Steph Curry’s electrifying 2015 is not over yet as he was just named the AP male athlete of the year! He literally has won everything this year!
@IamJoeSports
Curry has had the year most people can’t even imagine in their wildest dreams. The accolades continue now as the AP named him their male athlete of the year. The way he has inspired people is not debatable. He has kids of all heights and skills thinking they can be the next Steph and that is not lost on the reigning MVP.
“The way that I play has a lot of skill but is stuff that if you go to the YMCA or rec leagues or church leagues around the country, everybody wants to shoot, everybody wants to handle the ball, make creative passes and stuff like that,” he said. “You can work on that stuff. Not everybody has the vertical, or the physical gifts to be able to go out and do a windmill dunk and stuff like that. I can’t even do it.”
Curry finished first in a vote by U.S. editors and news directors, with the results released Saturday. He joined LeBron James, Michael Jordan and Larry Bird as the only basketball players to win the honor in the 85 years of the award. Curry beat out golfer Jordan Spieth, who won two majors, and American Pharoah, who became the first horse since 1978 to win the Triple Crown.
“That’s a real honor,” Curry said. “I’m appreciative of that acknowledgement because it’s across all different sports. … It’s pretty cool.”
