Steph pays tribute to Bay Space legend Henderson after Warriors’ win initially appeared on NBC Sports activities Bay Space
After his monstrous fourth quarter carried Golden State to a 113-103 street win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, Steph Curry joined “Warriors Postgame Stay” to recap the much-needed victory.
To wrap up the interview, Curry took a while to honor former Oakland Athletic Rickey Henderson, a Bay Space legend who handed away Friday night time.
“A significant shoutout, condolences to the whole Henderson household,” Curry instructed Bonta Hill, Chris Mullin and Festus Ezeli. “Rising up as an grownup within the Bay Space — particularly what he did in Oakland — it resonates with me by way of representing the Bay, and doing it at a legendary, iconic degree. [There’s] no person like him, and so condolences to the entire household. I do know the entire Bay Space mourns with them tonight.”
It is clear that despite the fact that Curry did not develop up within the Bay Space watching Henderson, the Warriors star regarded as much as the Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Famer as a trailblazer amongst nice athletes within the area.
Curry additionally appeared to honor Henderson earlier than the Warriors performed Saturday night time. He was photographed elevating up his arms with a ball in a single hand, maybe a tribute to the enduring second when the “Man of Steal” claimed his record-setting 939th profession stolen base.
It is one more testomony to the interconnectedness between the Bay Space’s sports activities franchises, which every have a singular historical past of their very own that has paved the way in which for present gamers and groups.
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