The Currys’ Eat.Learn.Play. Foundation and its supporters will provide an additional $50 million to the Oakland Unified School District. Lockwood will benefit from a new outdoor space that will have separate play structures for kindergarteners and older students, two new basketball courts and mini soccer pitches, and a natural exploration area with logs and stumps for climbing and leaping.

“I like it because I can play with my friends here every day,” Ermias explained, directing his constant inquiries to various teachers and principal Nehseem Ratchford.

The entire Ermias family may profit. He lives across the street from school, is one of four children, and has a younger brother at Lockwood, which had 658 pupils as of late last week—roughly 65% Hispanic, more over 25% Black, and a growing Arabic group. These are the children the Currys hope to raise to achieve great things.

This may surprise you, given that Golden State Warriors 2-guard Klay Thompson is a future first-ballot Hall of Famer and one of the most accurate shooters in basketball history. The problem, at least for this exercise, is that his game was never popular with analysts before to the injury. Thompson was only ranked in the Top 50 by analytics in 2015-16, his best season to date, when he was voted 3rd Team All-NBA and a member of the Warriors’ 73-9 squad.

Regardless, Thompson’s back-to-back severe ACL and Achilles injuries didn’t help matters, as Real Value valued him at $8.7 million this season, while he really got $30.1 million for a $21.3 million premium. Perhaps this is why Golden State did not sign Thompson to an extension this offseason, instead allowing him to become an unrestricted free agent next year. This will be an intriguing free agency to follow.

Curry has been a willing mentor, teaching Sabrina through everything from her own ankle issues to being the face of a franchise and dealing with several stars. This offseason, the Liberty built a superteam by bringing in Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones, and Courtney Vandersloot to boost an up-and-coming group that finished sixth in the 2022 playoffs.

“I talk to [Steph] on a regular basis,” Ionescu informs Dime. “It’s always a full circle moment when you can grow up watching them on TV and on the court and then pick up the phone and call them if you need to.” I understand how that feels, and I want to be that for future athletes as well, using my expertise to help many others. “I’ll never take those moments for granted.”