Stephen Curry is contemporary off a starring function on Crew USA’s gold medal successful Olympic staff, which served as the right reminder that, yeah he is nonetheless among the finest gamers in the whole universe. In between all of his clutch shot making, it was tough to not discover how nicely Curry and LeBron James performed collectively. In fact it bought individuals fascinated by the potential for the duo teaming up collectively, but when that have been to occur it possible would not concerned Curry leaving the Golden State Warriors.
Curry is anticipated to signal an extension with the Warriors, per Marc Stein, however the timeline of it’s unclear proper now. The four-time champion is eligible to signal a one-year, $62.6 million extension between now and earlier than Opening Night time on Oct. 22, or he might anticipate a barely extra profitable extension that may very well be two years and round $130 million, per Stein.
No matter he decides, although, it appears to be clear that Curry’s dedicated to staying with the Warriors previous the 2 years left he has remaining on his present contract. That needs to be a sigh of aid for the Warriors, who missed out on their two foremost targets this summer time, Paul George and Lauri Markkanen, and misplaced franchise staple Klay Thompson to the Dallas Mavericks. However whereas Golden State was unsuccessful in making an attempt to commerce fro Markkanen to signal George, they did usher in some high quality function gamers in Kyle Anderson, Buddy Hield and De’Anthony Melton.
We’ll should see if these additions can be sufficient to make the Warriors title contenders as soon as once more, and with the absence of Thompson meaning extra accountability will fall on Curry on the offensive aspect of the ball. With out Thompson, Golden State is banking on Brandin Podziemski blossoming right into a star, which is why they have been reluctant in together with him in commerce talks with the Utah Jazz for Markkanen. If that occurs, the Warriors could be in good condition, and the staff feels they’re “nicely positioned” to commerce for an improve sooner or later sooner or later as they’ve all of their draft picks going ahead. If that is the messaging being informed to Curry, then there needs to be optimism on his finish to stay with Golden State for the latter years of his profession.
However optimism can solely take you thus far. This would be the first time since Curry’s fist two years within the league that he will not have Thompson both on the market on the ground with him or on the sidelines. That is going to be an enormous change for the Warriors, and if Golden State struggles this season and fails to land any of their targets this yr or subsequent yr, maybe we might see Curry flirt with free company in 2027.
