Ultimately, Curry apologized for his comments – which, he strained to note, were “obviously” made in jest. Nasa invited Curry on a tour of its Houston lunar lab, while retired astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a record 520 days in space, visited with Curry and stressed the importance of scientific literacy. Nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine mostly laughed off Curry’s remarks: “I can’t imagine he really believes that,” he told TMZ. Former Nasa spaceman José Hernández accused Curry of promoting “ idiotic conspiracy theories.”īut not all the reactions to Curry’s astronomical gaffe were so harsh (at worst, maybe it disqualifies him from starring in the long-rumored sequel to Space Jam …). Nick Gurol, the Philadelphia science teacher who had pushed back against Kyrie Irving after the Boston Celtics standout claimed – while appearing on another NBA players’ podcast in early 2017, incidentally – that the world is flat, was crying foul all over again. The blowback to Curry’s throwaway thought was swift and strong. Clearly, CNN’s forthcoming Apollo 11 documentary can’t get here fast enough for them. Had you zoned out around the 45-minute mark, you may have missed the playful digression about dinosaurs sounds (“A bone don’t tell you what a sound is,” one player quips) that prompted Curry to suggest that the 1969 moon landing (and the five others that followed) never happened.
The show, which features the Atlanta Hawks’ Vince Carter and Kent Bazemore as hosts, styles itself as more of a hang session than a proper interview the point is to give listeners a sense of conversations that players actually have when scoop-hungry reporters aren’t parsing their every word.įor 70 minutes the Warriors sharpshooter played along as Carter recalled his experience playing with Curry’s father, Dell.
Two weeks ago, the Golden State Warriors star gave the 24-hour news cycle an incredible gift during an appearance on The Ringer’s Winging It podcast. With Christmas Day just gone, it seems fitting that Steph Curry already has something he’d probably like to take back.
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