DAVIDSON, N.C. — Tuesday evening, in a cramped locker room at Charlotte Christian School, a school staffer handed Stephen Curry a replica of his No. 20 Knights jersey to autograph.
“Man, that’s the big-boy jersey,” Curry said, pointing at the “3XL” stitched onto its bottom right corner.
It was an imperfect replica: In the late fall of 2003, as a Charlotte Christian sophomore, Curry had wanted to wear No. 30, the same number as his father, longtime NBA player Dell Curry. Because the only No. 30 available was an XL, the 5-foot-7, 130-pound Stephen settled for a No.