Stephen Curry is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the NBA who plays as a point guard and shooter. He is a nine-time NBA All-Star and eight-time All-NBA selection.

He has been named the NBA Most Valuable Player twice, has secured four NBA Championships, and received an NBA Finals MVP Award and an NBA All-Star Game MVP Award.

The basketball prodigy is acknowledged by many players, fans, analysts, and media to be one of the ‘Greatest Shooters’ in the history of the NBA and boasts a net worth of $160 million as of September 2023.

He showed off his incredible skills even after missing the playoffs in 2020 and 2021 by winning a fourth championship with the Warriors against the Boston Celtics and was named Finals MVP in 2022.

In the 2022-23 season, Stephen is ruled out for unlimited time with a knee injury, as he clashed his knee with an opponent during the third quarter of the Warriors’ 119-113 win over the Dallas Mavericks.

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Early Life, Family, & Education

Wardell Stephen “Steph” Curry II shortly, Stephen Curry is the first child born in Akron, Ohio, to former NBA player Dell Curry and former college volleyball player Sonya Alicia Adams.

The basketball player’s father played for Cleveland Cavaliers. A considerable chunk of his childhood was spent in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a few of his pre-teens in Toronto when his dad played for the Toronto Raptors.

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Junior Year

Stephen Curry scored career-high 44 points, a career-long streak, and a career-high 13 assists in his final year at Davidson College.

The soon-to-be senior played against Loyola, where he could not score a single point for his team, which became his first scoreless college game.

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He also sustained an ankle injury in his junior year and missed a game. The then-21-year-old was named the NCAA scoring leader in his junior and final seasons.

Steph chose not to go back for his senior year. However, he stated that he planned to complete his degree.

In May 2022, he got his bachelor’s degree in sociology. He became the first Davidson player to have his jersey number retired in a ceremony on August 31, 2022. 

National Career

The MVP first represented his country in the 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, where they got a silver medal.

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The next time in 2010 and 2016, the United States acquired the gold medal and remained victorious. However, in 2016, he was pulled out from the federation due to knee injuries.