Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors show how playing with joy can bring success

Steph Curry might be small in stature for a basketball player, but the staggering success he and the Golden State Warriors have achieved under coach Steve Kerr can serve as an inspiration to all teams, reports Kieran Shannon.

Back in July when Barcelona were in San Francisco for a pre-season tournament also featuring Manchester United, the two biggest trophies in all of world club sport came side by side.

Andrés Iniesta, Gerard Piqué and Sergio Busquets had brought with them to a local college campus the Champions League trophy, only to momentarily swap it for the silverware bequeathed to the winners of the NBA, the league in which everyone who plays the world’s second biggest sport dreams of playing in.