The greatest rival of any professional player isn't a fellow player: it's Father Time. Any player, star or role player, will inevitably decline over the course of their career. The best thing that players can do is fight him off as long as possible. Well, Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is doing a damn good job of staving off his age.

It's hard to believe, but Stephen Curry is entering his age-35 season in the 2023-24 season. Typically, NBA players start to fall out by their age-32 or 33 season. Curry, meanwhile, is playing the best ball of his career towards the end of his career. What is Curry's secret? Well, according to Draymond Green, it's an insatiable desire to remain the best, a passion unlike any other. (video from SirisuXM Radio)

Warriors' Draymond Green on Stephen Curry: “I think he’s one of the most special people you’ll be around. When you look at Steph, he’s nice, right?… Underneath all of that? It’s like a never-dying passion that’s just burning, raging—and he works, as hard as I’ve ever seen anybody work,.. He’s trying to defeat age. This dude continues to work harder and harder, like this dude’s trying to defeat age. We all know Father Time is undefeated, and guess what he’s doing right now? He’s beating those odds right now.”

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Last season, Curry averaged 29.4 points on around 49% shooting from the field and 42% from deep. He also had 6.3 assists and 6.0 rebounds per game. That was him at 34 years old. The Warriors star is showing no signs of slowing down, and that might be the case for a couple more years.

Curry's playstyle means that he'll likely stick around longer than the average star. It will be fascinating to see the lengths to which Curry will attempt to battle with Father Time before he calls it quits.