Steph Curry Reportedly Searching His Own Name On Twitter During Halftime For Motivation Is The Least Surprising News Of All Time

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If there's one thing all the greats share regardless of their sport, it's their ability to find ways to motivate themselves as a way to vault them into their GOAT mode. How many stories have you heard about MJ basically making shit up in his own head just to lock in and go to that next level. Tom Brady? That skill basically helped define his career. It could be anything, slight from an opposing player, making up things that didn't exist, using the haters and doubters as fuel, the point is when you think of the best players ever from their respective sport, successfully finding ways to find motivation as a vehicle to dominate is something they all share.

In 2025, with the rise of social media and how online athletes are, something like that has never been easier. All you have to do is go on Twitter as an athlete, and you should be able to find all the motivation you need. 

So I find it to be the least surprising news of all time that Steph Curry, the greatest shooter to ever live and one of the greatest players in NBA history, does just that.

Now the idea of NBA players checking their own name at halftime is certainly not new. Just last week we heard DeMar DeRozan tell a similar story

and who could forget the story from Chauncey Billups last year about how one of his players legit posted one of his own highlights on IG despite the Blazers getting run out of the gym

That's not great. But as with everything in life, I do think context is important. When it comes to pulling a move like searching your own name at halftime, I absolutely think it matters who the player is that's doing it.

To me, there's a difference between some young player who is probably just looking for the dopamine hit and social media clout, and someone like Steph Curry who clearly uses it as motivation so he can then come out in the 2nd half and dominate. He's checking for fuel, not clout. I bet if MJ were around during a time when he had access to Twitter, he'd be doing the same shit. It's a bit hypocritical, I get it, but that's life. Different players have different standards, and frankly, Steph has earned the right to do whatever he wants if it helps him lock in after a bad half.

It obviously works too. Not to trigger any potential Rockets fans that might be reading this blog, but I have no doubt that Steph was scrolling his mentions during halftime of Game 6 against Houston in the 2nd round of the 2019 playoffs. The game was tied 57-57 at halftime, and Steph was a tough 0-5 (0-2) in his 12 first half minutes. How'd things go from there?

You're out of your mind if you don't think that second half performance was brought to you by Twitter slander. Warriors fans know this, and that's why they do it during games where Steph maybe gets off to a slow start. They know what type of demon it unlocks once he sees it at the break, and when Steph Curry goes into demon mode, there may not be a more terrifying basketball player on the planet

This is why I think it matters who the player is that's looking his name up on Twitter. I want someone like Steph to do whatever he feels he needs to do to snap out of a funk and come out and dominate, because I know what that means for my team's chances of winning. What you don't want is some young player posting his own highlights for clout while his team gets crushed. There's a difference, at least to my brain.