Celtics fans can circle one date now: Stephen Curry is coming to Boston on Feb. 10, 2027.
That’s the lone trip the Warriors will make to TD Garden next season, according to the NBA’s schedule release on Thursday afternoon. Unless there’s a rematch of the 2022 NBA Finals next June, it will also be Curry’s only appearance on the parquet.
And no, the internet drama never had a chance of changing that.
For weeks, speculation swirled around Curry and Boston, fueled by fake aggregation posts and AI-generated photoshops of him in a Celtics jersey. Then came the Martha’s Vineyard noise earlier this month, when Curry played golf on the island for former United States president Barack Obama’s 65th birthday and happened to be on the same course as Jayson Tatum, “a few groups ahead.”
That whole stretch was absurd from the jump. A golf outing on the Vineyard was never going to push Curry toward forcing his way to the Celtics, and the idea that it could was internet fantasy at its finest.
So if fans want to see him in Boston, they know when to show up.
The bigger pull in that Warriors-Celtics matchup may actually be Al Horford.
Golden State’s roster will include two former Celtics champions, with Kristaps Porzingis having re-upped on a new two-year, $40 million deal to stay with the Warriors and Horford doing the same for $14 million. But Horford is the one who really gives this game its emotional charge.
The 40-year-old went west last summer, ending his second run in Boston after seven total seasons with the Celtics. He was part of the team that finally got to the top two years ago, and that still matters to fans who watched him become one of the most respected figures of the era.
Horford originally chose Boston 10 years ago, at a time when it was far less common for major free agents to pick the Celtics. That decision helped make the franchise a more attractive destination and placed him inside one of the most successful stretches in team history by winning percentage.
He didn’t get to return to TD Garden last season because he was rehabbing a lingering calf strain, so fans never got the chance to properly welcome him back or say thank you. This time, they should get that opportunity.
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