3.9 Seconds of Fame- Former Clipper Jameson Curry
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:32 pm
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27433858/gone-39-seconds-where-basketball-took-jameson-curry
He didn't take a shot. He didn't grab a rebound. He didn't touch the ball. According to Basketball Reference, there have been nine players who have appeared in only one career game and played a minute or less. None played less than Curry's 3.9 seconds.
"You know, if you think about it," Curry says now with a smile, "I'm probably the highest-paid player per second in NBA history."
That kind of optimistic perspective wasn't always there. There was once a feeling of shame and embarrassment about where he'd been and what he'd done. His dream had betrayed him, turning a chosen one to a cheap piece of trivia immortalized on YouTube.
He rose, he fell, he would be broke, he would be broken. But basketball would find a way to change JamesOn Curry's life, just not in the way he ever thought it would.
"Would playing in the NBA bring peace of mind? No. Would I be rich as hell? Yeah. Maybe I could outshoot 80 percent of the guards in the NBA right this second. But would I personally be happy, every single day? This is where I want to be."