Steph Curry is staying right where he built his legacy.
The Warriors and their franchise icon have agreed to a two-year, $116 million contract extension, a deal that should keep Curry in the Bay Area through the end of his career. A league source confirmed the agreement to the Bay Area News Group on Friday, and ESPN was first to report it.
Curry, 38, will earn $62.5 million this season before the extension begins. The new money covers the 2027-28 and 2028-29 seasons, when he’ll make $58 million each year. The package comes in $20 million below the most he could have commanded.
Even with injuries interrupting last season - he missed 39 games and dealt with knee soreness over the final three months - Curry was still operating at a star level when healthy. He averaged 26.5 points per game and passed Michael Jordan for the most 40-point games by a player after turning 30. He also kept pushing his own record, raising his career total to 4,248 made 3-pointers, more than 800 ahead of James Harden in second place.
The extension also cements Curry as the face of a Warriors team that is no longer viewed as a sure thing in the championship race. Golden State missed out on the LeBron James free agency sweepstakes and brought back nearly everyone from last season’s 37-45 squad, the group that was bounced in the play-in tournament.
Draymond Green returned on a one-year deal, and the Warriors also reached a new two-year agreement with head coach Steve Kerr. The front office used the draft to add rookie Yaxel Lendeborg with the No. 11 overall pick, a 24-year-old pro-ready forward projected to have a significant role in the rotation while Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody recover from knee surgery.
Golden State’s only other fresh additions came through veteran minimum deals, with Brandon Williams and Georges Niang joining the roster.
At nearly 40, Curry is still expected to drive the whole operation. That role becomes even more important with Golden State’s top secondary option unavailable until Butler returns from his January ACL tear.
The Warriors open training camp Tuesday in Hawaii, and their regular-season opener comes Oct. 21 against Luka Doncic and the Lakers.
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