This will probably not come as a surprise to you, but Steph Curry really enjoys basketball.
Crazy, right?
The three-time NBA champion – who was limited to just five games in the 2019-20 season due to a broken left hand – misses the competition against the best players in the world.
So when the boiling games in the Orlando bubble began July 30, Steph was a bit of a conflict.
“Of course I was happy to see basketball back on TV, but that first week I had great FOMO (fear of missing out),” he told the New York Times’ Marc Stein on Sunday night. “Once you see Bron (LeBron James) and Kawhi (Leonard) and PG (Paul George) go there, and you remember how much fun it is to play in those kinds of games and that kind of level, you miss it badly. “
Unfortunately for the two-time NBA MVP, it’s unclear exactly when he will get a chance to take the court again with actual stakes on the line. With the coronavirus pandemic still raging, no one really knows when the 2020-21 campaign will begin.
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But as the next season begins, he and his teammates are ready to rock and roll.
“Our roster type speaks for itself in terms of what me, Klay (Thompson) and Draymond (Green) have been through, and what we have left in the tank,” Steph told Stein. ‘But it is up to us to use this time wisely.
“It’s just unchartered territory, whether you’m in the bubble or not.”
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As for the aforementioned FOMO, how is the 32-year-old doing?
“Curry said he is familiar with all the bonus family time he gets with his wife, Ayesha, and their three children, business endeavors and then special occasions like Sunday’s PGA outing,” Stein wrote.
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And when it comes to business endeavors, Steph will soon be getting his own brand at Under Armor. That it has some extra time on its hands to handle those details can certainly not hurt.
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