“I can do all things”, this is the moto Steph curry followed his tuff his cear. Wardell “Stephen” Curry started at a young age playing basketball in Charlotte, North Carolina. Curry had a challenging and rough high school career, as he was continually told he was too small. Stephen Curry went on to become one of the best shooters in the NBA. March 14, 1988, in Akron Ohio, Stephen Curry was born to father Dell Curry former NBA star. Stephen Curry grew up in the NBA family Stephen Curry spent time in and around the NBA his whole life. From childhood Stephen’s dream was to follow in his father’s footsteps and be in the NBA . Stephen and his brother Seth often went with his father Dell to games and warmed up with the team getting …show more content…
Curry dreamed of playing at Virginia Tech like his father. Shortly after graduating high school, Curry did not get into Virginia Tech, but instead got into Davidson where Bob Mckillop the coach at the time said “wait till you see steph he’s something special. Curry was it was obvious that Bob saw something that other college scouts didn't see.Currys college career didn't start out as planned with a combined 15 points and 13 turnovers against eastern michigan but in only the next game curry had 32 points. Curry finishes his freshman leading the southern conference with 21.5 points a game and a 29-3 record. Curry attended the 2009 nba draft after his junior year. Stephen curry was drafted 17th overall by the golden state warriors. Curry started his NBA career off right with his first season averaging 17.5 points per game and along with 5.9 assists and 1.9 steals a game and finishing second in the rookie of the year voting. Curry went on to have a great second. At the start of the 2011 curry suffered a season ending ankle injury that left many guessing about currys upcoming
He was also selected to be an NBA all-star as he averaged 30 to 40 points per game. While when it came to Michael’s second year in the NBA he broke his foot early in the season and was forced to sit out. While having his year off from the game, he decided to go back to school to finish his final year of college. His 3rd year wasn’t all so great either as the Bulls had another losing season, but they still made it to the playoffs. Michael would also score 63 points to set an NBA playoffs record.
Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947 at the Maine General Hospital in Portland, Maine. His parents were Donald Edwin King and Ruth Pillsbury King. Stephen being the only natural born child in the family and his older brother David having been adopted at birth two years earlier.
Grant first started playing soccer, but by twelve, he had grown to six feet. That is when he started playing basketball. He became really good and he led his high-school team to two state championships. He then earned an athletic scholarship to play for the well-known Duke University. He led Duke to back-to-back championships and he had his “number 33” jersey retired. After he graduated, he entered the 1994 NBA Draft picks. He was picked by the Detroit Pistons as the 3rd overall draft pick.
Reggie Harding was the first high school player to make the jump from high school to the NBA, and he did this in 1963. He spent five mediocre seasons in the NBA and was never the special player that people thought he would have been. Since then, there have been around 40 high school players who have decided to skip college and declare for the NBA draft. The bulk of these players have come within the last seven to ten years. Out of these forty or so players, no more than ten have had a successful career. Last year seven high school players entered the NBA draft, and only one of those seven had a successful first season, and that was Lebron James (Smith).
In Newark, New Jersey on June 23rd, 2011 Jimmy Butler was selected in the NBA draft. Jimmy went the last pick of the first round. The NBA draft isn’t like any other sport when it comes to the draft. There are only two rounds with thirty picks a piece. Jimmy went 1st round 30th pick the Chicago Bull! Arguably the greatest team to play the game of basketball.
...r_stats.html). Ray Allen was drafted out of Connecticut by the Seattle Supersonics in the 96-97 season. He started81 games and played 82 games, and in that season he averaged 13.4 points per game ("NBA.com." Web. 11 Jan 2010. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/ray_allen/carrer_stats.html). Kevin Durrant was drafted out of Texas by the Seattle Supersonics in the 07-08 season. He started 82 games and played 82 games, and in his rookie season he averaged 20.3 points per game. ("NBA.com." Web. 11 Jan 2010. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/kevin_durrant/carrer_stats.html). Michael Jordan was drafted out of North Carolina by the Chicago Bulls in the 84-85 season. He started 82 games and played in 82 games, during his rookie year he averaged 28.2 points per game ("Basketball-Refrence.com." Web. 11 Jan 2010. http://www.basketball-refrence.com/players/j/jordanmi01.html).
