Stephen Curry isn’t pretending not to see the shape of the Warriors’ last few years.
With Golden State set to open the 2026-27 season in a little over a week, Curry addressed the team’s roster decisions and made it clear he understands exactly what has - and hasn’t - happened since the franchise’s 2022 title run.
“I mean, I’m not an idiot. I know what it means in the sense of that window we had where coming off of ‘22, there were opportunities to get better, add new talent, and some worked out, some didn’t. And the jury is still out on how we end this entire journey with a competitive mindset,” Curry said to NBC Sports Bay Area, via Valentina Martinez of the California Post.
That window, as Curry put it, has produced just one major swing from Golden State: the trade for Jimmy Butler, who is now rehabbing a torn ACL. Beyond that, the Warriors have largely stayed out of the biggest player hunts, even as Curry has entered the back end of his career without another clear co-star arriving to change the equation.
Curry’s own priorities haven’t changed. He said winning still sits above everything else when it comes to judging the season.
“I’ve had a really amazing career and journey. I want to win. All the other chatter doesn’t necessarily matter to me in terms of how I grade our seasons,” said Curry.
The Warriors will need better health around him to make any of that matter. Curry missed more than 40 games last season because of a lingering knee issue, and the team is also dealing with concerns elsewhere, with Draymond Green arriving at training camp overweight and Kristaps Porzingis continuing to battle a strange illness.
Golden State opens the season on October 21 with a road game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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