Basketball is here. Monday marks media day for the vast majority of the league, signaling the beginning of another 82-game grind followed by two months of playoff mayhem. Buckle up, NBA fans – it’s that time of year again. But though it’s often hard to remember for league obsessives, there’s much, more to life than hoops. Reigning MVP and defending champion Steph Curry, thankfully, certainly hasn’t forgotten that reality.
The Golden State Warriors superstar recently spent some personal time with Taliq Davis, a 10-year-old super-fan who has an inoperable brain tumor. Last February, doctors diagnosed him with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, an extremely rare form of cancer in the brain that deteriorates the central nervous system.
The Warriors sent the Killeen, Texas, native a care package in March upon learning of his story, and Curry wished Davis a happy birthday on social media earlier this summer.
Happy 10th Birthday to my man Taliq. Keep fighting, keep believing. We are all praying & rooting for you! #TeamTaliq pic.twitter.com/4wBy3PF9kb
— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) July 23, 2015
Thanks so much @StephenCurry30 you made my day I almost cried https://t.co/kjPPET4bHq
— taliq davis (@taliqdavis11) July 23, 2015
For Davis, though, it’s safe to say that nothing could compare to meeting his favorite team and player in person.
More than anything else, sports fandom serves as a simple means of distraction from daily minutiae. But it can be so much more than that on rare occasions, and this is certainly one of them. Kudos to Curry and Golden State for not only making Davis’ fight just a bit more manageable, but ensuring hoops fans across the country would join #TeamTaliq.
