--- ---  # Here's a Young Stephen Curry and His Dad in a Burger King Ad by [Brendan Maloy / Sports Illustrated](https://time.com/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Brendan Maloy / Sports Illustrated Jan 5, 2016 8:03 PM UTC  Stephen Curry (R), of Golden State Warriors, stands beside his father, Dell Curry, prior to a game against the New Orleans Hornets in Oakland, Calif on Jan. 27, 2010. Stephen Curry (R), of Golden State Warriors, stands beside his father, Dell Curry, prior to a game against the New Orleans Hornets in Oakland, Calif on Jan. 27, 2010.Ben Margot—AP by [Brendan Maloy / Sports Illustrated](https://time.com/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Brendan Maloy / Sports Illustrated Jan 5, 2016 8:03 PM UTC Stephen Curry owes a lot of his success to the genes and guidance of his father, Dell, who spent many seasons in the NBA as a long-range shooter. It turns out the [Under Armour, Express, State Farm, Degree, Muscle Milk and JBL headphones pitchman](http://www.si.com/nba/2015/12/30/warriors-stephen-curry-under-armour-brand-marketing-superstar) also got his start in the world of advertising thanks to his dad, who starred in a Burger King commercial with the reigning MVP in the early 1990‘s. The commercials were highlighted during Monday night’s game between the Warriors and the Hornets, which also [featured Stephen scaring Dell, who serves as the Charlotte color commentator, on live television.](http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/01/05/golden-state-warriors-stephen-curry-dad-dell-scare-video) \[[For The Win](http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/01/watch-these-amazing-burger-king-commercials-with-dell-and-a-young-steph-curry)\] _This_ [_article_](http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/01/05/warriors-stephen-curry-dell-burger-king-video) _originally appeared on_ [_SI.com_](http://www.si.com) Watch Young Stephen Curry and His Father in Burger King Ad ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4168168/stephen-curry-burger-king-ad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4168168/stephen-curry-burger-king-ad/"},"headline":"Here's a Young Stephen Curry and His Dad in a Burger King Ad","datePublished":"2016-01-05T20:03:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:20.055Z","description":"A throwback to the 90's","url":"https://time.com/4168168/stephen-curry-burger-king-ad/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Burger King","celebrity","Stephen Curry"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4647e88b572b84c/6988779fe20a87e5bfa8ee84/stephen-curry-dell-curry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Brendan Maloy / Sports Illustrated"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4647e88b572b84c/6988779fe20a87e5bfa8ee84/stephen-curry-dell-curry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Stephen Curry (R), of Golden State Warriors, stands beside his father, Dell Curry, prior to a game against the New Orleans Hornets in Oakland, Calif on Jan. 27, 2010.","caption":"Stephen Curry (R), of Golden State Warriors, stands beside his father, Dell Curry, prior to a game against the New Orleans Hornets in Oakland, Calif on Jan. 27, 2010.","creditText":"Ben Margot—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4168168/stephen-curry-burger-king-ad/","name":"Here's a Young Stephen Curry and His Dad in a Burger King Ad"}}]}] ```