“Like chasing away flies” – Touching video on Stephen Curry trying to defend his teammate and Getting Thrown:
Curry forgot the basic principle..(video)
Curry forgot the cardinal rule that little guys like him shouldn’t join the fray when big men get into physical altercations.
Stephen Curry is likely the last player you’d imagine in a physical altercation.
Even when his own teammates have gone at each other, the Golden State Warriors superstar usually remains calm. However, there was a time when he tried to serve as a pacifier during a heated exchange, only for his efforts to backfire.
His story transpired during a contest between the Warriors and Indiana Pacers in the 2012-13 season.
Roy Hibbert and David Lee had engaged in a shoving match when Curry attempted to come to Lee’s rescue. Hilariously, he forgot that little guys like himself should steer clear when big men engage in a physical argument.
“My dumb a** wanted to get in there and protect my teammate,” Curry said on the “SmartLess” podcast. “So, they square up. They chest-bump, and I run up behind Roy Hibbert. He’s 7-foot probably, 290, 280 pounds, and I tried to grab him from the back and pull him off my teammate. When I tell you it was like swatting a fly off, he literally just took his left hand and just. It was literally under the basket, and I flew all the way into the corner.”
An attack on Steph’s pride
The two-time MVP got a lesson in physics then, as he found out how far he could easily be tossed aside by a man nearly a foot taller (Hibbert is 7-foot-2) and around 100 pounds heavier.
But he could have probably just let it go after finding himself on the ground. Instead, he gave it another crack, so former Pacers power forward David West served him another lesson.
“So, now I’m embarrassed,” Curry added. “So then I have to get up and act like I’m coming back for more. That’s when David West, who’s like the big punisher, the enforcer on the court, kind of stiff-arms me and puts me in my place – just holds me in one hand with all this commotion going on.”
Perhaps Steph was also inadvertently venting out his frustration during that play. Despite his stellar scoring, Golden State was down big in the fourth quarter. He finished with 38 points on 14-for-20 shooting from the field and 7-for-10 from beyond the arc.
But the Pacers saw three players, namely West, George Hill, and Paul George, put up more than 20.
Staying out of trouble
The Warriors’ recent battle with the Minnesota Timberwolves would have been a good test if Curry had indeed learned his lessons. That game had Draymond Green putting Rudy Gobert in a headlock following a dispute between Klay Thompson and Jaden McDaniels.
What would Steph have done if he were on the court? As it turned out, he sat out the contest to recover from a sore right knee. Gobert even mocked Green, saying that the Warriors forward purposely got ejected because Curry wasn’t playing either.
The incident likely had fans encircling March 24, 2024, on their calendars, as the last matchup between the Dubs and Wolves in the regular season falls on that day. It remains to be seen if any extra-curricular activity will come up again and if the nine-time All-Star will get involved if that’s the case.
