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Summary Of Richard Smiley's 'Golden'

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“Golden” by Marcus Thompson II, is about the miraculous rise of Stephan Curry. Stephan Curry is an NBA player for the Golden State Warriors. He was born to former NBA player, Dell Curry and Sonya Curry. As a kid Stephan Curry was always the best of his basketball teams. His family traveled everywhere is dad played. Stephan Curry and his younger brother Seth got to practice on NBA courts. Being the son of an NBA player made Curry good. Coaches in high school talked to him about how he should shoot more. He was the best on his team and he was not even using his talent. He attended Davidson Collage and helped his team advance in the NCAA tournament, but they were knocked out in the Elite Eight. Steph Curry was then drafted the number seventh pick in the 2009 draft …show more content…

That made him work harder. All the coaches and scouts did not know whether he should be a point guard or shooting guard. Stephan Curry became a very good point guard. He practiced very hard. His size did not matter. He pushed through. Stephan Curry was very great at shooting three-pointers, but even his NBA coaches had to tell him to shoot more. He shoots out farther from the three-point line. His shots for most people had them feeling like saying “what are you doing? Do not take that shot”, but Stephan Curry makes the shots. These long threes open up space on the court for his other teammates to move and get the pass from Steph. During his rise in the NBA he had two kids with his wife Ayesha. Stephan Curry still finds lots of time to be with his family, even though he is in the NBA. Stephan Curry, being called the Baby Faced Assassin, knows when to put his “Beast Mode” or try extra hard. Stephan Curry is really nice and humble, but then when he turns the switch on another side of Curry comes on. Stephan Curry is very great, but there are also other people helping him tremendously to become the great star he is

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