Stephen Curry desires to personal an NBA staff in the future. In an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Avenue,” the Golden State Warriors celebrity stated that he is “seen [Michael] Jordan do it,” and, like different present gamers who’re “taking the required steps” to comply with Jordan’s footsteps, he’s thinking about stepping into the possession recreation after he retires.
“For me, that is positively on the desk,” Curry stated. “However clearly I do know I’ve much more left to perform on the court docket earlier than you progress into some other function within the league. However positively need to be part of the possession panorama. I believe I may do a fairly good job of serving to maintain how nice the NBA is true now, and the issues that I’ve realized over my profession and what it takes to run a championship group.”
Curry, 36, simply signed a one-year, $62.6 million extension with the Warriors that may preserve him beneath contract till the 2026-27 season. “I bought a minimum of three years left, and I do know, like, it is all about not simply what number of years you play, however the degree that you just’re enjoying,” he stated on CNBC. “So I really feel like I’ve loads left within the tank. I need to preserve successful. It has been nice to characterize one franchise for my complete profession.” He stated he wouldn’t be breaking information about how lengthy he intends to play — he intends to complete this contract after which “take it from there.”
After 15 years within the NBA, throughout which he has received 4 championships, received the MVP and Finals MVP awards and made the All-NBA staff 10 instances, Curry completed some new targets this summer season. In his first look on the Olympics, he led the USA to a gold medal, scoring 36 factors (on 9-for-14 capturing from 3-point vary) in opposition to Serbia within the semifinals and 24 factors (on 8-for-12 capturing from 3-point vary, together with 4 straight in crunch time) in opposition to France within the gold medal recreation. The joys of these victories — and, particularly, his out-of-body expertise proper on the finish — has not worn off.
“It takes an power of its personal within the Olympics,” Curry stated. “Once you get to the medal or the knockout rounds, it is a one-and-done atmosphere. It is type of like March Insanity. And you recognize, like, that Serbia recreation we had within the semifinals, I bought scorching early to type of preserve us in it after which we had that huge comeback within the fourth quarter. It was only a rush. Seven-game collection, it is a lengthy build-up — this was only one recreation, 40 minutes, are you able to get it accomplished?
“And clearly, the France recreation, gold medal recreation in France. That final three minutes was storybook stuff, and it nonetheless hasn’t actually sunk in. I imply, successful a gold, we anticipated to try this, we knew it was going to be arduous. However how it occurred? I nonetheless watch some highlights. It is type of dope.”
In a separate interview, Curry advised Folks’s Natasha Dye that, as teammates with Crew USA, he and LeBron James “motivated one another much more” for the ultimate levels of their respective careers.
“All of the battles we have had on the court docket and the backwards and forwards, the truth that we really bought to be teammates, not simply in any recreation like an All-Star recreation or no matter, however in excessive stakes basketball with loads on the road … I believe there is a deepened respect and friendship there,” Curry stated.
He added that he hopes he and James could have extra on-court experiences like that down the highway, “even when we’re teammates or not.”
If Curry is coming into the 2024-25 season on a excessive, he wish to maintain it. “Clearly coming off of this Olympic expertise, I am attempting to channel that power all 12 months,” he stated. Unsurprisingly, the self-proclaimed Petty King has taken be aware of Golden State’s comparatively modest exterior expectations.
“I like the truth that folks do not suppose we are able to preserve the tempo with a few of the different groups that they are selecting within the West,” Curry stated. “And I simply love that problem of stepping right into a coaching camp and with the ability to create your personal success — that will get me going.”
The Warriors misplaced Klay Thompson, a franchise legend, this offseason. Their Chris Paul period, ended, too, after only a single season, and the entrance workplace was not capable of pull off a blockbuster commerce for Paul George, Lauri Markkanen or some other huge title. Golden State did, nonetheless, add De’Anthony Melton, Kyle Anderson and Buddy Hield to the roster. That is nonetheless a deep staff, and Curry, as he confirmed in Paris, continues to be an offense unto himself.
