Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry is attempting to revolutionize the way kids get into the NBA. With the launch of his “The Underrated Tour,” the two-time MVP winner is doing his bit to help NBA prospects that may have been overlooked by the scouts.
Curry explains the premise of his concept in his recent article for The Players' Tribune.
And so that’s the idea behind The Underrated Tour: to create a basketball camp, in partnership with Rakuten, for any unsigned high school players rated three stars and below. A camp for kids who love to hoop, and are looking for the chance to show scouts that their perceived weaknesses might actually be their secret strengths.
And most of all?
A camp for anyone who just isn’t willing to let the rest of the world write their story.
This is a project that is very personal for Curry, as he too was underrated at several points in his basketball career.
Article Continues BelowComing out of high school, he was deemed undersized and not athletic enough to be recruited by the top basketball universities in the country.
Fast forward a few years later, and despite how he shined during his time in Davidson College, six NBA teams still decided to pass on him during the 2009 Draft. It wasn't until the Warriors' seventh overall pick that Curry officially became an NBA player.
Those scouts are definitely ruing the decision they made years ago, as Curry has now become one of the best players in the game today and a guaranteed future Hall of Famer.
This type of negligence is exactly what Curry is trying to eradicate with “The Underrated Tour,” and we definitely wish him all the best in this superb initiative.