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NBA All Star Game: Stephen Curry Takes Russell Wilson’s Step Son Under His Wing Minutes Before Tipoff

Published 02/18/2024, 9:15 PM EST

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The Golden State Warriors legend Stephen Curry is arguably overshadowing everyone in the NBA. In the wake of the NBA All-Star game, some snippets of Curry practicing came out, garnering everyone’s attention. But the practice session has a special guest! It was Russell Wilson’s stepson Future Zahir Wilson.

It appeared like Russell Wilson finally got some time off from his busy schedule and took his son to see the All-Star game. But Little Future got something even more special in return, which potentially he might not even have planned priorly. He got a one-on-one shooting lesson from one of the GOAT Point Guards in the recent entirety of the NBA.

Stephen Curry aces being role model for young Future Zahir

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The Golden State Warriors just dropped a wholesome video of Curry training the rapper Future’s son and Russell Wilson’s stepson Zahir Wilburn and teaching him a thing or two about the shooting. The video is captioned, “Leader, Mentor, All-Star,” and shows the Warriors’ PG instruct what he does best. Curry earlier defeated WNBA’s Sabrina Ionescu in the NBA All-Star 3-PT contest, so it makes more of a case for Curry to take on this short-time role.

He is seen teaching the correct shooting posture, along with the finger roll to the young one. Who better to teach him than one of the best shooters in the NBA? And this just happened before the All-Star game. However, basketball isn’t the only sport that Future Zahir is interested in.

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He also likes to play football as stated by the QB on a couple of occasions. Russell Wilson being an NFL dad does all he can to help his son on his athletic journey. He has shown an inclination that he likes spending his time teaching young kids a thing or two about slinging the football.

Russell Wilson setting the right example for his young kid!

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Russell Wilson is often seen spending precious moments with his children when he is off the gridiron. But with Zahir, things are a tad bit different on account of how they spend the time together. From all we have gathered till now, we can infer that Wilson likes keeping his stepson in a sporting environment. In an Instagram post from about 30 weeks ago, we can see Wilson hanging out with his kid on the football field.

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The post was captioned, “Best part of the day #DadLife” and shows the father-son duo waking away from the field as his son dons a Dennis Rodman jersey. Couldn’t get more amazing than this! We’ve also seen Zahir run some football tackling drills with his father as he proudly posted them on his IG.

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