Splash Brothers Stephen Curry flashes his finger to the sky, symbolizing his status in the NBA. Curry has been the undenyable leader of the Golden State Warriors for the past three seasons. “If you don’t fall, how are you going to know what’s it’s like getting up,” Curry said.
When Michael Jordan was attending Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina nobody thought that he would ever turn out to be the player he is today let alone make it to the NBA. In fact, James Jordan, Michael’s father, actually thought that Michael’s best sport was baseball. His high school didn’t think he was so great at basketball either so they cut him from the varsity team when he was a sophomore.
On March 18, 1837 in Caldwell, New Jersey, Stephen Grover Cleveland was born to Ann Neal and Richard Falley Cleveland, and was the fifth born of their nine children. He lived in a few small towns in central New York where his father ministered until the passing of his father when Grover was only sixteen years old.
Steph Curry got inspired by someone very special to play basketball. His dad showed him fundamentals when he wasn't playing games. His mom showed him the discipline that he needed to have. He started actually playing basketball in a REC league at the age of about 6 or 7.
While at Weber, Krzyzewski was recruited to play basketball for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point by none other than Bob Knight. Coach Knight was also a strong infl...
He was drafted 3rd overall in 1984. (“Michael Jordan Fast Facts”). Jordan averaged .515% field goal .845% free throw 2 offensive rebound 4.5 defensive rebounds 5.9 assists .8 blocks 2.4steals 28.2 points.(“Michael Jordan Stats”). Jordan and the Bulls made the playoffs Jordan’s first year as a pro. He also got rookie of the year and went to the all-star game. Then his second season was cut short by an injury (Biography.com Editors). After his second year in 1986-87 Jordan was the second player to ever score more the 3000 points in a season. The year after that he was named the Most Valuable Player of the year. He got it 4 years in 1991, 1992, 1996 and, 1998. By the late 1980s the Chicago bulls were becoming more popular team because of Michael Jordan. In 1990 the Chicago bulls and Jordan won their first National basketball association championship by defeating the Lakers. While Jordan was dominating the NBA during 1980s and 1990s he started getting endorsements by Nike (Biography.com
For many years Michael Jordan has been seen as one of the greatest players to ever play the game of basketball. Michael Jordan was first drafted into the NBA by the Chicago Bulls as the third pick in the first round of the NBA draft of 1984, after finishing his college career at the University of North Carolina. Michael Jordan has been known for his high flying and stylish dunks ever since he first stepped into the basketball scene, but there is more to Michael Jordan than his ability to dunk.
As a 5’9” sophomore in high school in Wilmington, North Carolina, he tried out for his school’s basketball team but wasn’t good enough, neither tall enough, to make it. He then practiced throughout the year and came back as a 6’3” junior to try out. With his improved skills and After graduating from high school, he accepted a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina. In his first season at Carolina, he became the second Tarheel player to start in every game as a freshman and was named Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year (1982). At the end of his freshman year, he made the game-winning shot against Georgetown University for the championship of the NCAA. The Sporting News named him college player of the year in 1983 and in 1984. He left North Caro...
Michael Jordan was born on February 17th, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. He is the fourth youngest of five kids. Once Michael was born, his parents did not want to raise their family in the streets of Brooklyn where there was violence and drugs. They thought this would be too much temptation for their kids to not fall into. They then moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, a small, laid back town. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan showed all their kids how to work hard and make things happen rather than sit around and wait for things to happen. Although most of their kids stuck to hard work, Michael had some tendencies to be lazy when playing sports. He was always discouraged because he could never compete in sports with his older brother, Larry.