Warriors star Steph Curry didn’t enter the 2025-26 NBA season knowing he would become a sneaker free agent, but once it happened, it became one of the league’s top storylines.Curry tried out almost every brand in the book this season, from throwbacks and debuts to tributes honoring iconic players and even his teammates. The surprise venture gave him a new appreciation for the game, Curry said in a recent video for Sotheby’s, which is auctioning off his sneaker free agency collection for Curry’s charity, the EAT. LEARN. PLAY. Foundation.“I told not only myself but my team, I wanted to have as much fun as possible, hopefully reinvigorate some energy into the sneaker industry,” Curry said. “We had a conversation going into that San Antonio game about which shoe would be kind of the right one to break the seal on me not wearing an Under Armour shoe or my own signature shoe on the court. And we had a lot of ideas, even to the point of me walking in barefoot into the game. …“I think I got reinvigorated by this process, just because it allowed me just to have fun and be present on how blessed I am to be able to play this game at the...