In less than what it takes to read this sentence you could watch on YouTube the entire career of JamesOn Curry in the NBA. This base showed that there are several ways to make history: as a teenage phenomenon he scored more than 3,000 points in the institute, beating people like Michael Jordan, David Thompson or James Worthy to break the North Carolina record score (current until 2016) ; As an adult, he starred in the shortest career in NBA history. 3.9 seconds

That was what was left of the third quarter when Mike Dunleavy, then coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, sent him on the track. It was a tight game against the Boston Celtics, which that year, 2010, would end up losing the Finals against the Lakers of Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol. Curry, elected 51st in the 2007 draft, had waited almost three years by now. He had just signed a 10-day contract with the Clippers and this was his first opportunity.

James On Curry entered with number 44 and paired with Rajon Rondo. The Celtics took the band and gave it to Ray Allen, the specialist in the final moments. Allen tried to enter the basket but lost control of the ball along the way. Curry tried to catch up, but before arriving the horn had already sounded. He didn't even touch the ball. In the break between rooms, Curry returned to the bench. The next morning, the Clippers fired him. He never re-signed a contract in the NBA. 3.9 seconds

Neither the way back nor the way back were straight. The ESPN has rescued its history, which hides all the folds that can be imagined of such a paradoxical case. Curry was one of the most promising players of his generation, but the day after putting 47 points in a game the police showed up at his institute to stop him in a drug raid. He had been caught twice selling marijuana to an incognito agent.

To get an idea of ​​the dimension that Curry had, the news of his arrest was then published in the 'New York Times' and the 'Washington Post'. He had to find another institute and another university, because the prestigious North Carolina - which would end up being a university champion in what would have been his first year - closed the doors.

Curry managed to redo his way at the University of Oklahoma State and after three years he submitted to the NBA draft. The Chicago Bulls chose him in 51st place, three behind Marc Gasol, and sent him directly to the Development League. He never got to convince Scott Skiles and in less than a year he was already out.

He tried his luck at Pau Orthez - it lasted two games. They had sold him that he would play in a great Euroleague club and he found a historic come down - in Cyprus and he returned to the Development League, where after digging and digging he ended up getting the call from the Clippers. 10-day contracts are common in the NBA. They serve to cover a punctual low or try players of the Development League, as was the case. It is common for a player to chain him with another or at least sign with other teams, but Curry did not come back. 3.9 seconds

In the following years Curry became an All-Star Development League, but nothing. He tried his luck in Italy, but neither. And in 2014, without knowing it, his career ended at age 28 with no one else to blame: an arrest for possession of drugs, another for possession of dangerous substances, a very serious car accident ... JamesOn Curry, which today He makes a living training kids, he refers to that time as his "dark days", the spiral he was getting into when he realized that his career was over in 3.9 seconds. The shortest race in the history of the NBA.

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