Stephen Curry Will Never Forget One Kobe Bryant Encounter That Hit Hard Stephen Curry recalls his rookie preseason matchup with Kobe Bryant, sharing the story and lessons learned while promoting his n

In a quiet offseason for the Warriors, Stephen Curry has been anything but. As his new book, Shot Ready , hit the shelves, Curry is reflecting on a career built by defying expectations. Yet, there’s one moment he can’t shake—a preseason encounter with the late Kobe Bryant that left him physically overpowered and humbled. That “welcome to the NBA” moment, however, was just the beginning of a larger story between two legends with strikingly similar, and yet completely different, legacies.

On The Tonight Show , he recalled a chapter from his book: “That was kind of my welcome-to-the-NBA moment. A preseason game. I got switched onto him. And he was giving me those, like, body blows with his elbow. And then my naive self is looking at the ref, like, asking for a call, like they’re goin