“That devil Curry who hurts us.” While France had come back to three small points (82-79) in the “money-time” of the last Olympic final, David Malarme lets out this sentence while the playmaker starts his crazy 3-point streak which will allow the United States to win the gold medal.
No doubt the France Télévisions commentator did not imagine that the formula, through the magic of social networks, would cross the Atlantic to offer a new nickname to the double MVP: “Devil Curry”.
“They really called me that” has fun like this Stephen Curry during his recent appearance on Stephen Colbert's set. “I watched a lot of highlights and the French commentators were hilarious. 'The 'Devil Curry' has done it again'. But hey, I'm not going to adopt that nickname.”
A different emotion
However, if the translation made the “Splash Brother” laugh, the game leader is probably not aware that it profoundly changes the meaning of David Malarme's expression, which is not really pejorative in French.
As for where Stephen Curry places this Olympic title in relation to those in the NBA, he is not sure.
“It's different, because the NBA title is a nine-month journey, with 82 games plus the playoffs. The build-up is so long that it's a complicated choice. But the emotion is different.”
