Stephen Curry to Honor North Carolina Shooting Victim on All-Star Saturday Night

February 14th, 2015 by Zach Buckley Leave a reply »

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry will hit the hardwood inside Brooklyn's Barclays Center for All-Star Saturday Night with a tribute to a victim of the recent shooting that claimed the lives of three people in his home state of North Carolina.



Bay Area News Group's Diamond Leung shared the details of this story:

Warriors guard Stephen Curry said Saturday that during All-Star festivities in the evening, he will honor the memory of Deah Shaddy Barakat, who was killed in a triple homicide in Chapel Hill, N.C. that sparked widespread outrage.

Curry said he will write on his shoes and hoped the tribute to one of his biggest fans would be picked up by national television cameras at Barclays Center in Brooklyn as he participates in the Three-Point Contest.

"Even though we never met, I think it will hopefully mean a lot to his family and friends that knew what kind of a basketball fan he was to have some kind of peace knowing that people are thinking about him and they're not alone," said Curry, the leading vote-getter in the All-Star balloting.

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