that he was departing<\/a> after eight seasons and a title in Southern California.<\/p>\n\u201cI feel like any place he calls and says \u2018I want to play there,\u2019 you move mountains to make it happen,\u201d Curry said on July 9, at a press conference before the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament in Nevada.<\/p>\n
Curry said his pitch to James \u2013 his teammate on the United States\u2019 gold medal-winning team at the Paris Olympics \u2013 was simple.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe pitch is: Do you want to play good basketball and be around people that know how to play the game,\u201d said the 38-year-old, who even added golf for good measure.<\/p>\n
\u201cRaise our floor, competitiveness. There\u2019s good golf in the Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n
Curry\u2019s Warriors side had also faced off against James\u2019 Cleveland Cavaliers in four straight NBA Finals from 2015 to 2018.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cWe\u2019re an organisation that\u2019s been there. He knows that. That\u2019s really self-explanatory. It\u2019s a matter of where he sees himself fitting. At the end of the day, that\u2019s up to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Warriors are among a multitude of teams mentioned as possible landing spots for James, a four-time NBA champion and four-time Most Valuable Player (MVP), who will be entering his 24th NBA season.<\/p>\n
As the James sweepstakes moved into its second week, many pundits had zeroed in on the Cavaliers, the hometown team that he led to the 2016 title, after winning two titles with the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n
But a return to the Heat has also been suggested, along with a move to Philadelphia in the wake of the 76ers\u2019 acquisition of Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown in a blockbuster trade.<\/p>\n
The Cavaliers this week inked star guard Donovan Mitchell to a maximum four-year contract extension worth US$273 million (S$352.4 million), and his continued presence could be a lure for James.<\/p>\n
Former NBA MVP James Harden is expected to re-sign with the Cavs after becoming a free agent, but details of his deal could depend on what James decides.<\/p>\n
James\u2019 agent Rich Paul said on a podcast on July 6 that as many as 10 teams could be serious contenders for the player\u2019s services.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Toronto Raptors have put their planned trade for Kawhi Leonard on hold as a result\u00a0of the NBA\u2019s investigation involving the Los Angeles Clippers, they said on July 8.<\/p>\n
According to the Raptors, the league\u00a0told them they would assume the risk of any potential outcome of the investigation affecting Leonard.<\/p>\n
Leonard led Toronto to their only championship in 2019 before joining the Clippers a month later.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn light of this, we will wait until the league\u2019s investigation is complete,\u201d the Raptors said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Raptors remain eager to bring Kawhi back to Toronto and look forward to a swift resolution for our players, our organisation and our fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NBA launched an investigation into the Clippers in 2025, following media reports that Leonard was paid by a now-bankrupt environmental firm that had close ties with team owner Steve Ballmer as a way to circumvent league rules that restrict the total amount a team can spend on their player payroll.<\/p>\n
The reports said Leonard had a four-year, US$28 million endorsement contract with the firm, but the two-time\u00a0NBA champion is alleged to have provided no work as part of the deal.<\/p>\n
The Clippers have previously denied that any rules were broken and welcomed the league\u2019s investigation. AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES \u2013 Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry would love to play with LeBron James, but he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-791126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}