Christian NBA star Stephen Curry is blazing a trail not just on the basketball court but also in the hearts of countless individuals as he spent the day after Christmas giving food to those who needed it the most.
According to NBC Bay Area, Curry and his family gave back to the Oakland, California community by personally distributing 400 care packages to families in need. This was the third year Curry, his family, and the rest of the members of the Warriors Community Foundation spearheaded this generous activity with the non-profit group called Feed the Children.
The boxes were filled with food and other care items such as lotion and shampoo.
Meanwhile, former Warriors coach and sports commentator Mark Jackson recently made a comment concerning Curry that got basketball fans upset, according to NBC Sports.
"To a degree, he's hurting the game," Jackson said about Curry's popularity and basketball prowess. "And what I mean by that is I go into these high school gyms, I watch these kids, and the first thing they do is run to the three-point line. You are not Steph Curry. Work on your other aspects of the game. People don't think that he's just a knock-down shooter. That's not why he's the MVP. He's a complete basketball player."
While many people shot down Jackson's statement, Curry was a bit nicer in his response, saying that he wished Jackson "phrased it just a little bit differently."
"After I heard all of what he was talking about, I understand where he's coming from – that being for the youth of today and how they watch us play or watch me in particular, and they want to go out and try to do the same thing," Curry said on Saturday. "It's all about practice and routine and repetition that can help you get to that point, so you can't skip that part of the process."
"I think I'm trying to inspire people to see the game differently in a positive way... I get what he was saying. There was a compliment in there. Knowing him personally, I think that's what he meant," he added.
