Stephen Curry by Levi Kensey https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo Marcus Thompson en-us 2018-12-03 19:44:16 UTC 2026-01-25 16:30:22 UTC hello@padlet.com Bibliography kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/311997449 Golden: the miraculous rise of Steph Curry
Thompson - Touchstone - 2017




]]> 2018-12-06 19:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/311997449 1.Middle school basketball team kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/312124204 coach told the players to warm up and saw how advanced Steph Curry was. The coach asked him to teach his moves so he can show a men's league. He knew such techniques because he would practice with his NBA dad.]]> 2018-12-07 06:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/312124204 2.High School competition kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/312124457 He played on a bad middle school team until he came and played. His team started winning by 40 and 50 points every game. Then his alter ego occurred and led his middle school team to beat top high schools. " But with curry on the team, Queensway was suddenly winning by 40 and 50 points each game"(page 10).]]> 2018-12-07 06:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/312124457 3. getting drafted by the Warriors kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317734127 Stephen Curry entered the league with people questioning his position as either a point guard or shooting guard. Putting pressure on himself, he was scared to shoot because he wanted to follow the offense by passing when he was supposed to. Then finally broke his shell and became the best shooter in the NBA.]]> 2019-01-07 04:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317734127 4. Becoming a threat in the NBA kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317736305 Stephen Curry showed the NBA he can play two positions and be lethal tormenting defenses because he was so hard to guard. Leading his team to win the Nba Finals against the cavaliers in the 2015-2016 season. "He is a ahooting guard with all the skills of a top point guard"(page 34).]]> 2019-01-07 05:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317736305 6. coming back from a 3-1 kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737019 Curry led the warriors against a top seed team "Oklahoma City Thunder" while being down 3-1. To advance to the NBA finals they would have to win 3 games in a row. So Curry was encouraged by his son and helped his team win by scoring and getting assists.]]> 2019-01-07 05:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737019 5. Steph gets married kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737028 Steph visits Charlotte to see his parents and sees a beautiful woman who likes him for his personality, not his basketball skills like the other women. They eventually get married after she meets his parents, go to bible study and get to know each other more. " .They're that couple best described by the millennials' for attractiveness, youthfulness, and anything that provokes warm and tingly: cute. Actually the Currys are soooo cute."(page 63)]]> 2019-01-07 05:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737028 7. curry breaking records kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737042 Curry has always been a 3 point shooter since his college days since his dad was also a 3 point shooter in the NBA. Eventually he shattered his own record with the most 3 pointers made in a season with 286 threes. "Two seasons later, Curry topped his own mark with 286 3-pointers".(page 87)
https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/fg3_season.html]]> 2019-01-07 05:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737042 8 hitting a game winner to keep hopes alive kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737046 Against the Oklahoma city thunder they were losing by 2 in the fourth quarter with 2 seconds remaining. He dribbled up the court 38.4 feet away from the basket and hit the game winning shot, which had revolutionized the NBA into a shooting league.]]> 2019-01-07 05:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737046 9 Becoming fan favorites kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737059 Curry's remarkable 3's have impressed millions of fans causing them to bandwagon the warriors. And make kids be bigger fans of him than their own dad who is also in the NBA. " They are bigger fans of you than they are of me. Though Barnes kids had met curry before- in September 2015. Curry has become the favorite NBA player of the children of NBA player." (page 113)
https://bluemanhoop.com/2018/01/16/steph-curry-ranks-number-one-jersey-sales-kd-close-behind/]]> 2019-01-07 05:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737059 10 Winning the NBA finals kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737062 After winning his first NBA finals his team got invited to visit the president Barack Obama in the white house. He played him in golf  and won, during the next season they started out as 24-0. Leading his team and dominating the NBA which led him to becoming more popular. " The warriors started out 24-0, Curry came out the gate dominating, and his fame got crazier." ( page 115)
https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/GMA/Culture/steph-curry-nba-finals-win-years-im-pretty/story?id=55802619]]> 2019-01-07 05:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737062 11 Getting a teammate to help him win kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737067 Kay Thompson is a shooting guard for the warriors and he grew up the same as Stephen with a father in the NBA and a strong mom. Curry and Thompson because the best shooting back court of all. Thompson helped Curry reach the NBA finals many times.]]> 2019-01-07 05:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737067 12 Becoming a serious duo kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737071 Curry and Thompson are known for how they can shoot so they eventually got a nickname" The Splash Brothers". They got this nickname when they combined for multiple threes in a half and everyone on twitter called them splash bros which made it official.
