Bam Adebayo Speaks About Stephen Curry’s “Iconic” Night-Night in Paris After Lionel Messi Recreated It

Stephen Curry made his Olympics debut this year in Paris and came back home with a gold medal. He created several iconic moments along the way, but nothing tops his ‘night-night’ celebration during the gold-medal game. MLS superstar Lionel Messi recreated the iconic celly during his game against Philadelphia.

Therefore, Steph’s Team USA teammate, Bam Adebayo, was asked during his Media Day interaction with reporters, how he feels about iconic athletes like Messi recreating the celebration. The 27-year-old said that the biggest takeaway for him is that Steph did it on his Olympic debut.

He said, “For me, it’s just realizing that it was his first one, and to do that on that stage and it being the first one. I always make the joke that Steph is my rookie in the Olympics. For him to do that, that was pretty iconic.”

“I mean, the resume speaks for itself and the person that he is. So, it was only due time until you have another iconic moment like that.”

Steph was very stoked about his Olympic debut. After a slow start to the campaign, he got into his element towards the end. In the final game, the Dubs superstar made four three-pointers in the last three minutes to put his team in a comfortable position.

After sensing that the fourth one would be good enough for a win, he hit his iconic celebration to let the world know that the job here was done.

With that, he won over the hearts of not just fans but other athletes as well. Messi scored two goals against Philadelphia in the last game. After scoring his second goal in the 30th minute, the Argentinian superstar did Curry’s ‘night-night’ gesture to suggest that the game is over and everyone can go to sleep.

Stephen Curry was Bam Adebayo’s rookie in Paris

The 2024 Olympics was the second outing for the 27-year-old Bam Adebayo. He previously went to the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 as well and won the gold medal there. Steph, on the other hand, had no Olympic experience on his resume before this year.

Although he has a stacked trophy cabinet from his NBA career, he was desperate to add a gold medal from the biggest sporting event in the world.

So, in reality, that made him a rookie to Adebayo. The Heat star addressed him as his “rook” throughout the campaign. He once posted an image on his Instagram story from one of Team USA’s practice sessions and wrote, “EZ Buck Rook,” referring to the Warriors superstar.

But one can only pretend that Steph is a rookie for so long. Once he takes over games in his typical style, it’s impossible to not admire his skills.

After winning the gold, when Adebayo was asked about Steph’s last three of the campaign, he said, “I was kind of like ‘what the f*ck?’ And then I remembered who was shooting it.” Not bad for a rookie.