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There are plenty of perks that come with being the son of a professional athlete, including the ability to absorb the knowledge and experience of someone who knows what it takes to play a sport for a living. It’s only natural that some of those kids end up in the same line of work, including more than a few who ended up with a more impressive legacy.
Most parents are more than happy to raise kids who manage to have more success in life than they did, and that has been the case with a number of professional athletes who were able to foster the talents of children who ended up transcending their career after following in their footsteps.
There is some crossover here with the list of the most accomplished father-son duos of all-time, but I wanted to focus on the offspring who managed to outdo their dads when everything was said and done.
The Dad: Joe Bryant, who played in 606 games between the 76ers, Clippers, and Rockets during a respectable NBA career that lasted for eight seasons. He was a bench player who started less than 20% of those contests and averaged 8.7 points.
Kobe Bryant, on the other hand, was an All-Star in 18 of the 20 seasons he spent with the Lakers and won six championships while racking up a slew of awards and accolades, including 11 All-NBA First Team selections, an MVP award in 2008, and two for his performance in the Finals.
The Dad: Dell Curry, who averaged 11.7 points in the 1,083 games he appeared in while primarily playing for the Hornets during a career that spanned 16 seasons.
He was a solid player, but he has nothing on Steph Curry, the two-time MVP who has cemented himself as one of the deadliest long-range shooters in NBA history while playing an instrumental role in the four championships the Warriors won after he joined the team in 2009.
The Dad: Mychal Thompson, who is probably the most accomplished NBA Dad to appear on this list. He spent 12 seasons in the league while averaging 13.7 points in the 935 games he played for the Lakers, Trail Blazers, and Spurs, and he also won a couple of titles during his time with Los Angeles.
Klay Thompson had some pretty big shoes to fill, but he managed to do exactly that after joining the Warriors in 2011. All five of his All-Star selections came while he was playing for Golden State, as was the case with the four titles he won with Curry while comprising the duo known as the “Splash Brothers.”
The Dad: Rick Brunson, a journeyman who mostly rode the bench while averaging just 3.2 points with the eight teams he played for over the course of nine seasons in the NBA.
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