Steph Curry is already a three-time NBA champion, but maybe he can add a spelling bee trophy to his collection one day after his press conference performance on Thursday night.
After Curry dropped 27 points on the Denver Nuggets in the Warriors’ 118-113 victory in Game 3 of the opening NBA playoff round, he spoke to reporters about what makes Golden State so special.
The team set a new NBA playoff record for most consecutive postseason series with a road win after Thursday’s at Ball Arena made it 24 straight. Curry almost couldn’t find words to describe the milestone, leading to yet another hilarious postgame moment with the media.
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The two-time NBA MVP said the Dubs don’t want to be too exclamatory in the first round, then wondered if that was even a word. Then, he pondered aloud whether or not demonstrative was a real word.
“Scrabble,” Curry said definitively. “That’d be like 27 points right there.”
A reporter let Curry know that exclamatory was in fact a word, then the star point guard was asked to spell it.
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His vocabulary skills aren’t quite on par with his shooting ability, but when it comes to spelling, Curry knows his letters.
“E-X-C-L-A-M,” he started, then paused. “Let me slow down. E-X-C-L-A-M-A-T-O-R-Y.”
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With an accomplished look on his face, Curry walked away from the podium.
A true superstar doesn't just hit no-look 3s, but also knows his ABCs.