Warriors All-NBA point guard Stephen Curry is eligible for a one-season, $62.6MM contract extension prior to October 21. He could also wait until the 2025 offseason to seek a two-year deal worth a projected $130MM, Marc Stein writes in his latest Substack story.
Stein notes that, having missed out on Jazz All-Star Lauri Markkanen and Sixers All-Star Paul George, Golden State continues looking for opportunities to upgrade the roster via trade. The Warriors believe they have the current and future assets necessary to do just that.
Last year’s Warriors went 46-36, finishing with just the No. 10 seed in the Western Conference. Golden State failed to make the playoffs after falling to the Kings in the play-in tournament.
Curry, 36, had yet another excellent individual year. The 10-time All-Star averaged 26.4 points on .450/.408/.923 shooting splits, 5.1 assists, 4.5 rebounds, and 0.7 steals in 74 games.
Here are some other key notes from Stein’s newest Substack article:
- According to Stein, there’s a belief that the Lakers would have “reluctantly” engaged in trade discussions to send All-NBA combo forward LeBron James to the Warriors, so he could join then-future Team USA colleague Curry and friend Draymond Green, if that’s what James had wanted. However, Stein’s sources say that Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul, James’ longtime agent, urged both L.A. and Golden State to scrap the idea — in part because Paul didn’t want James to be faced with criticism for jumping teams for a fourth time.
- Sixers All-Star center Joel Embiid, fresh off winning his first Olympic gold medal for Team USA this summer, hinted that he might be interested in playing for his native Cameroon during the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. However, as Stein writes, a player over the age of 17 can only change his country affiliation if he receives clearance from FIBA and his previous country (in this case, USA Basketball). Stein is skeptical that Embiid will be permitted to do so.
- According to Stein, free agent center Omer Yurtseven was one of several players to recently work out for the Knicks, who opted not to sign him at that time. Greek club Panathinaikos reportedly remains intrigued by the 7-footer. New York lost its 2023/24 starting center, Isaiah Hartenstein, to the Thunder in free agency, and no doubt needs to get creative filling out its frontcourt depth, so Yurtseven would have made sense as a fringe rotation option. Across three NBA seasons with the Heat and Jazz, the big man has appeared in 113 contests (24 starts), averaging 5.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 0.7 steals per night.
- Hornets point guard Vasilije Micic is considered a potential down-the-road trade target for the Nuggets, given his close relationship with Nikola Jokic, Stein writes. Micic may not be a practical option for Denver at this point though, given his $7.7MM salary and the team’s proximity to the tax aprons. Acquired midway through his 2023/24 rookie season, the 6’5″ guard averaged 10.8 points and 6.2 assists across 30 games for Charlotte down the stretch.
I would have thought Yurtseven would make sense, as almost all of the other options have come off the board, and he had the ties with Patrick Ewing…maybe they knew about his inability to be happy for others success/selfishness
The other main thing here is so outlandish, and such an August thing to try to include
Such a disrespectful move by Embiid. Of course he isn’t going to play for Cameroon. He is just trying to save face for jumping to the winning team. What a punk.
Embiid is better than your posts, punk.
Lmao
He’s lived in America for almost half his life and since he was going through puberty — as a non American, I hate it too. But being objective: he’s American, landed immigrant with citizenship and all!
If an agent has so much power he can even stop one of the top 3 players of all time and the face of the league for the past 20 years from making decisions he has too much power.
You believe that?
Based on all the evidence over the years of what Rich Paul has done, yes.
We all know whats gunna happen:
Step 1: Lakers underperform and/or get injuries
Step 2: Andrew Wiggins and Brandin Podziemski play decently well in the first few months
Step 3: Lebron and Bronny for Wiggs and Podz at the deadline
Step 4: GSW wins X amount of titles in a row until Lebrons legs fall off
Again, I’ll take that bet.
Will be interesting to see if Davey takes the bet/backs up his claims with a single fact or if my comment magically disappears lol
@ lil D. His name will disappear once the writing on the wall sinks in. I’m sure he’ll be born again though, just not under Davey lol. Is this the part where I get called hater who doesn’t know anything because I like others have the Warriors in the 9th to 12th spot in the West lol.
@nrg82 who said it was a bet? It’s a basic wishcasting post that exists everywhere on every platform, but for some reason here it has infuriated Lil D into slandering me without providing any reasons why. Fox news? Lol I am a GSW fan and apparently the thought of my fave winning the chips that that trade happening will cause has sent Lil D into a childish rage. Oh well.
Again, its not a “bet”, read it again. Stop moving goalposts.
Okay, so you admit that you have no accountability and no one should take any of your comments seriously? Why comment at all then? Just to hear yourself talk? You’re kinda making my point for me lol
@Lil D you dont take any accountability over the garbage you post either, glass houses bro. I post my thoughts and non-trolls who come here to post ball reply and then there’s you, who is here to debatelord and bait people. I am muting you after this post, please do the same for me. You are not worth my time. Your takes too mid. Your ego too big. There’s a bunch of quality commenters on here, you are not one of them. Keep moving goalposts to make a fake argument. No care ever. Enjoy the shadow realm, loser.
What is the shadow realm??
@ Davey…the thought of the Warriors winning the chip lol. Keep the zingers coming. I mean according to you Steph is the GOAT clutch player of all time. Warriors are winning 60 plus games and LeBron is going to the Warriors for scrubs in comparison, cents on the dollar. None of this is happening. Back your talk up with facts over emotion or your wishful thinking type opinions, put your money where your mouth is. You won’t because you don’t believe in your own BS. Makes your posts creditable how exactly?
@Nrg82 and again, this site is literally the rumors site, why hold me more accountable than anyone else just because you are butt hurt about Lebron joining the Warriors. My takes are pure NBA rumors, yours are being hurt by these rumors.
Enjoy the shadow realm too, muting you after this post because I have no care ever what you have to say, because its massively biased against whatever I say, just because you personally don’t like my takes. Cant win, dont try.
Grow up.
Nope, couldn’t care less about you. I love talking ball, just not with fanboys who make stuff up and try passing it off as facts. OK, cool, bye. Go chase your own tale.
lol ain’t happening
I mean, it can. It is not impossible. Money and draft picks might need to be involved but it’s not impossible to do.
Lakers built a team around LeBron so he is not going to be traded.
I know Curry is still an elite player and all but 2 years 130 mil for a 37 year old is crazy.
You’re never going to win a title paying so much to one player especially at that age.
LeBron can’t do it and he has AD, Curry definitely ain’t doing it with Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins
They aren’t really in line to sign another player worth the max yet unless stuff happens with injuries, etc.
If Bron wanted to go to GSW then LAL never has a chance of winning. He wants to leave. The role guys already know he isn’t a big fan of them.
I’m surprised the Knicks are having trouble getting someone to take the MLE from them. Is there any chance someone gets bought out and joins the Knicks at mid-season?
I highly doubt “criticism” is what is keeping Lebron in LA.