Stephen Curry is noted as perhaps the most famous fan of his hometown NFL team, the Carolina Panthers. But when it comes to sorting baseball allegiances for Charlotte, N.C., natives, there really is no method to the madness.
Ahead of Thursday night's game against the Nets in Brooklyn, the Warriors star was asked about recent comments by Yankees general manager Brian Cashman referring to the rival Red Sox as "the Golden State Warriors of baseball." Curry takes it as a compliment.
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"I like that comparison because the Red Sox are my favorite team," he said Wednesday, via the New York Daily News. "They obviously made some splashes during the offseason, and when you play an exciting brand of baseball and you're about winning — because that's what we're about — I like the comparison."
Curry, suddenly thrust into baseball's most impassioned rivalry, was then asked by New York media to explain how his fandom came to be.
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"I was a free agent growing up in Charlotte," he said. "My brother (Seth) picked the Yankees, so I picked the Red Sox.
"We got a little inner (sic)-city rivalry, which is good."
All the baseball talk must have put Curry in the mood, as he showed off his windup during a new pregame warmup medley complete with bonus football and volleyball impressions.
Curry was bored with his old pre-game routine so he got a new one.#DubNation pic.twitter.com/iMnZ8LIPG0
— NBA (@NBA) December 23, 2016
Stick to basketball, Steph.
