Stephen Curry is the NBA’s ‘Golden Boy’. He is now a four-time NBA champion and a former MVP with multiple all-star selections. However, the ‘baby-faced assassin‘ didn’t become one of the NBA’s greats through sheer luck. He put in countless hours of blood, sweat, and tears to hone his skills to become one of NB’s greatest shooters of all time. However, he was lucky enough to be born into an NBA family. His father was an ex-NBA player (1964-1980) who has always been with his son every step of the way.

In a recent interview, a former teammate and four-time NBA champion once received advice from Stephen Curry’s father.

4x Champ Spills the Bean on Post-Retirement Stint

In an interview with “WICS ABC NewsChannel 20”, the host asks GSW legend Andre Iguodala, “You just announced your retirement last week and you said you thought it was just the right time. When did you know? Was it during last season or the off-season?”

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Andre Iguodala smiles as he replies, “Yeah I knew years ago… that I need to retire.”. He further adds, “It’s been a fun time. Nineteen years is a long time. Had some great conversations with my mentors, folks I look up to that have been retired for quite some time. You know you’re talking about Aaron Mckie and Dell Curry, Steph’s father.”

The 2015 Finals MVP confesses, “Had some really good conversation with these gentlemen. But some of the business things I had going as well, I just thought it was the right time. Really wanted to get to that side of the business… I’m more busy now than I ever was playing basketball.”

Iguodala claims he is still figuring out how to balance the work he has to do now with his personal life, but he is really enjoying it.

Dell Curry’s Influence of Stephen Curry and his teammates

As a former NBA player from the 1960s, Dell Curry brought a lot of wisdom and discipline to the lives of Stephen Curry and his younger brother, Seth Curry at a young age. Dell Curry made sure both his sons knew the fundamentals of basketball early and made them practice their form and other aspects of the game constantly.

Even Stephen Curry’s mother ensured that Stephen Curry’s stamina kept improving with her ‘two-week boot camps’. Dell Curry and his wife have been in the world of basketball since the 1950s, consistently staying up to date with everything from the NBA to international basketball.

This allowed Stephen Curry and Seth Curry to have the benefit of getting ‘NBA ready’ from a very young age. So, it’s no surprise that Curry’s NBA teammates like Andre Iguodala would ask Dell Curry for on or off-the-court advice too.

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