'Gimme Shelter': What happens when a basketball star opposes townhomes near his mansion

Last month, Golden State Warriors basketball star Steph Curry asked town leaders where he lives in Atherton to help him play zone defense.Curry was objecting to a plan to build up to 16 townhomes on a property near his mansion in the Silicon Valley enclave."We hesitate to add to the 'not in our backyard' [literally] rhetoric, but we wanted to send a note before today's meeting," Curry and his wife Ayesha wrote to Atherton officials on Jan. 18.

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