Splash Brothers: Steph Curry and Klay Thompson Quiz

Answer: Both

Klay Thompson's father is Mychal Thompson who played with the Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Lakers. Stephen Curry's dad is Dell Curry, a three point shot legend who played the majority of his career with the Charlotte Hornets.

Answer: Both

Klay Thompson from Washington State University was selected with the 11th pick in the 2011 season. Stephen Curry went seventh in the 2009 draft after playing college ball at Davidson.

Answer: Klay Thompson

On January 24th, 2015, Klay set an NBA record by scoring 37 points in the third quarter of the Warriors game versus the Sacramento Kings. His quarter was perfect! 13 for 13 from the field, hit all nine three-point shots, and made both of free throw attempts in the quarter.

Answer: Stephen Curry

In the 2014-15 season, Stephen averaged 27 points a game and led Golden State to the NBA Championship. His 2015-16 season was even better and Curry won his second MVP award. The second MVP was the first time a player won the award unanimously.

Answer: Stephen Curry

Stephen Curry is 6'2" and his backcourt teammate, Klay is four inches taller at 6'6" (1.98m).

Answer: Both

How fitting that both of these Golden State Warriors have dominated their NBA peers at the All-Star Game. Steph won the title twice, first in 2015 and again in 2021. Klay became the second "Splash Brother" to win it in 2016.

Answer: Stephen Curry

Not once, but four times in Stephen Curry's career, he had the best free throw percentage at the end of the 2011, 2015, 2016, and 2018 regular seasons. In each season Curry's percentage made exceeded 90%.

Answer: Stephen Curry

Klay Thompson signed a ten year shoe contract with the Chinese company, Anta. But his shoe deal didn't compare to the huge contract Curry signed with Under Armour in 2013. Curry became the "face of the footwear line" just as Michael Jordan had previously done with Nike.

Answer: Klay Thompson

Klay Thompson was a member of the USA National Team at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The US team won its fifteenth gold medal by beating Serbia in the gold medal game. The USA team was led by forward Kevin Durant who played for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA. After the Olympics, Kevin signed with the Warriors to play with Steph and Klay.

Answer: Stephen Curry

Originally nicknamed in college at Davidson as "The Baby Faced Assassin", Curry was given the nickname of "Chef" for his ability to "cook" on the court when he joined the NBA.

Answer: Both

Stephen Curry was named a First Team All-American after leading Davidson deep into the NCAA tournament his junior year. After leading the NCAA in scoring average, he forgone his senior year and turned pro. Similarly Klay Thompson became an All Pac-10 player after his junior year and went pro a year early.

After his success in the NBA, Washington State University retired Klay's uniform number, 1.

Answer: Klay Thompson

In 2016, Kevin Love's Cleveland Cavaliers battled Klay's team, the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. But Kevin and Klay go way to their preteen years when they played Little League baseball together in southern California. The picture of the two boys was shown prominently during the NBA finals that season.

Answer: Klay Thompson

While most basketball analysts give Steph the slight edge over Klay in shooting prowess, there has never been a debate about who's the better defensive player between the two. Klay Thompson typically guards the opponent's top backcourt or wing player and earned NBA recognition in 2019 as a Second Team All-Defensive guard at the end of the season.

Answer: Klay Thompson

In the 2019 NBA finals, Klay tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the third quarter of game six against the Toronto Raptors. The recovery took over a year to heal and Klay missed the entire 2019-2020 season as a result. During that same season, Curry broke a finger on his left hand and missed three months of the season but he did play for most of the season.

Answer: Stephen Curry

Steph Curry wears number 30 for the Golden State Warriors and Klay Thompson wears number 11. While at Davidson college, Curry also wore jersey number 30 but Klay wore a jersey with the number one on it during his college days at Washington State.