“After Playing in the 79th Game?!”: Stephen Curry Left College Coach Bob McKillop Impressed With His ‘Work Ethic’ Days Before Start of Playoffs

Long before setting the NBA alight, Stephen Curry played under coach Bob McKillop at Davidson College, from 2006-09. While his determination and dedication to the game are well known, McKillop revealed a heartwarming story about the kind of demands Steph puts on himself. McKillop revealed that he was once waiting for Steph to have dinner after he played his 79^th regular season game. However, Steph showed up an hour and a half later, claiming that he was lifting and needed to work on his core, according to a video shared by TheWarriorsTalk on Twitter.

Stephen Curry didn’t have the best of starts to his college career and was not seen as a huge NBA prospect. However, he carried Davidson almost single-handedly to an 85-20 record in his three seasons. According to his coach, it was Curry’s epic work ethic that allowed him to improve so quickly, something he carried over to the Golden State Warriors.

Stephen Curry’s college coach once revealed his incredible work ethic

While it is unclear which season was Bob McKillop talking about, Curry finished three seasons with Davidson. He finished with an 85-20 record and had his jersey retired by the college.

Regardless, once, after playing his 79^th game of the season, Bob McKillop was waiting for his star player to have dinner with him. However, he showed up an hour and a half later. When implored by his coach, Steph revealed that he was working out, and wanted to work on his core and stamina:

“Lifting, after playing the 79^th game of the season? He said yeah coach, I need to work on my core and my stamina. It’s not where it should be as we prepeare for the Playoffs because I had him playing 2 and a half, ¾ of games due to out big leads. s year I go watch him play in Charlotte. I bought Kathy, my wife with us. And we go to see him after the game, can’t find him. He’s in the hallway, working on the bike. No, he just got done playing a single or double overtime game against Charlotte Hornets. He wasn’t playing three-quarters of the game, he played the whole game. Plus, overtime and here he is working on a bike before he gets on a charter plane to leave. That’s the kind of intensity that makes him who he is.”

Stephen Curry’s college coach Bob McKillop shares an amazing story highlighting Steph’s incredible drive to constantly get better 👏 pic.twitter.com/IKHPzovvpH

— TheWarriorsTalk (@TheWarriorsTalk) August 23, 2023

What’s more, a similar situation arose when Bob went to see Curry play against the Charlotte Hornets. Despite having played the entire game and the overtime, Curry was again working out on a bike before hopping on a charter plane to leave.

Michael Jordan disagreed with Stephen Curry’s statement about being the greatest-ever PG

Recently, Stephen A. Smith read out a text message from Michael Jordan on ESPN’s First Take. Steph had recently claimed that he was a better point guard than Magic Johnson, something MJ had an issue with.

Jordan explained that while Curry was the greatest shooter of all time, he came a close second to Magic. He said that while Curry’s movement and scoring are unparalleled, Magic brought a new way of playing the game.

“I beg to differ on greatest point guard of all-time. Magic Johnson is easily the best PG of all-time. Steph Curry is very close, but not in front of Magic.”

Michael Jordan’s text to Stephen A. Smith, which he read live on First Take this morning 😲pic.twitter.com/BhdJj6FARp

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) August 23, 2023

He talked about the Lakers’ legend’s “invention of the triple-double,” claiming that it was Magic who made the stat influential in NBA matches. He also talked about how Magic had won 5 championships, while Steph was still lagging behind with 4.