Dell Curry

**Dell Curry**
Personal Information
Born	June 25 1964 (age 58); Harrisonburg, Virginia
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Fort Defiance; (Fort Defiance, Virginia)
College	Virgina tech 1982 / 1985
NBA Draft:	1986 / Round: 1/ Pick: 15th overall
	Selected by the Utah Jazz
Playing career	1986-2002
Position	Shooting guard
Number	30
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); Consensus second-team All-American (1986); Metro Conference Player of the Year (1986); 3× First-team All-Metro Conference (1984–1986); No. 30 retired by Virginia Tech; Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (2004);
Career NBA statistics
	12,670 (11.7 ppg)
Rebounds	2,617 (2.4 rpg)
Assists	1,909 (1.8 apg)

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. He retired as the Charlotte Hornets' all-time leader in points (9,839) and three-point field goals made (929).

Curry currently works as a color commentator, alongside Eric Collins and Stephanie Ready, on Charlotte Hornets television broadcasts.

Early years

Born 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. He finished as the all-time leading scorer in school history, and was named a McDonald's All-American in 1982. 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.

College career

Curry was a four-year starter at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg along with contemporaries Bobby Beecher, Perry Young, Al Young, and Keith Colbert. The Hokies appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in 1983 and 1984, finishing third in the latter. 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. In his senior season in 1986, Curry was named the player of the year in the Metro Conference. 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 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.)

Curry also played baseball for Virginia Tech.^[3] He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 14th round of the 1985 MLB draft but opted to continue playing basketball.^[4]

Curry 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.

NBA career

Curry was selected with the 15th overall pick by the Utah Jazz in the 1986 NBA draft. He played one season in Utah before being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1987, where he spent the 1987–88 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. Curry spent 10 seasons in Charlotte, mostly coming off the bench to provide instant offense, utilizing three-pointshooting. 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. 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. Upon departing the franchise in 1998, he was the last player remaining from its inaugural season 10 years earlier.

Curry played one season for the Milwaukee Bucks before playing his final three seasons in the NBA for the Toronto Raptors. He holds career averages of 11.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.8 assists. Curry retired as the all-time leading scorer in Hornets history with 9,839 points.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1986–87	Utah	67	0	9.5	.426	.283	.789	1.2	.9	.4	.1	4.9
1987–88	Cleveland	79	8	19.0	.458	.346	.782	2.1	1.9	1.2	.3	10.0
1988–89	Charlotte	48	0	16.9	.491	.345	.870	2.2	1.0	.9	.1	11.9
1989–90	Charlotte	67	13	27.8	.466	.354	.923	2.5	2.4	1.5	.4	16.0
1990–91	Charlotte	76	14	19.9	.471	.372	.842	2.6	2.2	1.0	.3	10.6
1991–92	Charlotte	77	0	26.2	.486	.404	.836	3.4	2.3	1.2	.3	15.7
1992–93	Charlotte	80	0	26.2	.452	.401	.866	3.6	2.3	1.1	.3	15.3
1993–94	Charlotte	82	0	26.5	.455	.402	.873	3.2	2.7	1.2	.3	16.3
1994–95	Charlotte	69	0	24.9	.441	.427	.856	3.4	1.6	.8	.3	13.6
1995–96	Charlotte	82	29	28.9	.453	.404	.854	3.2	2.1	1.3	.3	14.5
1996–97	Charlotte	68	20	30.6	.459	.426	.803	3.1	1.7	.9	.2	14.8
1997–98	Charlotte	52	1	18.7	.447	.421	.788	1.9	1.3	.6	.1	21.9
1998–99	Milwaukee	42	0	20.6	.485	.476	.824	2.0	1.1	.9	.1	10.1
1999–00	Toronto	67	9	16.3	.427	.393	.750	1.5	1.3	.5	.1	17.6
2000–01	Toronto	71	1	13.5	.424	.428	.843	1.2	1.1	.4	.1	16.0
2001–02	Toronto	56	4	15.8	.406	.344	.892	1.4	1.1	.4	.1	6.4
Career		1,083	99	21.7	.457	.402	.843	2.4	1.8	.9	.2	14.7

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1987	Utah	2	0	2.0	.000	.000		.0	.0	.0	.0	0.0
1988	Cleveland	2	0	8.5	.250	.000		.5	1.0	.0	.5	1.0
1993	Charlotte	9	0	24.7	.433	.286	.818	3.6	2.0	1.4	.0	11.0
1995	Charlotte	4	0	26.8	.471	.429	.909	2.3	1.5	.0	.0	12.8
1997	Charlotte	3	1	16.7	.294	.250	1.000	.3	1.7	1.3	.0	4.7
1998	Charlotte	9	0	19.0	.593	.250	.857	2.1	1.1	.8	.3	5.8
1999	Milwaukee	3	0	16.3	.404	.125	1.000	1.3	.3	1.0	.0	3.0
2000	Toronto	3	0	10.0	.133	.667	.500	.7	.3	.7	.0	2.3
2001	Toronto	12	0	15.2	.500	.378	.833	1.2	.8	.5	.1	6.5
2002	Toronto	4	0	14.8	.422	.800	1.000	1.3	1.0	1.3	.5	7.0
Career		51	1	17.5	.400	.350	.870	1.7	1.1	.8	.1	6.7

Post-playing career

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. George Shinn, as owner of both teams, arranged the publicity stunt. Curry pitched three innings, allowed only one run and struck out four batters in a three inning start.

In 1995, Dell and his wife Sonya (née Adams) founded the Christian Montessori School of Lake Norman, a preschool in Huntersville, North Carolina.

In 1998, Curry established a charitable foundation, the Dell Curry Foundation, which is a youth oriented program in Charlotte, North Carolina. The foundation runs five learning centers in Charlotte to provide educational training and drug abuse counseling.

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

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 2009, Curry started working as a color commentator, alongside longtime play-by-play announcer Steve Martin, for the Charlotte Bobcats (now Charlotte Hornets).

In 2016 Curry was the recipient of the Bobby Jones Award at the Athletes in Action All Star Breakfast, which is held each year at the NBA All Star Weekend.

Personal life

Curry married former Virginia Tech women’s volleyball player Sonya Adams in 1988. His oldest son, Stephen, plays in the NBA for the Golden State Warriors and has three championships. His youngest son, Seth, currently plays for the Philadelphia 76ers, while his daughter, Sydel, played volleyball at Elon University. Curry has five grandchildren. On August 23, 2021, Curry and his wife, Sonya, announced that they were divorcing after 33 years of marriage.