Stephen Curry has earned his vacation. He’s stuck with his Golden State Warriors through the dregs of the Don Nelson era, battling frustrating ankle injuries, and watched as the team tried to pair him with the like-minded but less efficient Monta Ellis. Few gave the Warriors a shot at the playoffs heading into 2012-13, but because of Curry’s work the team was at one point the hottest squad in the league, making it to the second round before Curry’s reoccurring ankle woes scuttled what could have been a classic series against the San Antonio Spurs. Immediately after the team’s ouster, Curry and his teammates gave a heartfelt tribute to the rabid Warrior fan base . The Bay Area has supported the Warriors through good times and bad, and because the team has mostly been bad, the city of San Francisco didn’t hesitate to give Curry a key to the city, even if the squad “only” made it to the second round. In a discussion with Sports on Earth’s Will Leitch, Curry talks up the recent ceremony : Four years ago, Curry was disappointed that the Knicks didn't draft him. Today, he has the key to the city. (San Francisco, not Oakland… not yet.) Stephen Curry has been special all his life, but he's never been more special, and more revered, than he is right now, in this city. "You wanna know how much this place loves their Warriors?" he says. "We made it to the conference semifinals and they gave me a freaking key to the city. The key to the city! For the semis! If we'd have won the title, they'd have put a statue of Coach Jackson on top of the bridge."
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