Curry’s journey from trough to peak: Butterflies and unicorns

In the summer of 2012, Stephen Curry was experiencing a low point in his life. When he entered NBA three years ago, the world marveled at his shooting at Davidson University and questioned whether his body could hold up the NBA-level confrontation. He played well for two years, so in the summer of 2011, the Warriors draft conference took Clay Thompson, meaning very clear: They plan to give up the team’s original trump card Monta Ellis and let Curry take over the attack key. New coach Mark Jackson also took office. When Monta was traded in March, 2012, Curry’s right ankle was injured. So in the 2011-12 season, he only played 26 games, with an average of less than 15 points. In the summer of that year, Curry signed one of the most cheap and good contracts known to all and in the history of sports, four years 44 million. But at that time, many media expressed doubts about the contract: a four-year long contract for a defender who had just operated on his ankle and played only 26 games in a single season? Many years later, Curry admitted that he didn’t think too much at that time, “44 million, my father didn’t earn so much in his life. I think my father played in NBA for 16 years. This money is very good, supporting the family and getting guarantee. I just want to keep healthy. I only focus on this, not how much money you earn less.” Even many years later, the money was considered to be the biggest advantage in the history of Jinzhou warriors and even professional sports. Curry still thinks: he is very grateful for the contract. This is his character. In 2012, all the awards of the National University were won by Anthony Davis, the strongest lifetime in Kentucky’s history. In addition to the annual player award of the coach Association, it was awarded to a senior striker of Michigan University: dream-chasing Green. Coach Tom Izzo, the tough boss of Michigan, praised the dream like this: “He didn’t look like a basketball player when he entered the team, but he was willing to do anything to win and didn’t care about personal data at all.” The warrior took off his dream. So in the summer of 2012, Curry, clay and dream chasing were all together. Although at that time, dream chasing was considered to be a second-round striker who lacked talent and only relied on hard work, Clay was considered a shooter who “might be able to practice defense”, while Curry was regarded as a unicorn: he is an organization guard with legendary shooting skills, a thin young man with a low profile and a fragile ankle. Another thing: in the summer of 2012, Curry’s first daughter Riley Curry was born. We all know what happened afterwards. In the 2012-13 season, coach Mark Jackson released Curry. Curry became a monster with an average of 23 points and 7 assists. On February 27, 2013, Madison Garden, Curry scored 54 points in 11 three-point shots; in the playoffs, Curry led 4 to 2 grams to kill the Nuggets. Then in the first game against Spurs, Curry scored 44 points, forcing Popovich baby to change its strategy from now on, use Danny Green to chase the warehouse. In that season, Curry set a regular season record of 272 three-point goals in a single season, which was the highest in NBA history at that time. — Although it seems that this record is only drizzling for Curry. Again, Curry entered the all-star next year. Next year, as we all know, Curry won the regular season MVP. On May 20, 2015, in the first game of the Western finals, Curry led the Rockets with 34 points. But at the press conference after the match, Riley Curry became the leading role: she climbed up the table and waved to the audience; Dad said dad’s, she said hers. The little girl with independent character, the unicorn of Curry’s family. Curry said that she hoped Riley could choose the path she liked and always be brave to express herself-in other words, she certainly didn’t know that she was jumping in front of the camera at that time. Since she was born, by the time she climbed to the press conference, it was her father’s time from the bottom to the peak. A month later, Curry won his first championship. At that time, he completed a miracle: a defender who led a jumper team to win the championship with a three-point goal. Then in the summer of 2015, Lelio had a younger sister: Ryan Curry. Three years after Riley was born, he witnessed Curry rising from the bottom. What about Ryan? In the 2015-16 season, Curry won the scoring king, setting a record of 402 three-point goals in a single season. He led the team to 73 wins and won the regular season MVP; In 2017, he won the championship; In 2018, he won the championship. At that time, Curry was no longer a “very capable organization guard”, “very unique but fragile existence”, and “The 4-year 44 million contract may be a little risky. He is the only shooting elf in the history of basketball, the ceiling without the threat of the ball, and the mood of the whole stadium can be controlled by any movement on the court. Riley was the first peak of Curry when he climbed to the news conference table. After Ryan was born, Curry stacked its glory upside down and began to challenge various historical records. On the night of Curry winning the third championship in 2018, Ryan and his sister watched the match together and cheered for Curry. Compared with her sister’s eloquence, Ryan is more like a curious little “butterfly” inspired by Generate at all times. Her sister likes rap, which is freely expressed. She loves the theme song of frozen, he also showed a stronger interest in Curry’s basketball career. The different personalities of the two daughters are obviously deeply influenced by Curry-in fact, they also reflect different stages of Curry’s career. Of course, they were still young at that time, and they may not know what they witnessed their father’s journey. So that’s it: Riley witnessed the process of Curry’s trough to its peak, and Ryan witnessed his father challenging history.