Steph Curry has made his stance clear: he’s not going anywhere.
The Warriors star doubled down on his commitment to Golden State during an appearance on CNBC, brushing aside any notion that he might ever take the LeBron James route after the superstar moved from the LA Lakers to the Philadelphia 76ers. Curry, who has spent his entire career with the Warriors, said there’s no temptation to chase a new start elsewhere.
“Not at all. I’ve always stated that I wanna be a lifer with Golden State… My mission is to stay in Golden State and be competitive, the contract stuff will take care of itself.”
That loyalty is part of the story, but so is the reality around him. Golden State’s 2026 season ended in the Play-In tournament, and the team was already effectively finished once Jimmy Butler tore his ACL in January. An underwhelming offseason followed, and the Warriors are set to run it back in 2026-27.
Kendrick Perkins, though, isn’t letting the front office off the hook. On NBA Today, he took aim at GM Mike Dunleavy and said the Warriors have to do more to put Curry in position to win again.
“Steph Curry is the greatest Bay Area player to ever get his feet hot, and loyalty in today’s game… you don’t see that from players.
“The fact that Steph Curry has been riding with them over the last three or four years, knowing that he wants to win a championship, to me, what this interview said to me is, Mike Dunleavy, you have to do your damn job. Let’s be honest.
“I don’t want to keep hearing about reports that the Warriors are in the hunt, the Warriors are in the mix, they was in the mix to get Giannis. They want to go out there get LeBron. Why are you not landing them?
“We’re talking about Steph Curry… Mike Dunleavy has to have some type of accountability to make sure that he puts the pieces [together] and do his damn job to surround Steph, Draymond and Steve Kerr with a championship roster to be able to compete.”
The Warriors’ best consolation is that Giannis and LeBron both ended up in the Eastern Conference. Even so, the road in the West looks brutal, and the standard got even tougher last season with the San Antonio Spurs knocking off the Thunder.
Right now, it’s difficult to see Golden State making much noise - and just as hard to see where the help is supposed to come from.
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