Stephen Curry Bashes NBA Media for Toxic Culture of Ranking 10-Year-Olds

The NBA community can unanimously agree on the fact that Stephen Curry is an NBA superstar. The two-time MVP is widely regarded as the greatest shooter of all time. Today, he is the face of a Warriors franchise that aims to get back to the NBA’s mountaintop and this is a real possibility for them. Led by Curry, ‘Dubnation’ is really setting fire to the league with their performances.

But Curry didn’t experience stardom when he entered the league. When he was drafted, many scouts didn’t notice his fiery potential. In fact, as a scrawny high-school kid, Curry did not receive any scholarship offers from Division 1 schools (apart from Davidson) to play college ball.

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This just goes to show that scouting and media personnel have their flaws. One of which is that they judge players in their current forms without recognizing their future potential. This is happening with young kids nowadays as they get compared with one another at 10 years old. Considering this, Curry made some statements regarding the toxic culture of comparison that has emerged.

Stephen Curry Calls Out the Toxicity of Comparison

In the most recent episode of ‘Knuckleheads with Q and D,’ Quentin Richardson addressed the fact that young kids nowadays are scouted by media and compared with one another. He added that these comparisons are in fact false by citing Curry’s late-blooming as an example. He used this example to show that Curry is an inspiration who worked hard and earned success at his own pace.

Taking the discussion forward, Curry said, “To put that on steroids, like, what these kids are going through now, you said for the earliest ages when they even play organized basketball, they getting ranked and getting compared.”

“You got to own your journey. God gives you what’s for you and you got to walk in that,” he added.

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Clearly, Curry’s message was a note of encouragement for young kids. Ranking creates a sense of superiority which causes a lot of complex situations for kids. However, success comes at different times for different people, and the kids just got to walk on their respective paths. They can even look at Steph for encouragement as he too experienced the same scenario. Nevertheless, he came out as a superstar from these circumstances.