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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha Curry. <\/p>\n
Veteran sharpshooter Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors<\/a> are synonymous with one another, and will be for the rest of basketball lore. However, Ayesha Curry, who met her future husband as a 14-year-old, never imagined that he would make it to the NBA, let alone turn into a global sporting icon.<\/p>\n In a candid interview with Alex Cooper on the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast<\/a>, Ayesha revealed that she\u2019s still surprised that her high school sweetheart carved out a career in pro basketball, and continues to dominate the sport at the highest level.<\/p>\n \u201cI also always thought, like, I didn\u2019t know that he was gonna end up playing basketball,\u201d she said. \u201cLike he said, he wanted to be a high school basketball coach. Like I thought I was gonna be like the girl out there getting it. So I didn\u2019t know. \u201d<\/p>\n Challenges of being a WAG<\/p>\n Ayesha opened up a little more on the scrutiny and the attention she received once Steph Curry became a household name.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was so depressing,\u201d she admitted. \u201cAnd also, it was during that time when this like social media thing was just ramping up, and so people were going wild, just spewing opinions on things that didn\u2019t warrant opinions. And so I think for a while, yeah, I was very critical of myself because of the things that I was seeing.<\/p>\n Ayesha and Steph met as a group of Church-going teenagers when they were 14 and 15, respectively, in 2003, but didn\u2019t start dating until 2008. They would eventually tie the knot in 2011, nearly two years after Curry established himself in the NBA.<\/p>\n Why Steph Declared for NBA Draft<\/p>\n As is well documented, Steph Curry spent three seasons in college, but was undecided about returning to Davidson for a fourth year in 2009. Ayesha recalled the chats she had with her then-boyfriend that led to his entry into the 2009 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah. Yeah. So he had, like, a big decision to make because he had a year left,\u201d she recalled about her conversation with Steph in 2009.<\/p>\n \u201cHe had senior year left. So like, \u2018Do I stay? Do I go?\u2019 And like, I think what a lot of people don\u2019t know is he really, he really thought about it, like, it was like a torment for him. He called me crying behind a tree, like, \u2018I don\u2019t know what to do.\u2019 And I\u2019ll stand like 10 toes down on this. It\u2019s not a secret. I was like, \u2018Stay at school.\u2019<\/p>\n Even as Stepeh went with his gut, Ayesha eventually accepted his decision.<\/p>\n \u201cThat for me was like, \u2018Wow, what a blessing. Like, you get to go to college, you get to have an education, like why would you leave?\u2019 So, and then not coming from that sports background and understanding how, like, rare the opportunity he had was, I was like, \u2018Yeah, stay at school.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cBut I\u2019m glad he decided to leave, and then he ended up finishing anyway and has gone on to do tremendous, incredible, cool shit that we never thought would happen. So it\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tSai Mohan<\/a> covers the NBA for Heavy.com. Based in Portugal, Sai is a seasoned sports writer with nearly two decades of publishing experience, including bylines at Yardbarker, FanSided’s Hoops Habit, International Business Times, Hindustan Times and more. More about Sai Mohan<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Warriors\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha Curry. 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