SAN FRANCISCO — The Sacramento Kings aren’t alone in their Steph Curry misery.
Back in 2009, when the Golden State legend was a sinewy, sharpshooting prospect from Davidson who never could have imagined draining 4,000 3-pointers in his NBA life, the Kings were one of five teams that passed on the babyfaced assassin in the draft before he went No. 7 to the Warriors. The Minnesota Timberwolves, infamously, declined his services twice with the fifth and sixth picks while opting instead for Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn.
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When the then-21-year-old came to Sacramento just four days before that year’s draft, having extended his workout schedule so that he could show off
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