Stephen Curry to Honor North Carolina Shooting Victim on All-Star Saturday Night

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry will hit the hardwood inside Brooklyn's Barclays Center for All-Star Saturday Night with a tribute to a victim of the recent shooting that claimed the lives of three people in his home state of North Carolina.

Bay Area News Group's Diamond Leung shared the details of this story:

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Warriors guard Stephen Curry said Saturday that during All-Star festivities in the evening, he will honor the memory of Deah Shaddy Barakat, who was killed in a triple homicide in Chapel Hill, N.C. that sparked widespread outrage.

Curry said he will write on his shoes and hoped the tribute to one of his biggest fans would be picked up by national television cameras at Barclays Center in Brooklyn as he participates in the Three-Point Contest.

"Even though we never met, I think it will hopefully mean a lot to his family and friends that knew what kind of a basketball fan he was to have some kind of peace knowing that people are thinking about him and they're not alone," said Curry, the leading vote-getter in the All-Star balloting.

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The 23-year-old Barakat, his 21-year-old wife Yusor Mohammad and her 19-year-old sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were shot to death Tuesday near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. Craig Stephen Hicks, their 46-year-old neighbor, has been arrested and charged with murder.

Barakat's sister, Suzanne Barakat, told reporters her brother was known for his "love for basketball and anything Steph Curry," per Leung. Prior to his December wedding, Barakat even recreated a Curry GQ photo shoot by posing with a basketball and a bow tie as the All-Star starter had.

"Anytime you have a guy that was that supportive and takes it to a whole another [sic] level, I'm going to do something tonight," Curry said, per Leung.

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It's a moving gesture by Curry—and hopefully one that will provide some type of relief for Barakat's mourning family and friends. All-Star Weekend is a global platform, and whatever message Curry sends could reach millions.

That means something, as does the fact that the All-Star Game's leading vote-getter would make this weekend about something other than himself. But for this superstar, the gesture fits everything fans know about him.

"As far as a superstar, he's one of the most humble superstars there is, by far," Warriors veteran Shaun Livingston told USA Today's Sam Amick recently. "His faith, his beliefs and his value system are unprecedented....His humility kind of resonates throughout the locker room."

"Above all else, Curry has mesmerizing talent," Amick wrote. "On his best nights, he's a combination of Steve Nash, Pete Maravich and Reggie Miller. The pull-up threes, behind-the-back passes and yo-yo style dribbling have made the Warriors must-see TV and Oracle Arena a hallowed hall of hoops."

"His persona, his character, fans take notice of that," Warriors forward Draymond Green told Amick. "Everything you see is not a facade—it's really him."

Curry is a superstar of the highest order, yet he's more than willing to share the spotlight with his teammates, his coaches and even his fans. And taking a step like honoring the victim of this tragedy when no one is asking him to shows that Curry is exactly the type of person everyone thinks he is.