Stephen Curry has answered all the questions about whether he was too slight in stature to shine early in the NBA.

Ya’ll know Stephen Curry is my guy.

Just do a search of his name on my blog to find out.

When making my predictions for the 2009-10 NBA season, I thought the rookie of the year award would come down to Blake Griffin of Oklahoma and Curry, who was the most exciting college player while at Davidson.

Since Griffin, the top pick in the 2009 draft, had a major injury that cost him the season, (Darn L.A. Clippers curse), Curry became my choice by process of elimination.

For months, people have essentially given the award to Sacramento point guard Tyreke Evans out of Memphis, but Curry has been playing better and better as has his team.

The argument against Curry was the Warriors were a bad team. They still are but the Warriors are 5-5 in their last 10 days. The Kings? 1-9. Both teams are 24-54.

Being part of Don Nelson becoming the all-time winningest coach in NBA history will help Curry, but his play should merit enough to take home the honor.

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Quincy Douby is doing it big in Las Vegas.

Here’s how Erie BayHawks players Maureece Rice, Erik Daniels and Quincy Douby fared Thursday in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

Quincy Douby (Toronto Raptors): Douby hit the game-winning shot to give Toronto a 84-83 win against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday afternoon. Playing 27 minutes and 23 seconds, Douby scored 17 points off the bench on 5-of-13 shooting, added seven assists, four rebounds, two steals and a block. He was 7-of-9 from the line.

In five games, Douby averaged a team-high 18 points on 46.9 percent shooting from the field. The Raptors finished summer league play 3-2.

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Erie BayHawks combo guard Maureece Rice scored four points in Cleveland’s 96-93 loss to the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

Going 2-of-2 from the field, Rice, wearing No. 6, added a rebound in four minutes and 22 seconds of play. The Cavaliers are 0-3 in summer league play.

As for forward Erik Daniels, first-team All-D-League player for the BayHawks hasn’t seen action in a game yet for the Memphis Grizzlies, who are 2-0 in summer league play after beating the New York Knicks last night, 90-86.

The Cavaliers and Grizzlies resume action Thursday night. Cleveland takes on the Dallas Mavericks while Memphis faces the Los Angeles Clipppers.

The games can be seen on NBA.com.