CHAPTER 1 TOO SHORT TOO SKINNY 5 Stephen Curry had never been here before None of his Golden State Warriors teammates had made it this far either It was Game 6 of the 2015 National Basketball Association NBA Finals The Warriors had not won an NBA title since 1975 They faced LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers James was widely considered the best player in basketball Stephen Curry takes a shot in Game 6 of the 2015 NBA Finals Too Short Too Skinny
Stephen Curry's full name is Wardell Stephen Curry II He is named after his father But Curry and the Warriors were just one win away In Game 6 the Warriors made 13 three point shots Curry had three of them He tied for the team lead with 25 points The Warriors beat James and the Cavaliers to become NBA champions The Warriors had won 67 games that season Curry was the league's Most Valuable Player MVP He'd come a long way in nine years When he was in high school college teams didn't think he was good enough to play for them No major program would offer him a scholarship Now he was at the top of the sport Stephen Curry was born on March 14 1988 His father was NBA player Dell Curry Dell played with five different Stephen right learned the game of basketball from his father NBA player Dell Curry top 6 Stephen Curry
