Stephen Curry’s future in Golden State has become a talking point after an offseason that left the Warriors looking stuck, but the bigger reality is still the same: the franchise and its greatest player are on track for an extension once he becomes eligible on August 29.
That hasn’t stopped the rumor mill from spinning out a dramatic Curry trade scenario, with the San Antonio Spurs often floated as a possible landing spot. The idea is easy to see on paper. Pair Curry with Victor Wembanyama, and suddenly the league would be staring at a terrifying duo.
But the Warriors are not going to seriously entertain moving Curry unless he clearly asks out, and that feels like an extremely unlikely outcome even with the underwhelming summer Golden State has had.
If San Antonio did come calling, Golden State’s obvious counter would be to ask for Stephon Castle or Dylan Harper in return for the 38-year-old. The Spurs would almost certainly laugh at that, just as they would likely dismiss the kind of package involving De’Aaron Fox and picks that has been suggested as a Curry return.
Fox, after all, is just beginning a four-year, $221.7 million deal, and his playoff numbers - 15.6 points per game on 41.4% shooting - don’t exactly scream centerpiece in a Curry trade. At that price, he may be more of a negative asset than the main piece Golden State would want.
The draft-pick side of the equation doesn’t help much either. With Wembanyama, Castle and Harper in place, the Spurs are expected to sit near the top of the Western Conference for years, which would make any picks coming back from San Antonio land well outside the top 25.
If Fox and picks were the best Golden State could get, there’s an argument that the Warriors would be better off simply letting Curry reach free agency next year if he doesn’t sign an extension. Cap space could be more useful than taking on Fox at $55 million per year, and it would also keep the franchise from looking like it shipped out Curry instead of letting him decide his own future.
For now, though, the whole conversation is mostly theoretical. Until Curry declines an extension and there’s real reporting that he wants to finish his career somewhere else, the trade chatter doesn’t have much footing. After 17 years with one team, that kind of ending still feels hard to imagine.
So the real focus in Golden State remains where it should be: not on moving Curry, but on finding a way to improve the roster enough to give him a more meaningful playoff run and another shot at a championship.
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