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Ayesha Curry Reveals Bold Advice She Gave Steph Curry Before Being Drafted by the Warriors
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Stephen Curry was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the No. 7 overall pick out of Davidson, right as his relationship with Ayesha was beginning to take shape.

At the time, though, Curry still had one year of eligibility left at Davidson, and according to Ayesha, it created quite the predicament over whether he should return to school or make the leap to the NBA.

“He had a big decision to make because he had a year, he had a senior year left,” Ayesha explained during a recent appearance on the 'Call Her Daddy' podcast. “So it was like, do I stay? Do I go? And like, think what a lot of people don't know is he really thought about it. It was like a torment for him.”

Despite it ultimately being Steph Curry’s decision, he leaned heavily on Ayesha’s opinion. Looking back, she admits the bold advice she gave him was to “stay in school.” Curry didn’t end up following that advice, but had he done so, everything that has come from his historic career with the Warriors could have looked very different.

“I was like, ‘Stay in school,’ ” Ayesha said. "I didn't grow up surrounded by people who went to college. That for me was like, 'Wow, what a blessing.' Like you get to go to college, you get to have an education, why would you leave? And then not coming from that sports background and understanding how rare the opportunity he had was, I was like, ‘Yeah. Stay at school.'"

The couple first met as teenagers in 2003 but didn’t reconnect until 2008, when they began dating after crossing paths in Los Angeles—Curry was in town for the ESPYs, and Ayesha was pursuing a career in acting and modeling.

Now, nearly two decades later, they have four children and were married in a summer ceremony in 2011. Ayesha has stood by Steph’s side through four NBA championships and countless accolades.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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