Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry had an informative conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci about the coronavirus a few weeks ago.
Dr. Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a member of the White House coronavirus task force. He spoke with Curry on Instagram Live about the coronavirus pandemic.
However, Dr. Fauci didn't tell Curry and the rest of the world that he was a high school point guard back in the day.
Luckily, the Wall Street Journal’s Ben Cohen has that taken care for us:
The basketball team at Regis High School had a 1-16 record as the players entered a rival’s gym in the winter of 1958 fully expecting to leave with yet another loss. The other team’s star was a future NBA coach who would one day run the New York Knicks. Regis was led by a diminutive future doctor who would one day run the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Classic point guard, excellent ballhandler, pesky defender. Six of his classmates and teammates described him as a tenacious competitor in short shorts and striped socks whose feistiness on the court defied some parts of his personality and reflected others.
You can see why Dr. Fauci is good at his job. His point guard instincts are always telling him to help other people.
The NBA population was grateful for Dr. Fauci's time on Curry's IG live. He is a very busy man right now with the coronavirus spreading across the world like crazy.
It would be neat if someone is able to find any tape of Dr. Fauci playing. Maybe we can get Curry to analyze Dr. Fauci's basketball game on IG live next.
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