TORONTO (AP) – When the Toronto Raptors signed Dell Curry in 1999 to provide some shooting on the perimeter, they also acquired two young children in the deal that would dart around the back hallways of the Air Canada Center dribbling basketballs and bouncing off the walls.
Steph Curry remembers those days well as a pre-teen, horsing around with little brother Seth in front of ushers who still work there. He recalls watching his first and only hockey game when the Maple Leafs were home, and even being held out of his first game as a middle school kid because he did not do the dishes earlier that day.
“To be back here and celebrate an All-Star game is special,” Curry said on Friday.
He returns to the place he called home for three years for All-Star weekend at the height of his powers, an NBA champion, the reigning MVP and the new face of the league while his Golden State Warriors blow the doors off of the competition.
“There’s a lot more to accomplish,” Curry said. “It’s nice that I won a championship and an MVP and all that and to be here for weekends like this. I want to continue to strive for more.”