R-DAWG wrote:Capn'O wrote:R-DAWG wrote:
Golden State is heading towards one of the toughest places in sports. On the one hand, Steph is still one of the top 7 players in the world and means so much to the franchise. On the other hand, do you want to offload future assets for what could only be a 1-3 year window at best as a fringe contender? Remember, Steph turns 37 in March and has a ton of playoff mileage on him.
I think Steph has earned the right to either finish his career in Golden State, or for the Warriors to accommodate him to a desired destination to round out his career.
But given how hard it is for a player to stay in one spot for his entire career - I see Steph staying.
EDIT: Very sketchy source, so increase the speculation factor...
If Curry's saying this kind of stuff now then I think he will be traded by the deadline unless some of their young talent steps up.
GS knows they need to retool and basically pushed Klay out. They won't do that to Curry but they're also not making all in type moves to appease him. It's somewhat analogous to the Dame situation in Portland though I doubt it drags out the way Dame's did because of personality differences between the two players. Dame was very emotionally attached/invested, and I think Curry will be more pragmatic.
The Knicks should not be in play.
While it's similar to the Dame situation there is a difference. Curry has earned the right to decide if he finishes in Golden State or not. Dame didn't earn that same right in Portland.
It's tough when the star still feels he can compete and the organization doesn't feel the same way. Remember, Curry won't be on the team in 4-7 years when they are potentially a bottom of the league team without control of their draft. In a lot of ways, this is similar to the situation that the Lakers and Lebron are in, with Lebron wanting the Lakers to give up all their picks for the best piece they can get and the Lakers wanting to hold out for the future.
Curry has more cache but the Blazers didn't move Dame until he asked out. Even then, they pretended they were all shocked when he did. That's how it's similar. They're whittling away Curry's support in planning for the future while still stating they want him as part of the present. If somebody like Moody or Kuminga takes a leap forward then maybe it comes together and they keep the band together.
