Steph Curry recently has been reflecting on his legendary one-and-done run with Team USA during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
And now that it has been roughly a year since he momentarily exchanged his Warriors threads for the Red, White and Blue, Curry is even more grateful to have had the international experience, particularly for representing his country while helping unify NBA fans everywhere.
The gold medalist and four-time NBA champion further explained his Olympic reflection in an exclusive interview with NBC Sports Bay Area’s Dalton Johnson at the ninth annual Curry Camp on Friday in Menlo Park.
“One hundred percent, August 10, 2024, will always be a core memory,” Curry told Johnson, referencing Team USA’s win over Team France in the gold medal game. “A new experience playing with the guys who were on that team — the Avengers.
“And the fact that it didn’t matter what NBA team you root for, you were a Team USA fan that day. So, [it’s] a very special memory for me, for sure.”
With LeBron James and Kevin Durant as two of his several big-name teammates, Curry led the Americans in the Olympic final with 24 points on eight made 3-point shots — including his iconic “Golden Dagger — with an underappreciated five assists and two steals.
Curry didn’t have much to tell Johnson about his iconic triple. The 11-time NBA All-Star knows you know what happened — and that France contemplated banning “Curry Sauce” at its national McDonald’s restaurants.
“The [‘Golden Dagger’] is what it is now, part of the story,” Curry told Johnson.
Curry’s unreal Olympic run helped him complete his overflowing trophy case with the gold medal he was missing. And as he told Johnson, the memory of the international victory tastes sweeter with time.
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