Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy believes Stephen Curry will play out the remainder of his career with Golden State, ESPN’s Anthony Slater reports.
The organization’s longtime franchise player could become a free agent next summer if he doesn’t sign an extension. Curry holds a $62.5MM contract for the upcoming season and becomes extension eligible on Aug. 29. The Warriors front office can offer him up to two years and $136.7MM.
“There’s two things I’m confident about with Steph,” Dunleavy said. “He really, really wants to win and he wants to finish his career as a Warrior. I don’t think that changes tomorrow, August 29th, start of the season, middle of the season, end of next season. Those things are going to be consistent.”
Curry, 38, has been a fixture with the Warriors since they drafted him with the No. 7 pick in 2009. Curry has made it clear he wants to play at least two more seasons.
Slater hears there’s optimism that Curry and the front office will figure out a way to continue their partnership for the foreseeable future. If it comes to a point where Curry expresses a desire to be traded, the Warriors brass will give that request careful consideration.
“Ultimately it’s his call, his decision, whether that’s allowing his contract to run out and move on,” Dunleavy said. “Look, if he comes to me and wants to be moved, (controlling owner) Joe (Lacob) and I will talk it through. We wouldn’t love it. But he’s earned the right to do what he wants. But as far as the messaging or any idea that he’d be anywhere else, that’s not a thing we’re looking at or he’s looking at.”
Curry was granted one of his wishes this offseason when Steve Kerr remained the head coach. Curry had a rough 2025/26 campaign in which he was limited to 43 games, mainly due to a right knee injury.
“My hope would be he plays more than the 43 games he played last year,” Dunleavy said. “We’d expect that. It’s on the radar. It’s something we have to be mindful of. It’s delicate. It’s delicate for him and delicate for the rest of the guys on our team.”
The Warriors don’t look much different than they did at the end of last season. After striking out in the LeBron James sweepstakes, they re-signed Draymond Green, Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford, De’Anthony Melton and Gary Payton II to short-term contracts. Porzingis, Horford and Melton missed significant time last season due to injuries.
“Constructing (the roster), we had to make a decision between talent and availability,” Dunleavy said. “There was no perfect solution in terms of the combination of the two. We leaned a little bit more toward talent… We are taking on some risk there, but I think we value the talent over maybe finding guys that were perfectly healthy.”o play more often this season but acknowledged the risks, particularly with Curry in the latter stages of his career.
Dunleavy said the goal for the team is to make playoffs with the possibility of using their cap flexibility and assets to add to the roster in midseason.