Mackenzie Forrest loved basketball, loved scoring points, loved Stephen Curry. Lakewood (Colo.) High School’s career points leader was “the smartest player I ever coached,” Chris Poisson, her basketball coach, told The Denver Post.
Curry, one of the NBA’s smartest players and best scorers, heard the message. And after Forrest’s death in a car crash at age 17, after a campaign by Lakewood’s senior class, Curry interrupted his pregame routine for a subtle but meaningful shoutout.
Lock in! #DubNation #33forever @LHS_Tigers
— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) March 17, 2016
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