Steph Curry Reveals He Had 'Crazy Blurred Vision' Due to Eye Condition During Warriors' Dynasty

Golden State Warriors star point guard Stephen Curry was too busy winning MVP awards and NBA championships to notice that his eyesight was deteriorating.

While speaking to Natasha Dye of People , Curry revealed that he was dealing with poor vision at the height of the Warriors' dynasty.

"It was 2018, and I didn't know I was really dealing with crazy blurred vision or distorted images — it was just the way that I saw things, and we compensated around it," Curry said.

By then, Curry was already a two-time NBA MVP on his way to his third championship out of four career titles. However, former Warriors general manager Bob Myers noticed something was off with the sharpshooter while watching a road game broadcast, so he reached out.

"He texted me after the game because apparently the telecast kept showing me when I was on the bench, and he was like, 'You're just squinting, looking like you couldn't see anything. Have you gotten your eyes checked? You should probably go do that because that wasn't normal,'" Curry recalled.

Curry met with an optometrist shortly after speaking to Myers, and while he initially "thought it was going to be nothing," he learned that he was dealing with something serious.

"They told me that I had a rare condition called Keratoconus, the irregular-shaped cornea that obviously leads to blurriness, distorted images," he said. "What I found out about it was it's a progressive condition that can deteriorate your vision over time and it's irreversible if it goes in the wrong direction."

The 38-year-old said he now gets his eyes checked every six months and has become a "trained professional" at putting in his contacts. He added that he's worked with Glaukos to get on a treatment plan that's "curbed all the anxiety around where this could head." Still, he admitted that it took some time to get used to wearing contacts during games.

"That first year or two, and that was me being stubborn at that time because it was a part of my job to be able to see the rim, see the court, even if it was blurry. I was like, 'I'm used to this,'" he said. "But to that point about wearing the contacts, finding the right fit and the right prescription, ones that stayed stable while I was playing."

While he achieved massive success while playing with poor vision earlier in his career, Curry acknowledged that he "can only imagine" what his eyesight would be today if he hadn't listened to Myers' advice.

"It's more that transformation has helped a lot, just give me peace of mind, clarity and help performance in a way that it's not going to tell me I can shoot better, but it just gives me a little bit more energy knowing I can see," he said.

Curry added that he considered overcoming poor eyesight the defining story of his legendary career.

"I joke that when I'm all done, my memoir should be called The Whole Time I Couldn't See ," he said with a laugh.