?He About to Announce His Own Award?: NBA Fans Go Berserk as Stephen Curry Set to Go Head On With Aaron Rodgers in an Award Show He?s Hosting Himself

Neither Stephen Curry nor Aaron Rodgers is alien to receive awards. At this point in their careers, their trophy cases would be running out of place for more silverware. The two players have been nominated for a few awards ahead of the biggest night in sports awards ‘ESPYs’. Stephen Curry took home some serious gold this season. Curry won the conference final MVP, all-star MVP, Finals MVP, and the Larry O’Brien trophy. Consequently, Curry broke the three-pointer record as he overtook Ray Allen for the feat.

Aaron Rodgers also had a phenomenal season. In addition, the quarterback has been nominated for two major awards for the 2022 ESPYS. The Green Bay Packers quarterback won the NFL MVP award for the second straight year in 2021. Furthermore, Rodgers was nominated for ‘Best Athlete, Men?s Sports’ and ‘Best NFL Player’ at the ESPYs.

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Rodgers is set to go head to head with 4 time NBA champion Stephen curry. Interestingly, Stephen Curry will also be hosting the 2022 ESPYs. There is a chance that Curry may announce himself for an award this year. This made fans go crazy on Instagram. The Instagram post of the announcement racked up over 160,000 likes!

Stephen Curry to host the ESPYs

The Golden State Warriors star became the talk of the social media town. The ESPYs will be announced on July 20th and there is a chance Curry could call his own name as all the other nominees like Rodgers watch. The official Instagram handle of the Golden State Warriors made the announcement.

One fan commented, “He ab[0]t to announce his own award”. Another said, “This should be good! I want to hear the jokes they write for him.”

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There is a chance that Curry may announce his name for the category of ‘Best Male Athlete”. The winners are based on voting, and Stephen Curry is loved all over the country as he has millions of fans. Surprisingly, Curry gathered over 6,000,000 votes to become an All-star this season, only behind LeBron James on the poll. Moreover, Curry owned the All-star game as he put on a show for the fans and won the Kobe Bryant All-Star MVP award.

ESPYs and the best athlete category

The ESPYS are co-produced by ESPN and Full Day Prods. The nominees for ‘Best Athlete’ in the men’s sports category are Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors,?Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers, Shohei Ohtani from the Los Angeles Angels, and Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers.

Additionally, Superstar Curry is also nominated as a part of the Golden State Warriors for the ‘Best Team’ and ‘Best NBA Athlete’. Furthermore, Teammate Klay Thompson, who has had one of the greatest comebacks after two years is nominated for ‘Best Comeback Player’.

Also, another NBA player that has been nominated is JA Morant for ‘Best Play’ and ‘Best Breakthrough Athlete’. Furthermore, the ESPYs are known to be full of banter, hysteria, and roasting, and Stephen Curry’s opening roast monologue would probably be one of the most anticipated ones.