{"id":833970,"date":"2026-07-30T18:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/833970\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T18:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:23:11","slug":"new-warriors-rumors-on-stephen-curry-contract-extension-talks-ahead-of-2026-nba-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/833970\/","title":{"rendered":"New Warriors Rumors on Stephen Curry Contract Extension Talks Ahead of 2026 NBA Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">After star forward Draymond Green returned to the Golden State Warriors earlier this week on a one-year deal, many are wondering about the future of star point guard Stephen Curry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The two-time NBA MVP is one of multiple Warriors key players who are on expiring deals during the 2026-27 season. According to ESPN&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/49473905\/warriors-running-back-steph-curry-era-enters-another-crossroads%EF%BB%BF-lebron-james-offseason\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Slater<\/a>, &#8220;There remains mutual interest in a Curry extension when he&#8217;s eligible in late August, league sources said, but nearly the rest of the roster is vulnerable in the next calendar year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">In addition to Curry and Green, Warriors guards Jimmy Butler and Brandon Podziemski are also on the last guaranteed year of their respective deals. Golden State currently only has <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YossiGozlan\/status\/2082175986712666351\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">around $50 million<\/a> on the books after next season, giving the team significant cap space in the 2027 offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Warriors are unlikely to contend for a championship with their current roster, so it remains to be seen if Curry wants to stick around beyond this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">However, it would be a massive surprise if Curry played the final years of his legendary career in a different uniform, so Golden State should be motivated to lock up their longtime face of the franchise with a new extension.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After star forward Draymond Green returned to the Golden State Warriors earlier this week on a one-year deal,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-833970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833970","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=833970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}