The Currys are an intergenerational family spanning multiple eras of the NBA. Dell Curry began the trend as the Charlotte Hornets’ all-time best player (with all due respect to Kemba Walker). The next generation took it to celestial realms.
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Steph Curry has blown the roof off as a two-time MVP, four-time champion, and a top-10 player in the league’s history. Seth Curry, to his credit, has had a decent career as a role player as well. The forgotten fourth basketball-playing member is Damion Lee, who has managed to foster a six-year NBA career.
Lee is not a blood relative of the Currys but is married to Sydel, Steph, and Seth’s sister. Sydel now cohosts the Straight to Cam podcast with WNBA phenom Cameron Brink, where the two talk about everything from personal history to on-court drama. On the most recent episode of their podcast, Sydel and Brink were joined by Lee as part of a special “husbands episode”.
When asked about how difficult it was to play against family, Lee remembered a moment when Steph hit a three, pointed him out on the bench, and made a joke at his expense.
Lee recalled Curry hit a three early on in the game, but he couldn’t find him on the bench. A few possessions later, when he hit a fadeaway from the block, he knew where his brother-in-law was and pointed him out. “What’s up, D Lee?” yelled Steph.
Brink was not having it. “You should’ve flipped him off,” teased Cam. “You should’ve just had your middle finger waiting for him when he turned around … ‘Go back to Canon and Ayesha, and I’ll see you in a week’.”
Lee insisted that, despite the drama, playing against Steph is always fun. Even when Lee faces Seth, a considerably easier matchup, it’s still fun to joke.
“Seth’s personality is different, so he doesn’t talk as much, but even like on the court… he was guarding me and I got a bucket, and then he came down and got a bucket, and he’s like, ‘Come on D Lee, I need that’,” said Lee.
The Curry family seems to attract superathletes, but it’s good to hear that Thanksgiving dinners aren’t ruined by who got what when banter. Still, competition seems to be a part of that family in a way that few others can match.
