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Young Stephen Curry asks his dad Dell what it takes to be an NBA player in ‘90s Burger King ad

“What’s it take to be a great basketball player like you?” a young Steph Curry asks his father, then a guard with the Charlotte Hornets, in this vintage Burger King ad.

“Well, you’ve really got to want it,” Dell Curry tells him. “You’ve got to taste it. You got to be able to smell it. I mean, you’ve really got to be hungry for it.”

You will be shocked to learn that this prompted a suggestion of Burger King.

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