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The Warriors’ Stephen Curry on Kobe: ‘He was the guy we idolized’

Stephen Curry has built a career of performing the seemingly impossible on the basketball court.

Thursday night, the impossible was a tough get.

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During the Warriors’ loss to the Celtics in Boston, Curry was asked about Kobe Bryant, whose death in a helicopter crash last weekend still seems surreal.

“There’s not a lot you can say about how much Kobe meant on and off the floor, the way he embraces kids every chance he can,” Curry said, reflexively using the present tense. “The way he shared his career and love with each and every one of us.