September 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\nCurry is eager to get going at training camp. The Warriors were flying to Hawaii later Monday to hold their first practice session Tuesday. Their first preseason game is Sunday against the Clippers at the University of Hawaii campus in Honolulu. Veteran center Kristaps Porzingis is out indefinitely with a health issue.<\/p>\n
While Golden State missed out on LeBron James in the free-agency sweepstakes, Curry is headed into his 18th NBA season determined to do what he can to make the Warriors a contender again in the talented Western Conference after last season\u2019s latest miss.<\/p>\n
That started with his flexibility on the contract.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe found a middle ground where he was incredibly generous in taking this deal, where he\u2019s taking less money to help the team out because, as Steph goes, he\u2019s as competitive as there is,\u201d general manager Mike Dunleavy said. \u201cHe wants to win. He\u2019s put us in a position where it gives us a little bit more flexibility to do that. So I think the middle ground was signing him up to be able to almost ensure that he\u2019ll finish his career here while also keeping some flexibility, keeping some optionality on it, and we\u2019ve done that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last season was derailed by the loss of Jimmy Butler to a season-ending right knee injury Jan. 19 against his former Heat team that required surgery. The Warriors lost Moses Moody, too, and both guards are expected back at some point. They have progressed to very light on-court workouts and will travel with the team to Hawaii.<\/p>\n
Butler would love to see Curry play his entire career wearing No. 30 for Golden State.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very hard to do, but it just shows how great he is, the great things that he\u2019s done in this community, obviously for this organization, and just how beloved he is by the world, actually,\u201d Butler said. \u201cI see it firsthand now being his teammate.\u201d<\/p>\n
With his teammates long admiring his humility just as much as his dazzling shot-making from way, way back, Curry has always been about winning and not his own lofty accolades and numbers. The two-time MVP and all-time 3-point leader has embraced playing alongside star teammates such as Butler, Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause he\u2019s extended this window for himself, he\u2019s extended the window for the team, and we\u2019re going to continue to build it because of him,\u201d Dunleavy said.<\/p>\n
Curry has plenty to prove after a lingering right knee injury that kept him out of 27 straight games and more than two months down the stretch. Curry averaged 26.6 points, 4.7 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 1.1 steals while playing 30.9 minutes but was limited to only 43 games last season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great to get him re-signed,\u201d said coach Steve Kerr, who decided in May to return on a two-year deal. \u201cWe never doubted it for a minute.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neither did Curry himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is home, this is what we\u2019ve built, this is the community that I\u2019ve played in front of my entire career and being able to finish the story the right way is a big part of, I think, what I control, thankfully, hopefully health-wise as well,\u201d he said. \u201cI know the list, a short list of guys that have been able to do it, but reimagining what that looks like with the level that I feel like I can play at down the stretch of my career.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a pride of representing the Bay, representing this franchise, that when I stepped foot here in \u201809 and what we\u2019ve all been able to accomplish, this isn\u2019t just a \u2018me\u2019 thing, it\u2019s a \u2018we.\u2019 I want to do right by that.\u201d<\/p>\n