![]() ![]() On June 18, 2007, Curry was named an 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. In 2004, Curry was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. The foundation runs five learning centers in Charlotte to provide educational training and drug abuse counseling. In 1998, Curry established a charitable foundation, the Dell Curry Foundation, which is a youth oriented program in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1995, Dell and his wife Sonya (née Adams) founded the Christian Montessori School of Lake Norman, a preschool in Huntersville, North Carolina. Curry pitched three innings, allowed only one run and struck out four batters in a three inning start. George Shinn, as owner of both teams, arranged the publicity stunt. On June 21, 1991, Curry and Charlotte Hornets teammate Muggsy Bogues appeared in a Minor League Baseball game for the Gastonia Rangers of the South Atlantic League. Curry retired as the all-time leading scorer in Hornets history with 9,839 points. He holds career averages of 11.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.8 assists. Upon departing the franchise in 1998, he was the last player remaining from its inaugural season 10 years earlier.Ĭurry played one season for the Milwaukee Bucks before playing his final three seasons in the NBA for the Toronto Raptors. He 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 in the discussions for Sixth Man of the Year, but didn't actually win the award until the 1993–94 season. Curry spent 10 seasons in Charlotte, mostly coming off the bench to provide instant offense, utilizing three-pointshooting. 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. He played one season in Utah before being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1987, where he spent the 1987–88 season. Ĭurry finished his Virginia Tech career with 2,389 points (second all-time) and 295 steals (all-time leader) in basketball, and a 6–1 record with a 3.81 ERA in baseball.Ĭurry was selected with the 15th overall pick by the Utah Jazz in the 1986 NBA draft. He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 14th round of the 1985 MLB draft but opted to continue playing basketball. ![]() (In the early and mid 1980s, the three-point line was introduced in many conferences at varying distances, but it was not recognized by the NCAA.)Ĭurry also played baseball for Virginia Tech. Prior to the 1986–87season, NCAA basketball did not feature a three-point line Curry's accurate long-range shooting was not rewarded, as it would be later in his NBA career. In his senior season in 1986, Curry was named the player of the year in the Metro Conference. 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. The Hokies appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in 1983 and 1984, finishing third in the latter. Curry also played baseball, and won state championships in both sports he was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 1982 Major League Baseball draft.Ĭurry was a four-year starter at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg along with contemporaries Bobby Beecher, Perry Young, Al Young, and Keith Colbert. He finished as the all-time leading scorer in school history, and was named a McDonald's All-American in 1982. He retired as the Charlotte Hornets' all-time leader in points (9,839) and three-point field goals made (929).Ĭurry currently works as a color commentator, alongside Eric Collins and Stephanie Ready, on Charlotte Hornets television broadcasts.īorn in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Curry was raised in Grottoes and played high school basketball at Fort Defiance, where he used his coach's barn to practice shooting daily. Wardell Stephen "Dell" Curry (born June 25, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1986 until 2002. Metro Conference Player of the Year (1986).Consensus second-team All-American (1986).
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