{"id":409830,"date":"2026-01-15T01:07:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/409830\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T01:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:07:25","slug":"dell-curry-to-have-his-no-30-jersey-retired-by-charlotte-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/409830\/","title":{"rendered":"Dell Curry to have his No. 30 jersey retired by Charlotte in March"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One-time Charlotte Hornet and now a part of the team’s broadcast crew, Dell Curry attends a game between the Golden State Warriors and the Charlotte Hornets in San Francisco last year.Jeff Chiu\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

Dell Curry had stopped wondering if the Charlotte Hornets were going to retire his number. He figured that if it was going to happen, it probably would have taken place years ago.<\/p>\n

He was very happy to be wrong about that.<\/p>\n

The Hornets announced Wednesday that Curry \u2013 the father of Stephen and Seth Curry \u2013 will get his No. 30 retired in a ceremony on March 19 when the team plays host to the Orlando Magic. He will be the second person whose jersey is retired by Charlotte, joining the late Bobby Phills.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never imagined it would happen,\u201d Curry said. \u201cIt means so much to me. I do it because it\u2019s what I love to do. The game gave me so much, the fans gave me so much and I want to stay involved just to give back what I can and make this organization what it should be and give the fans, the team and the broadcast and the show that it\u2019s fun, we\u2019re having a great time and come celebrate, come support. … Man, it would be an injustice to try to put into words what this means.\u201d<\/p>\n

He played 16 seasons in the NBA, 10 of them in Charlotte. The Hornets were his third team in as many seasons; he started in Utah, then was traded to Cleveland, then got taken by Charlotte in the expansion draft in 1988.<\/p>\n

He went on to play for Milwaukee and Toronto, but Charlotte was home and still is home.<\/p>\n

\u201cDell Curry has been a cornerstone of the Charlotte Hornets for more than 25 years \u2013 both on and off the court,\u201d Hornets co-chairmen Rick Schnall and Gabe Plotkin said in a statement announcing the ceremony. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe exemplifies what it means to be a Hornet through his professionalism, work ethic and commitment to excellence. Dell\u2019s impact on our organization, our fans and our community is undeniable, and he is truly deserving of this honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curry was the NBA\u2019s Sixth Man of the Year Award winner in 1993-94 for Charlotte and averaged 11.7 points on 40 per cent shooting from three-point range for his career. The Virginia native is in his 17th season as a broadcaster for the team.<\/p>\n

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Charlotte Hornets guard Dell Curry (30) tries to shoot over Chicago Bulls centre Dave Corzine (40) on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 1989 in Chicago.Fred Jewell\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

The Hornets told Curry of the decision to retire his jersey ahead of time, in a bit of a faux interview to surprise him. It worked.<\/p>\n

No. 30 had been worn by a few other players in Charlotte over the years \u2013 Joe Wolf, Troy Daniels, Nate Darling and, last season, Seth Curry, who wasn\u2019t even asked what number he wanted when he joined the team.<\/p>\n

Seth Curry is wearing No. 31 these days. No. 30 isn\u2019t available on his current team; Stephen Curry has worn it for Golden State his entire career, and he and his brother are now Warriors teammates.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still love the game. I love the fans. I love their interaction, not only in the arena, but when I go out to the community, I\u2019m one of them. And they treat me as such, my whole family as such,\u201d Dell Curry said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey still look at my boys as Charlotte kids. They watched them grow up, play basketball at Davidson and Duke. My daughter played volleyball at Elon. My daughter just moved back to Charlotte. It\u2019s home. And I never want to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: One-time Charlotte Hornet and now a part of the team’s broadcast crew, Dell…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,459,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,82,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-409830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-nba","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}