Stephen Curry:  One of the NBA's brightest, talented and humble stars.

The NBA playoffs are in full force and tonight the Golden State Warriors have a chance to advance to the NBA finals since the mid 70's. With that being said, tonight's game had me thinking back to the NBA's MVP for this year. A lot of you know by now who the NBA MVP for the 2015 season is but for those of you that don't I hope that you will take the time to listen to this speech. Stephan Curry is one of the most incredible young men that I have ever seen play the game of basketball. He truly is a man. I have never seen a more humble and likable guy. His work ethic is unbelievable. He starts his speech out thanking the Lord which a lot of people do and for me it tends to go in one ear and out the other. But when this kid says it, I believe it. When he make a great shot or makes a good pass he pounds his chest with his fist and points to the sky. He explains that this means that he has a heart for God and by doing this gesture he always remembers god and the fact that without him he would be nowhere. He is truly a professional athlete that kids today can look up to and want to be like. He then thanks his teammates, wife, grandma, and his parents. He also went on to thank the head of security and the equipment manager. Not very many individuals go into such detail in thanking the seemingly insignificant. That to me is significant. He is an exceptional young man/man. I think that Stephen



Curry fits obliterates a lot of the cultural myths that Larsen talks about.  He has taken the gifts that the good Lord gave him and worked his tail off to become one of the game’s best point guards today.  In the next 6 paragraphs I will attempt to explain why.

 

-Wisdom of the Rustic:

Stephen Curry's dad played Basketball in the NBA for over 15 years. His circumstances growing up were not rags to riches type story but I think that he took his father’s heritage as an NBA basketball player and has done a pretty good job. He didn't come from nothing but as an undersized scrawny kid he had to work for every ounce of his basketball ability. He has one of the best work ethics in the entire NBA and has become one of the game’s premier shooters and point guards.



-Possibility of Success:

He was not heavily recruited out of High School and went to a smaller University to play basketball. I did not know who Davidson was before he started playing for them. His possibility for success was ok being that he had a father that played in the NBA but nothing was handed to Stephen. He had to earn his basketball stripes and get better through countless hours of practice and hard work. He had a small possibility of success and has blown up to be one of the best players in the league. He made the possibility a reality.

-The Coming of the Messiah:

I'm sure to the Golden State fans step is a figurative messiah. They love him and he has in many ways brought the Golden State Warriors out of obscurity and out of the darkness. He gives all the credit to other people when it comes to his success as a player and a role model and to me that is very admirable. -Presence of Conspiracy: I'm not sure that this one is relevant when it comes to Stephen Curry the 2015 NBA MVP.



-Value of Challenge:

Stephen Curry works harder than most if not all to the players in the NBA. He knows the value of being challenged on a day to day basis. He challenges his teammates and everyone around him to get better. He loves to work and challenge himself to always strive to get better and become a better person. There is much value in breaking through our challenges and I feel that Stephen is a huge example of that.



-Eternal Return:

Stephen Curry is a great example of eternal return.  In his speech he thanked his general manager Robert Myers for taking a huge chance and drafting him.  I'd bet that Robert Myers feels that his financial "eternal return" is very high.  Stephen has taken the Warriors from one of the worst teams in the NBA to one of the Western Conferences elite teams.  He has made the Warriors who they are today and made them a lot of money.  to this point in his career his return seems eternal.  He has not been plagued with injury and has been healthy and strong to do what he love best which is brake ankles and splash 3 point shots.  He is one of the games most remarkable young players and I feel that if he remains healthy will go down as one of the game’s best point guards of all time.