Stephen Curry discussed his four-year, $215 million contract extension with the Golden State Warriors.
Curry is the first NBA player to have signed two $200 million-plus contracts.
“It’s dope to think about what has all transpired in the last 12 years,” Curry said to Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic, “where we currently are and what we’re trying to do with this championship window that we have. Thinking about being in the Bay for another five years, taking me to 38, it checks all the boxes in terms of what I’m trying to do with my career.”
The Warriors are currently trying to balance adding talented young players such as James Wiseman, Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody with maximizing the title window of Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.
“The draft picks – love ’em,” Curry said. “There’s a lot of potential in terms of trying to implement them early and continue to develop them.
“Yeah, the effort is there. Just being around the conversations that some people are privy to and most people are not – we want to win. And if anybody was not with that, then we’ve got issues. And I don’t think I’d have signed up for five years of that. So that’s the vibe.”
Curry vouches for the moves the Golden State front office has made.
“I would be disappointed if there was ever a vibe that you’re complacent or that you’re not proactive and looking to always get better,” Curry said. “So if you’re telling me we’re trying to go after [Nicolas] Batum, we’re trying to go after Patty [Mills], and things didn’t line up like that, then that’s just how the league works. But if there’s ever a situation where you don’t feel that commitment from upstairs, then we have issues. I haven’t felt that this summer.”