Warriors’ Steph Curry named NBA All-Star Game starter

Stephen Curry will be heading to Salt Lake City next month for the upcoming NBA All-Star Game.

Shaquille O’Neal got the honor of introducing the Warriors star as an All-Star starter during TNT’s broadcast Thursday evening.

“My favorite player in the world, Stephen Curry,” O’Neal said.

Surely plenty of Bay Area fans would agree.

This will be Curry’s ninth All-Star start in his 14-year NBA career, marking the most in Warriors’ history. He surpassed Hall of Famer Rick Barry for the second-most AllStar selections in franchise history and now sits behind only Paul Arizin, who made 10 All-Star appearances over the course of his Hall of Fame career.

Curry has been part of AllStar Weekend festivities in 10 of his previous 11 seasons, winning the 3-point contest two of his seven tries. He played in six consecutive AllStar Games from 2014 through 2019 before a fractured hand limited him to only five games during the forgettable 2019-20 campaign. He would return to the All-Star Game in each of the following three seasons, including this one.

Curry put on a show last year in Cleveland, pouring in 50 points and making a record 16 3-pointers in a flashy showing that earn him the Most Valuable Player award for the game.