For Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins and Gary Payton II, the NBA title was an early Father’s Day gift for dads who once starred themselves in the NBA.
With three minutes left in the Golden State Warriors’ NBA championship clincher in Boston, Dell Curry and the other players’ dads and their families were ushered down the stands to wait for the celebration.Along the way, Curry – one of four Warriors’ dads who once starred in the NBA – found himself standing under the net with his unlit cigar.
Captured on TV, the hug between the Currys mirrored the joy and tears of Warriors fans as the team beat the Boston Celtics to claim their fourth title in eight years. Klay Thompson and his father, Mychal Thompson, shoot hoops on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. The elder Thompson was a No. 1 overall pick and a key role player during the Lakers’ Showtime heyday.
Andrew Wiggins, center, flanked by his parents Mitchell Wiggins and Marita Payne-Wiggins, as he announces his commitment to the University of Kansas during a ceremony, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at St. Joseph High School in Huntington, West Virginia. Dell Curry never won an NBA championship. But as he stood under the basket as the clock wound down Thursday, he flashed back to his playing days with the Charlotte Hornets and Toronto Raptors.
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