In an interview with Rolling Stone, the Golden State Warriors star shares that it has something to do with his conversation with Chris Paul about potentially boycotting a game in 2014.
- Sep 15, 2022
AceShowbiz - Stephen Curry (II) may be one of the the greatest basketball players of all time, but that doesn't mean he's satisfied with everything. In an interview with Matt Sullivan of Rolling Stone, the Golden State Warriors star explained his biggest regret of his career.
Curry shared that his regret had something to with his conversation with Chris Paul about potentially boycotting a game in 2014 that took place following the exposal of Clippers owner Donald Sterling. "One of my biggest regrets is not boycotting the game," Curry said.
"That was a moment to leverage beyond anything we probably could have said. [...] We get attacked as athletes sometimes when you don't want to say something - 'I need to get more educated,' there's all these lines that people use," he explained. "It kind of seems like you're soft or like you're equivocating or avoiding whatever the situation is. Honestly, in that moment, yes, I could have been a lot stronger on a point of view, but I wasn't prepared to do that at the time, so I don't regret that."
In the same interview, Curry also talked about how Barack Obama encouraged him to get NSFW during a phone call that he received from the former POTUS after he won his fourth NBA title back in June. "Minutes after his Warriors won their fourth championship, the two-time regular-season MVP clutched his first NBA Finals MVP trophy, then shouted at his haters for the camera: 'What are they gonna say now? What are they gonna say now?!' " Sullivan wrote.
"His shirt was sopping wet with champagne, and he wanted to get back to his family. But Curry's manager handed him the phone for one congratulatory call. Obama encouraged the champ to thump his chest," he continued. Sullivan further noted that the 44th president of the U.S. "was dropping some bars." Curry additionally claimed that Obama suggested that "Curry add a bit of sauce to the new mantra. 'What the f**k are they gonna say now?!' "
