Warriors' Stephen Curry pretty popular, but doesn't stand out (w/video)

He has boyish good looks, a clean-cut image and one of the purest shooting strokes you'll see. It helps that he looks like a normal human, not a 7-foot giant.

"He was with a group of my staff members, and he blended in," said Jeff Addiego, the Warriors' senior director of youth basketball. "You couldn't spot him among the 15 or 20. He was wearing his camp polo, and he blended in.

"People feel he's not otherworldly in terms of his physical stature or things like that. When you're around him, even his personality, he feels like one of the people."

Curry also works pretty hard at wooing fans. He received the NBA's Kia Community Assist Award for January in recognition of his ongoing charitable efforts. A persistent user of Twitter, Curry has more than 1.1 million followers on that social platform. He recently initiated a Q&A on his Facebook page and got about 1,000 comments in the first half-hour.

"Favorite Bible verse?"

"Why do you wear number 30?"

"What the hell happened last night (in a loss to the Bobcats)?"

Finally, after 54 questions, Curry offered his first answer: "Philippians 4:13."

Addiego saw the Curry Effect up close last August, during a four-day sleepover camp in Pebble Beach. Curry showed up all four days and logged more hours than anyone had expected. On the third day of the camp, he spent about eight hours on-site, leading drills, coaching in 5-on-5 games, delivering lectures, demonstrating skills and endlessly signing autographs.

Though he is unfailingly polite, the soft-spoken Curry does not seem to relish his media interviews. Yet those around him insist he is a natural when it comes to interacting with the public.

"He's not that quiet," said his father, former NBA guard Dell Curry. "He's not a big talker, he's not a loud guy, obviously. He leads by example, I think. But he's starting to become more voiceful, which I think is why his game has gotten better. He understands the expectations that's put on him every night, and he accepts those challenges."