Dell Curry

Dell Curry

No. 30
Shooting guard / Small forward
Personal information
Born	June 25, 1964 (1964-06-25) Harrisonburg, Virginia
Nationality	American
High school	Fort Defiance (Fort Defiance, Virginia)
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College	Virginia Tech (1982–1986)
NBA Draft	1986 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15th overall
Selected by the Utah Jazz
Pro career	1986–2002
Career history
1986–1987	Utah Jazz
1987–1988	Cleveland Cavaliers
1988–1998	Charlotte Hornets
1999	Milwaukee Bucks
1999–2002	Toronto Raptors
Career highlights and awards
NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1994) Metro Conference Player of the Year (1986) Consensus NCAA All-American Second Team (1986)
Career NBA statistics
Points	12,670 (11.7 ppg)
Rebounds	2,617 (2.4 rpg)
Assists	1,909 (1.8 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Wardell Stephen "Dell" Curry (born June 25, 1964) is a retired American professional basketball player at the shooting guard and the small forward positions who received his education from Fort Defiance High School in Virginia and Virginia Tech. He then played in the National Basketball Association from 1986 until 2002. He now works as a commentator, alongside Steve Martin, on the Bobcats television broadcasts. As of 2010, he is still the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets all-time leader in points (9,839) and three-point field goals made (929).

Early life

Curry was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He went to Fort Defiance High School in Fort Defiance, Virginia. In his senior year, Curry won a state championship for Fort in both basketball and baseball. As a child he would shoot with two hands. Curry broke his left wrist at the age of 9 and was forced to shoot with one hand and develop correct shooting form. Curry played basketball and baseball in high school and college, and he was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 14th round of the 1985 MLB Draft, but opted to continue playing basketball.

College career

Curry was a four-year starter at Virginia Tech along with contemporaries Bobby Beecher, Perry Young, Al Young, and Keith Colbert. The team appeared in the 1983 and 1984 NIT tournaments, finishing 3rd in 1984. Although the team qualified for at-large bids to the NCAA tournament in 1985 and 1986, it lost in the first round on both occasions. NCAA basketball did not feature a three-point line during Curry's collegiate career, so his accurate long-range shooting was not rewarded as it would be later in his NBA career.

NBA career

The 6 ft 4 inch Curry was selected 15th overall by the Utah Jazz in the 1986 NBA Draft after attending Virginia Tech. He played one season in Utah before moving on to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1987 for another season. He was selected by one of the NBA's two newest teams for the 1988-89 season, the Charlotte Hornets, in the expansion draft after he was made available by the Cavaliers. In Charlotte, Curry was primarily used off the bench where he was utilized as an instant scoring threat, especially from behind the three-point line. He played ten seasons for the Hornets and currently ranks among the franchise's all-time statistical leaders in points, games played, three-point field goals made and attempted, and three-point field goal percentage. He was a regular vote-receiver for the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award and the conclusion of the 1993-94 season finally saw him become the recipient of the trophy.

Curry also played one season for the Milwaukee Bucks and his final three seasons for the Toronto Raptors. He holds career averages of 11.7 points per game and 40.2 percent from three-point range. He is the all-time leading scorer for the Charlotte Hornets with 9839 points. In addition, he was the last remaining original member of the team first fielded in the 1988-89 NBA season.

Coaching career

On June 18, 2007, he was named assistant coach of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, but he stepped down before the season began so that he could attend his sons' basketball games.

Virginia Sports Hall of Fame

In 2004, he was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

Personal life

Dell Curry is the father of Stephen Curry, who played basketball at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, and was chosen 7th overall by the Golden State Warriors in the 2009 NBA Draft. He is also the father of Seth Curry, who currently plays at Duke University after spending the 2008–09 season at Liberty University before transferring. He also has a daughter named Sydell. Dell Curry's wife's name is Sonya. His hobbies include hunting, fishing, golfing, and water skiing. He has his own foundation, "The Dell Curry Foundation", which is a youth oriented program in Charlotte, North Carolina.

External links

• Virginia Tech Hall of Fame
• Career stats at Basketball Reference