“Too skinny,” “can’t get to the rim at the NBA level,” “can’t be relied on to run an NBA team,” and “poor shot selection”: those were some of the evaluations outlined in Stephen Curry’s 2009 pre-draft scouting report. Little did those “experts” know that the undersized point guard out of Davidson would establish himself as the greatest shooter of all time and one of the most decorated players in NBA history.
Despite being the son of a former NBA player, basketball was not always the most obvious path for Stephen Curry. Dell Curry, his father and one of the NBA’s most prolific shooters, played 16 seasons in the league and was also selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1985 MLB Draft.