ust at the end of August, Stephen Curry signed an extension that would keep him with the Warriors until 2027, but the team is in the middle of nowhere. Is the end of the “Chef” in the Bay Area approaching?
Stephen Curry enters his 16th NBA season with four championship rings and a legacy of changing the game. But at 36, time is running out for the point guard to win more NBA titles. The current Golden State Warriors are far from the multi-champion team they once were.
Just at the end of August, Stephen Curry signed a contract extension that would keep him with the Warriors until the end of the 2026-27 season, when he would already be 39 years old, so it is likely that he will end his career with the team that selected him in the 2009 Draft and with which he has won four titles. However, when talking about that renewal he made it clear that he will not stay just to be in the middle of the table, while the Californians have been left out of the playoffs in three of the last five seasons (in 2021-22 they were champions), and with the departure of Klay Thompson, the increasingly common problems of Draymond Green, the lack of news on the roster and the competition in the West, history could repeat itself.
Under this scenario, Golden State could officially begin a rebuilding process, and the big question is whether Curry would be part of it, to live out his last years in this League away from the fight for trophies or, on the contrary, could be traded mid-season for future national teams.
The agreement signed a few months ago does not limit the possibility of leaving to seek a new championship somewhere else like Los Angeles, after having a dream summer with LeBron James in Paris or Phoenix, where he would reunite with Kevin Durant; either way, his place in the history of the Warriors will be immovable.
253. The number of three-pointers Stephen Curry needs to make to reach 4,000 in his career. The NBA’s three-point king, he is the only player with more than 3,000, with 3,737, and he is 774 ahead of Ray Allen (2,973) in second place and 807 ahead of James Harden, third and advancing.
Although he is also the player who has attempted the most three-pointers in history with 8,805 attempts, Curry is number 12 in percentage of success from the arc with 42.6%. An interesting fact about that number: of the 11 who are above Curry, only two have shot more than 3,500 attempts from the arc, Steve Nash (3,939 attempts and 42.8%) and Kyle Korver (5,715 attempts and 42.9%).
Everything he’s accomplished on three-pointers overshadows Curry’s other extraordinary numbers, such as his career-high 91 percent from the free throw line after missing just 25 of 324 attempts last season for an impressive 92.3 percent.
The departure of Klay Thompson and the breakup of the Splash Brothers was a significant blow to the Golden State Warriors, leaving Stephen Curry ‘alone’ as the main pillar for the franchise’s rebuilding efforts. Curry now faces the challenge of doing everything within his power to lead the team to the playoffs, though a deep run seems unlikely.
The major task ahead for the ‘Chef’ in the upcoming season is to elevate the team’s competitiveness, relying on the support of younger players and navigating the possible absence of Draymond Green (likely due to suspension). Essentially, Curry will be fighting a lone battle in the Western Conference, as the current Warriors roster lacks the star power needed to compete at a high level.
CREDITS:
Director: Alejandro Bernal
Text : Max Hackenbroich
