![]() ![]() ![]() In 1995, Dell and his wife, Sonya ( née Adams), founded the Christian Montessori School of Lake Norman, a preschool in Huntersville, North Carolina. Curry allowed only one run and struck out four batters in a three inning start. George Shinn, as owner of both teams, arranged the publicity stunt. On June 21, 1991, Curry and Charlotte Hornets teammate Muggsy Bogues appeared in a Minor League Baseball game for the Gastonia Rangers of the South Atlantic League. In 2016, Curry was the recipient of the Bobby Jones Award at the Athletes in Action All Star Breakfast, which is held each year at the NBA All Star Weekend. In 2009, Curry started working as a commentator, alongside longtime play-by-play announcer Steve Martin, for the Charlotte Bobcats (now Charlotte Hornets). On June 18, 2007, Curry was named an assistant coach of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, but he stepped down before the season began so that he could attend his sons' basketball games. In 2004, Curry was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. Curry retired as the all-time leading scorer in Hornets history with 9,839 points. He holds career averages of 11.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.8 assists. Ĭurry played one season for the Milwaukee Bucks before playing his final three seasons in the NBA for the Toronto Raptors. When he left the team in 1998, he was the last player remaining from its inaugural season 10 years earlier. He was once the franchise's all-time statistical leader in points, games played, three-point field goals made and attempted, and three-point field goal percentage. He was a regular in the discussions for Sixth Man of the Year and won the honor in the 1993–94 season. Curry spent 10 seasons in Charlotte, mostly coming off the bench to provide instant offense with three-point shooting. He was left unprotected by Cleveland for the 1988 NBA expansion draft and was the second player selected, the first by the Charlotte Hornets. He played one season in Utah before being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1987, where he spent the 1987–88 season. NBA career Ĭurry was selected with the 15th overall pick by the Utah Jazz in the 1986 NBA draft. He was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1996, his first year of eligibility. Ĭurry finished his Virginia Tech career with 2,389 points (second all-time) and 295 steals (all-time leader) in basketball, and a 6–1 record with a 3.81 ERA in baseball. He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 14th round of the 1985 MLB draft but opted to continue playing basketball. (In the early and mid 1980s, the three-point line was introduced in many conferences at varying distances, but it was not recognized by the NCAA.)Ĭurry also played baseball for Virginia Tech. Prior to the 1986–87 season, NCAA basketball did not feature a three-point line Curry's accurate long-range shooting was not rewarded, as it would be later in his NBA career. In his senior season in 1986, Curry was named the player of the year in the Metro Conference. Although the team qualified for at-large bids to the NCAA tournament in 19, it lost in the first round on both occasions. The Hokies appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in 19, finishing third in the latter. College career Ĭurry was a four-year starter at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg along with contemporaries Bobby Beecher, Perry Young, Al Young, and Keith Colbert. Curry also played baseball, and won state championships in both sports he was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 1982 Major League Baseball draft. He finished as the all-time leading scorer in school history, and was named a McDonald's All-American in 1982. He is the father of NBA players Stephen Curry and Seth Curry.īorn in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Curry was raised in Grottoes and played high school basketball at Fort Defiance, where he used his coach's barn to practice shooting daily. Curry currently works as a color commentator, alongside Eric Collins, on Charlotte Hornets television broadcasts. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1986 until 2002 and retired as the Charlotte Hornets' all-time leader in points (9,839) and three-point field goals made (929). Wardell Stephen Curry (born June 25, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. Metro Conference Player of the Year (1986).Consensus second-team All-American ( 1986). ![]()
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