Workout in Sacramento

The Bee:

Curry’s father, former NBA sharpshooter Dell Curry, said his son was disappointed by his performance and the format. In other words, he thought the group featured too many point guards -- in fact, all were point guards or combo guards -- and too few big men to chase down assists.

“I thought the Kings would have had a couple big men out there so Stephen could show his point guard skills,” the elder Curry said from his home in Charlotte, N.C. “But they played him on the wings. We were a little surprised at that. What he wanted to do is show that he’s a pass-first guy and an extremely good ballhandler who can lead a team. He can slide over and play some two (shooting guard), but we hope that whichever team takes him realizes that he is a point guard. We have always stressed that with him.”

Stephen: “I definitely see myself as a point guard first.” Interview. Workout.

Sonya

The Sacramento Bee: She’s the debt collector. Blog.

Workout this weekend

In Sacramento: ... a Sunday session including Davidson guard Stephen Curry in his first Kings workout.

Jason in Miami

Sun Sentinel:

Following the draft workout for McClinton, Price, UCLA forward Alfred Aboya and LSU forward Chris Johnson, Heat veterans Mario Chalmers, James Jones, Udonis Haslem, Daequan Cook and Joel Anthony took the court for drills. Jason Richards, the undrafted point guard out of Davidson who injured his left knee during last year’s summer camp, also worked with the veterans.

Jonny Flynn

On Stephen: “[He] can just shoot so well. But you know, he’s just not ... a shooter. He can create for others; he can create for [himself] as good as anybody in the country. Just trying to defend a guy like that -- where you can’t close out on him too hard because he can go past you, but if you don’t close out he’s going to hit the shot in [your] face. It’s almost unguardable.”

After the Wizards workout

Stephen: “I’m a point guard first, but I can spread the floor without the ball. I’ve developed my game a lot. My game has evolved.”

Washington

Michael Lee:

When the Wizards met Curry in Chicago, he wowed them in the interview from what I hear. Curry is probably the most NBA ready of the three point guards at Verizon Center that are expected to go in the lottery. He seems grounded and has a great basketball IQ (At one point, Wizards Coach Flip Saunders shouted up toward Grunfeld and tapped his right temple, which I assumed was a signal that Curry was pretty smart. After all, the guy is still studying for his college degree at Davidson).

Dan Steinberg:

Curry has just one tattoo: the letters TCC and “-30-” on his wrist. TCC is a Davidson motto that stands for “Trust Commitment Care,” while 30 is Curry’s number. Of course, -30- also means the end of a newspaper story, which I guess Curry wasn’t referring to. He also said he would never become a tatted-up NBA star.

“I’d go home, my mom would slap me around,” he said. “Can’t do that.”

New York

Alan Hahn:

The Knicks, who pick eighth, are already preparing for alternative scenarios as interest in Curry has grown since he worked out in New York. And while Curry continues to say his preference would be to land with the Knicks, it doesn’t make financial sense for him to dissuade teams ahead of the Knicks to pass on him. For instance, the NBA rookie scale for the eighth overall pick is $2.06 million in the first year. The scale at fourth overall, where the Kings select, is almost $1 million more.

Northern California

Warriors:

According to one source, the Warriors have tried to get Curry to visit and told him they’d guarantee picking him 7th if he impressed them on a visit. But no visit, so far.

Kings:

Following a workout with the Washington Wizards (picking fifth) Tuesday, Curry told Washington reporters he’ll head to Sacramento this weeked to audition for the Kings (picking fourth). Steph’s dad, Dell, indicated previously that Steph would likely cut off workouts after the Washington session, in hopes he’d last to the Knicks at No. 8.

The reality is Curry’s just too valuable in this draft to last that long. He could go as high as No. 3 (Oklahoma City).

Tomorrow in Washington

Michael Lee: Of course, most people locally remember how he single handily shot down Georgetown in the NCAA Tournament in 2008.

My teammate

Stephen: “I met up with my teammate Steve Rossiter, who is from Staten Island. He came by and we watched the game. Then I got some rest because the next day was a big day.”

Playing the game

Tommy Dee: Having taking a class or two on marketing and advertising, here’s what my marketing brain tells me: Stephen Curry, had he not been an outstanding basketball prospect, would have made a Fortune 500 executive. The kid has done a great job selling himself as a means to land in a Knicks uniform.

Please pick me

Alan Hahn:

It is hardly a secret he wants to be on the board for the Knicks. Though a player cannot force teams to not select him, the decision to shut down with a little less than two weeks before the draft sends a clear message that Curry would prefer that other teams pass on him.

Smart move

Bonnell:

After wowing Knicks management Wednesday, Stephen Curry isn’t planning any more pre-draft workouts beyond one previously scheduled with the Washington Wizards, his father, Dell, said at a Bobcats workout Friday.

Does he like the hype?

Stephen: “I do. Coming into Davidson, where nobody knew about us my freshman year, to my junior year where we established ourselves on the national stage. I’ve seen the process and how we got there, and I really like being on the stage ... ”

Reading between the lines

Frank Isola:

There is no question that Curry leads all draft prospects in confidence and hype, much of it generated by himself. When asked Wednesday what type of NBA player he expects to be, Curry answered, “A great one.”

Despite what Curry says about himself, he won’t be the top pick in the June 25 NBA draft.

Has he nudged too far against some sort of line? Is it time to be perhaps a little more circumspect? Or is he playing this just right?

It’s a tough line to toe.

Also this

After the workout in New York: “He said, 'Because Allan Houston said he doesn’t want to be the second-best shooter in Knicks’ history.” Newsday.

In New York

Stephen: “There’s not that much of a difference between three and eight moneywise. That’s only for the first three years. You’ve got to go to a spot where you can really flourish as a player and a situation that Coach is going to get the best out of you and you won’t disappear in that system.”

After the workout

NBC’s Bruce Beck: What kind of NBA player do you think you can be?

Stephen: “A great one.”

Some (LeBron) speculating

Adam Zagoria:

If the Knicks pick Stephen Curry in the upcoming NBA, his sweet shooting touch could certainly help the team.

But it’s Curry’s new buddy who could radically transform the Knicks’ fortunes.

You may have heard of him. He has a puppet named after him and he goes by the name of LeBron.

“I got him on the text message contact list, so I’ll be dropping lines if I’m here trying to get him to come here next year,” Curry said of James after his workout Wednesday at the Knicks’ practice facility.