Dell Curry

Dell Curry
Curry in 2016
Personal information
Born (1964-06-25) June 25, 1964
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Fort Defiance
(Fort Defiance, Virginia)
College Virginia Tech (1982–1986)
NBA draft 1986 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15th overall
Selected by the Utah Jazz
Playing career 1986–2002
Position Shooting guard
Number 30
Career history
1986–1987 Utah Jazz
1987–1988 Cleveland Cavaliers
1988–1998 Charlotte Hornets
1999 Milwaukee Bucks
1999–2002 Toronto Raptors
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 12,670 (11.7 ppg)
Rebounds 2,617 (2.4 rpg)
Assists 1,909 (1.8 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Wardell Stephen "Dell" Curry I (born June 25, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1986 until 2002 and retired as the Charlotte Hornets' all-time leader in points (9,839) and three-point field goals made (929).[1]

Curry currently works as a color commentator, alongside Eric Collins and Stephanie Ready, on Charlotte Hornets television broadcasts. He is the father of current NBA players Stephen Curry and Seth Curry.

Early years

Born in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Curry was raised in Grottoes and played high school basketball at Fort Defiance, where he used his coach's barn to practice shooting daily. He finished as the all-time leading scorer in school history, and was named a McDonald's All-American in 1982. Curry also played baseball, and won state championships in both sports; he was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 1982 Major League Baseball draft.[2]

College career

Curry was a four-year starter at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg along with contemporaries Bobby Beecher, Perry Young, Al Young, and Keith Colbert. The Hokies appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in 1983 and 1984, finishing third in the latter. Although the team qualified for at-large bids to the NCAA tournament in 1985 and 1986, it lost in the first round on both occasions. In his senior season in 1986, Curry was named the player of the year in the Metro Conference. Prior to the 1986–87 season, NCAA basketball did not feature a three-point line; Curry's accurate long-range shooting was not rewarded, as it would be later in his NBA career. (In the early and mid 1980s, the three-point line was introduced in many conferences at varying distances, but it was not recognized by the NCAA.)

Curry also played baseball for Virginia Tech.[3] He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 14th round of the 1985 MLB draft but opted to continue playing basketball.[4]

Curry finished his Virginia Tech career with 2,389 points (second all-time) and 295 steals (all-time leader) in basketball, and a 6–1 record with a 3.81 ERA in baseball.[5]

NBA career

Curry was selected with the 15th overall pick by the Utah Jazz in the 1986 NBA draft. He played one season in Utah before being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1987, where he spent the 1987–88 season. He was selected by one of the NBA's two newest teams for the 1988–89 season, the Charlotte Hornets, in the expansion draft after he was made available by the Cavaliers. Curry spent 10 seasons in Charlotte, mostly coming off the bench to provide instant offense, utilizing three-point shooting. He was a regular in the discussions for Sixth Man of the Year, but did not actually win the award until the 1993–94 season. He currently ranks among the franchise's all-time statistical leaders in points, games played, three-point field goals made and attempted, and three-point field goal percentage. Upon departing the franchise in 1998, he was the last player remaining from its inaugural season 10 years earlier.[2]

Curry played one season for the Milwaukee Bucks before playing his final three seasons in the NBA for the Toronto Raptors. He holds career averages of 11.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.8 assists. Curry retired as the all-time leading scorer in Hornets history with 9,839 points.[6]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1986–87 Utah 6709.5.426.283.7891.2.9.4.14.9
1987–88 Cleveland 79819.0.458.346.7822.11.91.2.310.0
1988–89 Charlotte 48016.9.491.345.8702.21.0.9.111.9
1989–90 Charlotte 671327.8.466.354.9232.52.41.5.416.0
1990–91 Charlotte 761419.9.471.372.8422.62.21.0.310.6
1991–92 Charlotte 77026.2.486.404.8363.42.31.2.315.7
1992–93 Charlotte 80026.2.452.401.8663.62.31.1.315.3
1993–94 Charlotte 82026.5.455.402.8733.22.71.2.316.3
1994–95 Charlotte 69024.9.441.427.8563.41.6.8.313.6
1995–96 Charlotte 822928.9.453.404.8543.22.11.3.314.5
1996–97 Charlotte 682030.6.459.426.8033.11.7.9.214.8
1997–98 Charlotte 52118.7.447.421.7881.91.3.6.19.4
1998–99 Milwaukee 42020.6.485.476.8242.01.1.9.110.1
1999–00 Toronto 67916.3.427.393.7501.51.3.5.17.6
2000–01 Toronto 71113.5.424.428.8431.21.1.4.16.0
2001–02 Toronto 56415.8.406.344.8921.41.1.4.16.4
Career 1,0839921.7.457.402.8432.41.8.9.211.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1987 Utah 202.0.000.000.0.0.0.00.0
1988 Cleveland 208.5.250.000.51.0.0.51.0
1993 Charlotte 9024.7.433.286.8183.62.01.4.011.0
1995 Charlotte 4026.8.471.429.9092.31.5.0.012.8
1997 Charlotte 3116.7.294.2501.000.31.71.3.04.7
1998 Charlotte 9019.0.593.250.8572.11.1.8.35.8
1999 Milwaukee 3016.3.404.1251.0001.3.31.0.03.0
2000 Toronto 3010.0.133.667.500.7.3.7.02.3
2001 Toronto 12015.2.500.378.8331.2.8.5.16.5
2002 Toronto 4014.8.422.8001.0001.31.01.3.57.0
Career 51117.5.400.350.8701.71.1.8.16.7

Post-playing career

In 2004, Curry was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.[7]

On June 18, 2007, Curry was named an assistant coach of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, but he stepped down before the season began so that he could attend his sons' basketball games.[8]

In 2009, Curry started working as a color commentator, alongside longtime play-by-play announcer Steve Martin, for the Charlotte Bobcats (now Charlotte Hornets).

In 2016 Curry was the recipient of the Bobby Jones Award at the Athletes in Action All Star Breakfast, which is held each year at the NBA All Star Weekend.

Personal life

Curry lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife Sonya Adams, who played volleyball at Virginia Tech, where they met; the couple have three children. His older son, Stephen, plays in the NBA for the Golden State Warriors. In 2014–15, Stephen won the NBA MVP award and led the Warriors to the NBA championship, and in 2015–16, he led his team to the highest regular season win total in NBA history with 73 wins, once again being voted league MVP. He has three grandchildren, Riley, Ryan, and Canon Curry, through Stephen, with his wife Ayesha. His younger son, Seth, currently plays for the Portland Trail Blazers,[9] while his daughter, Sydel, plays volleyball at Elon University.[10]

In 1998, Curry established a charitable foundation, the Dell Curry Foundation, which is a youth oriented program in Charlotte, North Carolina. The foundation runs five learning centers in Charlotte to provide educational training and drug abuse counseling.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Charlotte Hornets Career Leaders". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 Dell Curry, Steph’s Dad: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
  3. ↑ "Looking Back... Virginia Tech's Dell Curry". Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  4. ↑ "Player Bio". NBA.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  5. 1 2 Sumner, Jim (Dec 5, 2007). "Virginia Tech's Dell Curry". Looking Back... Atlantic Coast Conference. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  6. ↑ Dell Curry NBA Stats
  7. ↑ "Dell Curry". Class of 2004. Virginia Sports Hall of Fame & Museum. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  8. ↑ Dell Curry steps down as Bobcats assistant coach.
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ Sydel Curry Bio
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