriors and the team is favourite to do it again this season.
In conclusion, the point guard is a Christian and a good person. He is married to his child’s love, Ayesha Alexander and the couple has two daughters. Stephen Curry has recently become to represent one of the leading companies for sports stocks “Under Armour”. Even though, he didn’t graduate while being at Davidson College, he is still planning to earn his degree.