{"id":93272,"date":"2024-08-29T12:59:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T16:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=93272"},"modified":"2024-08-29T12:59:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T16:59:27","slug":"stephen-currys-career-plans-become-clear-with-recent-move-golden-state-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/29\/stephen-currys-career-plans-become-clear-with-recent-move-golden-state-warriors\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Curry&#8217;s Career Plans Become Clear With Recent Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Golden State Warriors star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/curryst01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-29_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Curry<\/a> has been with the team since they drafted him in 2009. Currently, he is the longest-tenured player on any team in the NBA. However, following the departure of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thompkl01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-29_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klay Thompson<\/a>, as well as the team&#8217;s shortcomings since winning a championship in 2022, rumors have circulated regarding the 36-year-old&#8217;s future with the organization. However, that should no longer appear to be a concern for Warriors fans.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Warriors have signed Curry to a one-year, $62.6 million contract extension. This extension will keep Curry under contract through the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry has agreed on a one-year, $62.6 million extension that\u2019ll keep him under contract through the 2026-2027 season, his agent Jeff Austin of Octagon tells ESPN. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XdxeevrbIC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/XdxeevrbIC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1829193411787903446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last season, the Davidson alum averaged 26.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 5.1 assists per game. Additionally, he shot 45% from the field and 40.8% from beyond the arc. Furthermore, Curry became a 10-time All-Star and a 10-time All-NBA Team selection. He also took home the Clutch Player of the Year award and won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<h2>Stephen Curry&#8217;s Career Plans Become Clear With Recent Move<\/h2>\n<h3>Curry Previously Hinted at Potential Golden State Warriors Exit<\/h3>\n<p>In July, the four-time champion spoke about potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/25\/golden-state-warriors-star-not-ruling-out-exit-stephen-curry\/\" target=\"_self\">retiring with the team<\/a> that drafted him down the line. Curry said he wants &#8220;to be a Warrior for life&#8221; but also kept the possibility of moving on from the team open.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s tough, right? I\u2019ve always said I want to be a Warrior for life. At this stage in my career, I feel like that\u2019s possible. And you can still be a competitive, it doesn\u2019t mean you guaranteed the championship. It doesn\u2019t mean winning. Winning is always a priority, but obviously you\u2019re realistic. It doesn\u2019t mean that it\u2019s going to happen if you stay the course. You need to shake things up and keep reimagining what it looks like to evolve with what league is at right now, with where some of these talented teams are now,\u201d Curry said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s put it this way, it\u2019s a longwinded way of saying that it if it is a situation where you\u2019re a bottom feeder and it\u2019s just because you want to stay there, I\u2019d have a hard time with that. But I don\u2019t think that\u2019s going to be the reality.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Curry is going to be 39 years old by the time his extension ends. While it is possible he retires with a different team, it is far to assume Curry will truly be &#8220;a Warrior for life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>The Last Word<\/h3>\n<p>This contract extension is a no-brainer, especially from the Warriors&#8217; perspective. Currently, they do not appear to be legitimate title contenders. However, as long as Curry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/greendr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-29_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Draymond Green<\/a>, and head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kerrst01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-29_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Kerr<\/a> are at the helm, the Warriors should continue to be firmly in the playoff picture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry has been with the team since they drafted him in 2009. Currently, he is the longest-tenured player on any team in the NBA. However, following the departure of Klay Thompson, as well as the team&#8217;s shortcomings since winning a championship in 2022, rumors have circulated regarding the 36-year-old&#8217;s future [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":74962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,2,25,62,3],"tags":[409,70,48,528],"class_list":["post-93272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-featured","category-warriors","category-nba","category-news","tag-draymond-green","tag-klay-thompson","tag-stephen-curry","tag-steve-kerr"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}