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Going on 10 years later, Don Nelson still can’t believe he was able to draft Steph Curry

Steph Curry is now a 10-year NBA veteran. Don Nelson, who drafted him, is incredulous in the “time flies” manner of a father talking about a son.

“That is unbelievably scary,” said Nelson, speaking Wednesday on KNBR’s Tolbert & Lund show. “Here he’s an old veteran. Good grief. And he still looks like a kid.”

Curry’s first NBA season coincided with Nellie’s 47th and last. The likelihood of those two disparate figures sharing that adventure together?

“Oh, I never thought we’d get him. It took Minnesota taking three point guards ahead of him,” Nelson said, laughing.