Steph happily exchanges badges with other Team USA athletes in Paris originally appeared in NBC Sports Bay Area
Steph Curry is just one of 592 athletes competing for Team USA during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
And about 11,000 athletes are competing in the games this summer, according to the Paris Olympics website.
What does all this mean? Curry, like the other Olympians, doesn’t have time to meet the thousands of other athletes competing in the games one by one. What the Warriors’ longtime star can and has done, though, is trade in Olympic pins whenever possible.
Curry, as seen in the video shared on X (formerly known as Twitter) by the US team, is naturally a networker.
The 10-time NBA All-Star was collecting pins like there was no tomorrow – literally.
In a subsequent X post from USA Basketball, Curry posed for the camera and showed off his handful of newly acquired pins.
“Big pin guy,” as the USA Basketball caption said, suits the shooter well.
This summer marks Curry’s first Olympic Games, and he enjoyed every second from that.
In addition to collecting badges, Curry has been mingling with other athletes from around the world and bonding with his Team USA basketball teammates. Keep in mind that Curry’s current teammates are his rivals at home.
The Olympics officially begin on Friday, and Curry and his American teammates will play their first Group C game Sunday against Serbia.
Curry averaged 12.4 points and 2.4 rebounds in 21.8 minutes in Team USA’s five exhibition games.
Hopefully Curry can focus on enjoying Paris without needing to replicate his Golden State numbers en route to what It could be a gold medal race for the stars and stripes.
