I wonder how fun it must be watching your own son dominate the NBA, the league you used to be in. You know how hard it is to get into the league and stay there. And your son did that, took his lumps and is now an unstoppable force.
What is it like to be Dell Curry? Watching son Steph ball on everyone in site? Well ESPN’s Darren Rovell asked Dell something along those lines.
“I’m just wowed just like all the other fans here,” Curry said. “It’s overwhelming. I can’t believe some of the stuff I’ve seen.”
“The noise when his name was called,” Dell said. “The jerseys in the crowd.“
“Even though I played in the NBA, we tried to give our kids as normal a life as possible,” Dell said. “We gave them everything they needed, not everything they wanted and they had to work for what they wanted. I think that mentality helped.
“He has that killer instinct on the court, that sense of cockiness, and then he turns it off after the game. That’s a rare individual.“
Now there was one part of the piece where Dell was miffed about Steph showing signs of superiority and I’m no father, but I can see that. You’re unstoppable in your child’s eyes, then when they grow up, they gain confidence and realise that getting older means you’ll deteriorate at some point. That’s the way of life Dell.
Fathers, get used to it.
