Stephen Curry, a devout Christian NBA player, played in his first NBA All-Star game on Sunday. Curry is the league’s 5th highest scorer this year (24.6 PPG) and 2nd in assists (9.0 APG).
You know you’ve arrived as an elite basketball talent when the NBA’s two-time defending champions, the Miami Heat, and the game’s best player, LeBron James, can’t stop raving about the shooting and passing display you put on to send them back to South Beach shaking their heads.
“One of the best shooters the NBA will ever see,” James said. “You just hope he misses.”
The sharpshooter is Stephen Curry, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound point guard for the NBA’s Golden State Warriors who scorched the Heat last month with 36 points, 12 assists and four steals.
It was enough to give a guy a big head.
But not Stephen (pronounced Stef-en, Steph for short). He’s a Jesus-loving husband and father known for a humility forged as a young boy growing up in Charlotte, N.C., with devout Christian parents who began each morning with a required family devotional time before school.
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Image (Above) Via Sports Illustrated
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I have alot of respect for this guy!