sr plant himself in the bleachers saying the coach had everything under control hardaway sr said he realized then that he needed to take a step back he relayed that message to his soni told him i was sorry hardaway sr said i told him im going to let you figure it out for yourself and if you need me ill be there for you but ive got to leave you alone because im tearing up the family i also wanted to be dad i wanted to be able to just kick it with him and i was losing thatdell curry who spent most of his 16year career with the charlotte hornets said he wanted his sons to discover the game for themselves only after they expressed an interest did curry become actively involved and even then he said he did his best not to be obnoxious about itimagecreditkyle teradausa today sports via reutersthe last thing you want is to go home and hear your kids saying oh here comes dad again curry said as a parent you cant push your child to do something that you want more than they do its not going to lastby the end of his career curry was earning more than 2 million a season and his family enjoyed a comfortable life in north carolina curry and his wife sonya an educator could have provided their children with everything they wanted instead he said they chose to give them only what they needed there was a difference the difference between earning and taking and when it came to basketball curry said he wanted his sons to earn everythingthere were unavoidable advantages of course one was the curry boys entree to the nba from an early age the practices the games the impromptu tutorials from their fathers teammates stephen and seth a guard with the santa cruz warriors of the development league got to experience it allthey went everywhere that i went dell curry saidanother was the familys fulllength basketball court in the backyard complete with lights it was in continual use shots in the morning shots after summerleague games shots well after midnight the court aglow as if it were midday the family had tolerant neighborswe loved it dell curry said we knew where they were we knew they were safe and we knew they were doing something they lovedneither son was bestowed with extraordinary genetic gifts stephen in particular was small as a high school senior his 6foot 145pound frame warding off toptier college recruiters even as he coped with the unique pressures that came with being the son of an nba player opposing crowds heckled him to the point of ridicule according to his father not that it seemed to bother stephen all that muchimagecreditjack smithassociated presshe wasnt afraid to go out and fail dell curry said he wasnt afraid of big crowds he wasnt afraid of hecklers he relished all those thingskenny smith a former nba point guard said his son