Steph kept jersey LeBron signed for him after Davidson game

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LeBron James was a fan of Steph Curry long before he revolutionized the game of basketball. 

Before the two superstars faced off against one another in five straight NBA Finals, James had his eye on Curry during his collegiate career at Davidson

On the most recent episode of "The Old Man and The Three" podcast, Curry recalled when James attended a Davidson game when the Cleveland Cavaliers were in town and the full-circle experience that followed. 

"I wish y'all could have been on our team bus in Detroit going back and forth from the game, hearing these rumors like, 'Hey, I think 'Bron's coming to the game,' " Curry recalled. 

"This is probably his fourth year in the league, so nobody believed he'd show up," Curry continued. "Then we get to Ford Field and lo and behold right when tip-off's happening, here comes Rich [Paul], 'Bron, like five or six people and he's there just being a fan and watching us play.

"Fast forward six years later we're playing against each other in the Finals -- it's a wild experience."

One year later, Curry and James met again at a game in Charlotte where the latter gifted the former a jersey with a special message on it that would prove to be true and then some. 

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"At my dad's house in North Carolina, I still have a 'Bron jersey on the wall in my bedroom he signed," Curry shared. "The next year he came to Charlotte and went to the game and signed the jersey, 'The greatest shooter in North Carolina' or something like that.

"He signed it and I kept it, gave me his shoes after the game, so it's still wild to think about the journey since then."

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Curry, once the greatest shooter in North Carolina, has gone on to become the greatest shooter in NBA history

And as a four-time champion, with three titles against James, he can't say he didn't see it coming.

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