Stephen Curry at 30: a grown man with something to say

Can it really be almost a decade since a baby-faced kid in a gray suit and lavender tie heard his name called by David Stern on NBA draft day, and jammed a black Golden State Warriors hat onto his head?

Stephen Curry himself is surprised at the passage of time.

“Those three years at Davidson felt like the 10 that I’ve played here,” he said in a recent interview. “Even with all the things I’ve experienced, from the low win totals of the Nellie (coach Don Nelson) years to all the banners now.”

As the Bay Area has watched, Curry has grown from a kid whose place in the NBA was unsure, to a man in full.