Wardell Stephen Curry

[Mr.Espinoza ♔♔♔]

 

Wardell Stephen Curry II (Akron, Ohio, March 14, 1988) is an American basketball player who belongs to the NBA Golden State Warriors team. With 1.91 meters high, he plays in the base position, although he can also play as an escort. He is the son of former NBA player Dell Curry3 and older brother of Seth Curry.

Sports career
college
He played for three seasons for the Wildcats of Davidson College, in which he averaged 25.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.5 He soon demonstrated his qualities, since in his second official match, before Michigan Wolverines got 32 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.6 He finished the season leading the Southern Conference in scoring, with 21.5 points per game, 3 being the second best rookie scorer in the entire country after the Texas player Kevin Durant, who would end up being chosen in the second position of the 2007 draft.

In his second season he led again in scoring in his conference, averaging 25.9 points per game, to which he added 4.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.0 steals.3 He ended up being chosen in the second quintet of the All-American, 7 besides being a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award. He also broke the record for more triples scored by an NCAA player in one season, with 162.3

In his last year as a university student, he led the NCAA Division I in scoring, with 28.6 points per game.3 He achieved his scoring cap against Oklahoma, scoring 44 points.8 He was included in the first All-American team. 

In May 2011, Curry had to undergo surgery on his right ankle to repair broken ligaments caused by multiple sprains last season.17 The ankle healed in time for the start of the 2011-2012 season, but he was he twisted again during the preseason, January 18 and 4 in a game against San Antonio Spurs.19 On February 22 he suffered a jerk in a tendon on his right foot in a game against Phoenix Suns.20 In April, He had another operation on his ankle. 21 In all, Curry played only 26 regular-season games and his scoring average dropped to 14.7 points per game.

Back to the court (2012–14)
Before the start of the 2012-13 season, Curry agreed to a four-year, $ 44 million contract extension with the Warriors.23 At the time, many basketball journalists considered the renovation as risky for Golden State due to the history of Injuries of the player.24 Over the course of the year, Curry and his backcourt teammate, Klay Thompson, forged a reputation for scoring from the perimeter, earning the nickname "The Splash Brothers." 25 on 27 February, Curry scored 54 points in a game against the New York Knicks, setting the triple franchise record in a game with 11 and staying one to match the NBA record.26 In the last game of the season, He set a new record for triples scored in one season.27 His final averages were 22.9 points and 6.9 assists per game.28 The Warriors finished the year with 47 wins, winning sixth place in the Co West Nference and a confrontation with the Denver Nuggets for the first round of playoffs. 29 Golden State defeated the Nuggets in six games to advance to the second round, where Curry scored 44 points in the first game of the series against the Spurs, although they reaped a defeat. Finally, the Warriors lost the tie in six games

On October 27, 2015, Curry scored 40 points (including a record of 24 points in the first quarter) in the opening game that ended with victory over New Orleans Pelicans, the maximum points scored by an MVP in the inaugural game of the following season since 1972, when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 41 for Milwaukee Bucks.49 In addition, Curry played his seventh opening game of the consecutive season, joining Jeff Mullins and Chris Mullin as the only Warrior players since 1962 to do so. . Two games later, on October 31, also against Pelicans, Curry scored 53 points with 17 of 27 throws to the basket, to lead the Warriors to a 134-120 victory. Curry became the first player since Michael Jordan in the 1989-90 season to score 118 points in the first three games of a season.50 On November 24, he scored 24 points in a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Warriors They set the record for the best start in NBA history with 16-0.51 The Warriors improved to 24-0 on December 11 with a victory in the second extension against Boston Celtics, before Milwaukee broke his streak the next day