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Wardell Stephen Curry 2 is one of the most influential players of all time. Since joining the NBA in 2009, his style has changed how the game of basketball is played today. As a three-time NBA champion and a two-time MVP, he has proved to be one of the best players in the league over the years. The current season has also gone well for him and the Warriors currently sit in third place in the western conference thanks to his performances. 

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Throughout all these years, we have seen Curry play his best on the NBA court. However, his love for the game just didn’t come some time ago. Stephen’s father, Dell Curry, was also a professional basketball player and played in the NBA. His father started his career in 1986 and played for franchises like Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Toronto Raptors. 

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He retired from the sport in 2002.

Recently, there has been a video that’s going super viral on the internet that shows 4-year-old Stephen attending an NBA game. He has the cutest reaction you’ll ever see. Enjoying the game with his father at such a young age. From his reaction, it seems that he has an understanding of how the game works.

As a supporter of his father from courtside to actually playing professionally, Stephen Curry’s journey

Despite playing the game actively at the age of 6 or 7, Stephen has seen this game from the beginning. The father of the Warriors star said,I guess we started him, probably when he was 6 or 7, in a rec league. He had been around it his whole life, obviously, with me playing in the NBA, so it was nothing new to him.”

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But he started at a very young age and we just tried to make sure he got the proper skill set, the proper teaching of skills and fundamentals so that he grew and developed his game,” he added.

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Having been around the game from a very young age, Steph grew every step of the way. When he initially joined the NBA, few gave him a chance to become a star, but he has proven his naysayers wrong. He is one of the best ever to play the game and only seems to be getting better. 

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