" They were first dubbed splash brothers on December 21, 2012. After making a combined seven 3s in the first half at Charlotte, warriors.com writer Brian Witt tweeted out the hashtag #splashbrothers." (page 148)
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/origin-of-stephen-curry-s-and-klay-thompson-s--splash-brothers--nickname-072158083.html]]> 2019-01-07 05:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737071 13 Compared to an NBA legend kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737075 Tons of people would say Stephen Curry is going to be the next Grant Hill who was a NBA legend. And Grant Hill was a star at High school, College, and the NBA which is why those two compared. "Everywhere I turned ,"Curry said , I had people telling me I was going to be the next grant hill story." (page 155)]]> 2019-01-07 05:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/317737075 14 Injury Prone kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/323321549 Curry was spraining his left ankle very often which happened to Grant Hill also. Curry started spraining his other ankle and he got his ligaments repaired but in the NBA training. In the training Curry's ankle tweaked three times but played that season, and some games he was limping.
 ]]> 2019-01-23 06:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/323321549 15 Possibly the greatest ever kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/323324565 People consider Stephen Curry as the greatest point guard ever because of his MVP. The way he got his MVP was never done. He was received that MVP award unanimously which was never done in the history of the NBA.
" For him to be that first player to get that unanimously, I think it tells you how watered down our league is." ( page 173)]]> 2019-01-23 07:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/323324565 16 Curry haters kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/323324579 People were hating on curry for him recruiting a superstar when they just went 73-9 which is the best record ever. He recruited Kevin Durant, the man who is called a snake because he joined the team that he could not be and left the team that drafted him.]]> 2019-01-23 07:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/323324579 17 attempting to get his degree kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/323324600 The NBA was on lock down and would not resume until December. During this period of time Curry's right ankle was sprained and couldn't put to much stress on it, so he decided to go back to college and get his degree. "On top of that, Curry was taking classes at Davidson toward his degree. " (page 206)]]> 2019-01-23 07:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/323324600 18 changing NBA defenses kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/323324607 Curry was hitting deep threes constantly which would make defenses play up on Curry and space out the floor. This is what makes him a dominant player because it takes two passes for him to get the ball again and score. And if they pressed to tight he would blow by them shoot or if there is help, kick out to the corner.]]> 2019-01-23 07:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/323324607 19 Choked a 3-1 lead kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/323324622 The warriors were against the cavaliers for 2nd time in a row in the NBA finals. The warriors just had the best season in NBA history and Curry choked throughout the finals causing him to lose the finals. The 3-1 lead was the biggest choke in NBA Finals history which made him feel bad and watching the cavaliers celebrate. " He wasn't good for the majority of the NBA Finals. " ( page 221) https://www.thenational.ae/sport/it-hurts-we-re-stunned-steph-curry-and-golden-state-warriors-fall-at-final-nba-finals-hurdle-1.224067]]> 2019-01-23 07:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/323324622 20 Underdog kenselev000 https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/323324633 Curry has always been overlooked because he didn't pass the eye test, wasn't athletic, and tall. But over the years he has gotten his vertical to increase and pure athleticism. Which makes him an excellent finisher at the hoop and making him unpredictable because he is also the best shooter in the league. ]]> 2019-01-23 07:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kenselev000/rki56mc17vgo/wish/323324633