Could Stephen Curry really end up in San Antonio?
It sounds wild on the surface, but the idea has at least been floated in the same breath as a possible shift in how the Warriors think about their future. Bay Area reporter Tim Kawakami said Joe Lacob’s focus may be turning toward life after Curry.
“What Lacob wants to do, and this might get Warriors fans mad, but he wants to build the next team after Steph Curry," Bay Area reporter Tim Kawakami said. “I don’t know how possible that is, but Lacob has a very keen interest in ‘This organization is going to show what it can do with Steph Curry and then after Steph Curry.’ I don’t think it’s going to be as good myself, but that’s what he wants to do.”
That opens the door, at least in theory, to a blockbuster scenario in which the Spurs try to pounce if Curry ever pushes for a move out of the Bay Area.
The fit is easy to see. Putting Curry next to Victor Wembanyama would give San Antonio the kind of offensive firepower that would make the rest of the league take notice immediately.
Curry’s shooting remains his superpower, and even at 38, his game is the kind that can age gracefully. He could keep living beyond the arc and, as the source puts it, “sit around the perimeter and shoot six threes per game until he's 45 years old.”
From Golden State’s side, the logic is harsher but real. Curry is 38, his contract runs through next season, and if there’s no extension, he’d hit unrestricted free agency for the first time in his career. That puts the Warriors in a spot where they’d have to think hard about taking value now rather than risking losing him for nothing.
A proposed framework would send Curry to San Antonio and bring back an under-30 All-Star guard, a former lottery pick, and future draft capital. It’s the kind of package that would sting for Spurs fans to part with, but it reflects the reality of a trade market built around a player of Curry’s stature.
And if San Antonio has built enough, fast enough, to be in the conversation for a Curry wish list, the idea stops sounding quite so far-fetched. Pair “The Chef” with “The Alien,” and the league would have a problem on its hands.
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What made it feel especially uncomfortable for Spurs followers was how quickly the conversation hardened around him. One sequence after another pushed the same storyline, with Wembanyama drawing scrutiny for the way he handled Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns, and the broader image of him as a villain starting to take hold by the end of the series. For a franchise that wants him to be the face of its next era, the question now is whether that edge is part of what makes him special, or the first real test of how he wants to be seen. [Read more 🡒]