An a summer’s day in Charlotte, a city in the state of North Carolina, basketball coach Brandon Payne picks up his cell phone. It’s Stephen Curry, who has played for California’s Golden State Warriors in the NBA for two seasons but is residing in Charlotte this summer, where he grew up and is recovering from an ankle injury. They only met a few hours earlier when Curry walked into the hall with a teammate from college where Payne works as a private coach for professionals. There, he later said in several interviews, he gave Curry his cell phone number. And he called that day. He wants an appointment for a training session. When? The next morning, 7:00 a.m.
A man with idiosyncratic methods: Brandon Payne
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Now, ten years later, Stephen Curry, 33 years old, has set a super record in the NBA, the super league of basketball. So far he has sunk 2,982 three-point litters. And because that record could forever be associated with his name, the name that made it possible should also be remembered: Brandon Payne. The coach, who still practices with Curry today, said in an interview with NBA.com this summer: “I have to tell the best shooter who has ever lived that what he does is not good enough . “
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