By Shams Charania, Marcus Thompson II and Mark Puleo
The top of Steph Curry’s contract with the Golden State Warriors bought farther away Thursday, because the star guard agreed to a one-year extension price $62.6 million to maintain him with the crew he’s received 4 titles with by the 2026-27 season, a league supply confirmed.
With the brand new extension, Curry has $178 million left on his contract, in response to knowledge from Spotrac.
The 2-time MVP will flip 37 on March 14 however has maintained his All-NBA degree manufacturing, averaging 26.4 factors final season in 74 video games and capturing above 40 % from 3 for the thirteenth season.
Golden State, nevertheless, completed 46-36 and was knocked out within the Play-In Event, failing to make the playoffs for the third time previously 5 seasons.
In 2024-25, Curry will play his first season with out backcourt mate Klay Thompson on the roster for the reason that pair had been joined in 2011-12. Together with championship teammates Draymond Inexperienced, Andrew Wiggins, Kevon Looney, Gary Payton II, Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody, the Warriors revamped the roster round Curry and it’ll embrace newcomers Buddy Hield and Kyle Anderson.
Curry additionally enters 2024-25 coming off his first Olympic gold medal, because the 10-time All-Star helped lead Workforce USA to the championship behind his trademark clutch capturing.
Curry’s title is littered everywhere in the Warriors franchise document ebook, main the crew in profession video games performed, factors, assists, steals and, in fact, 3-pointers.
Why Curry agreed to extension now
In some methods, this can be a little bit of a shock from Curry. By signing an extension and locking himself in for the following three years, Curry — on the floor — offers up a key piece of leverage with the entrance workplace. His hopes for a fifth championship relaxation on the entrance workplace making the strikes to offer him a worthy supporting solid. The specter of his departure is a worthy cause for the entrance workplace to be diligent in that pursuit.
However Curry signing on is a little bit of a vote of confidence within the group that it’ll proceed pushing to offer him an actual shot at another title. Concerned carefully within the Warriors’ efforts this offseason — from personally recruiting Paul George to common dialogue with normal supervisor Mike Dunleavy — Curry’s signing is a vote of confidence within the efforts made.
It’s additionally a risk-mitigating transfer. Curry locks within the profitable cash now as a substitute of ready till subsequent summer season. Coming off arguably the best second of his profession, dominating within the knockout rounds of the Olympics in Paris, he’s definitely price each penny the Warriors pays him. However he’ll be 37 on the finish of this season. He received’t have a famous person subsequent to him to share the offensive load. And the Warriors aren’t by any goal measure thought of title contenders. Who is aware of if he’ll have this identical market command in July 2025. — Marcus Thompson II, senior Bay space columnist
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