Stephen Curry’s new film Underrated is available now on AppleTV+ and Curry joined Sports Illustrated to discuss the documentary and other topics, like his chances at turning pro in golf and his longstanding rivalry with LeBron James.
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00:00 Greg Kalski had said you could play pro golf.
00:01 If you decided to put your focus there,
00:03 do you think that's something you could do?
00:04 - I feel like I could get there,
00:06 but I also know it'd be a lot harder
00:09 than probably success in basketball for me.
00:12 - "Stefan Curry Underrated" is available exclusively
00:15 on Apple TV+.
00:17 I'm Robin Lundberg, joined by Steph Curry now.
00:19 And Steph, the movie, I saw you tweet out the link
00:22 for a couple of free months so people can check it out.
00:25 Does a really nice job taking us from Davidson to today.
00:28 And I remember living through those days
00:30 when you were underrated.
00:32 How do you feel about how you're evaluated now?
00:34 Or is there a part of you that still goes,
00:36 you know, 2023 Steph Curry's underrated
00:39 when you don't see yourself number one
00:40 on somebody's best players in the NBA list?
00:42 - Yeah, I guess the narrative or the specifics
00:47 of how my game is viewed has changed
00:50 with some of the success I've had
00:52 in over these last 14 years.
00:54 But I can still tap into that underrated mindset
00:57 that's, you know, kind of pushed me
01:01 to where I'm at right now.
01:02 And to be able to help, you know,
01:04 or be a part of this project and tell that story
01:06 of the origin of my journey, my career,
01:10 the formative years at Davidson.
01:13 And where that underrated, you know,
01:14 mindset really kind of cemented itself.
01:18 It's a special experience and opportunity.
01:20 I would love people to check it out.
01:23 And it's not just a sports or a basketball story.
01:26 I think there's things in there for people
01:27 from all walks of life.
01:29 And like you said, the biggest thing is
01:31 I still keep that underrated DNA
01:33 and I can tap into it even for this outcome here
01:36 to find something to motivate me
01:38 for hopefully some more success ahead.
01:42 - All right, in the spirit of that,
01:43 I'm gonna play a quick overrated, underrated game.
01:45 Rapid Fire, I'm gonna throw some things at you.
01:47 You tell me if they're overrated or underrated.
01:50 We'll start with, I saw you at the show, Drake.
01:54 - Oh, underrated.
01:55 Catalog is insane.
01:56 Performance is insane.
01:58 - Once he said Steph Curry with the shot,
02:00 I knew you'd say that.
02:01 NBA mid-season tournament. - Oh, absolutely.
02:03 I'm gonna say underrated until otherwise noted
02:12 'cause I don't even know what to expect
02:14 with this first year.
02:16 - Bryce Young.
02:16 - Oh, underrated.
02:22 I can't wait to see him take this Panther organization
02:26 to new heights, baby.
02:27 Let's go, keep pounding.
02:29 - Draymond Green's podcast.
02:31 - It's overrated when I'm not on it.
02:36 Let's put it that way.
02:37 - The Steph-LeBron rivalry.
02:40 - I mean, underrated in the sense of
02:48 it's gonna be really hard to find
02:51 two teams going four years in a row in the finals
02:56 just way out the way the NBA landscape is going.
02:59 So that'll go down in history as four amazing years.
03:04 - Is there one word you'd use to describe
03:06 your relationship with LeBron?
03:07 'Cause there is a scene in the movie
03:08 where he goes to watch you at Davidson.
03:10 I remember that part as well.
03:13 - Yeah, I mean, it's,
03:16 what's the only one word?
03:20 It's complex because you go from,
03:23 you know, me playing in the tournament,
03:26 him coming to watch,
03:27 to me coming in as a young rookie in the league
03:34 and him giving me advice on how to, you know,
03:36 get through some of the early struggles
03:38 that I was gonna go through as a player,
03:39 to, you know, the four finals appearances in a row
03:44 playing against each other,
03:46 to even last year,
03:48 what's seven, five, six years later,
03:52 we're playing in the playoffs again.
03:53 So it's,
03:54 he's a great dude, great friend,
03:58 great competitor, all the above,
04:01 but he, it's amazing to go back
04:04 and look at where it all started,
04:06 at Ford Field in Detroit in the Sweet 16 game.
04:10 - One more in the spirit of your hole-in-one the other day,
04:12 it started a big debate about,
04:14 well, you know, Rob Gronkowski had said
04:15 you could play pro golf.
04:16 If you decided to put your focus there,
04:18 do you think that's something you could do?
04:19 - It's something that I would be confident
04:21 I could work towards because that's the competitor in me,
04:25 but I say that with a caveat of complete and utter respect
04:29 for the professional golfers out there
04:31 that have dedicated their lives to it,
04:33 because I do understand how hard it would be.
04:36 And so both can be true.
04:39 I feel like I could get there,
04:40 but I also know it'd be a lot harder
04:44 than probably success in basketball for me.
04:46 - Stephen Curry, "Underrated" is out on Apple TV.
04:50 Plus anything else you wanna say
04:51 to people about the film, Steph?
04:54 - Just love that, hopefully they check it out,
04:56 and appreciative of the support I've had
04:58 throughout the years and know it has a little something
05:01 from everybody in it, so check it out.
05:04 - Appreciate the time, Steph.
05:05 - Thank you.
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