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Stephen Curry has agreed to a two-year contract extension with the Golden State Warriors that could keep the two-time NBA Most Valuable Player with the team through the 2028-29 season. The deal reportedly includes a player option for the final season and is valued at approximately $178.6 million when combined with his existing contract.
— a re-up in line to keep the two-time NBA Most Valuable Player and future Hall of Famer with the team that drafted him through his 20th professional season.the extension on Friday, but did not provide details.
The deal reportedly includes a player option in the 2028-29 season, per Charania.between the NBA's teams and players union. Tacking two more years at 35% of the projected salary cap line — the maximum wage he's eligible to command as a player with 10 or more years of NBA service time — onto thewill bring the total value of Steph's current contract to $178.6 million through the end of the 2028-29 campaign.
(Add that to the newAcross nearly two decades in the Bay Area, Curry has effectively resurrected the Warriors, restoring the once-proud organization of Wilt and Rick Barry to the consistent contention that preceded the largely fallow '80s, '90s and Aughts. Yes, he's had plenty of help along the way: from More than any of them, though, it's Curry who redefined how the franchise could feel and the heights to which it could aspire.
In the process, he helped redefine the very shape of the sport in the modern era, revolutionizing the geometry of offense — and necessitating a counter-revolution in defensive strategy and tactics. That is all thanks to the unprecedented accuracy, volume, speed and depth of his 3-point shooting, whether pulling up off the dribble or slaloming through off-ball screens before relocating for a catch-and-shoot look.
The gifts that made Curry a collegiate sensation at Davidson and the No. 7 pick in the 2009 NBA Draft — right after the' No. 8 slot, much to New Yorkers' — immediately translated, as he averaged 18 points on 47/44/91 shooting splits and 5.9 assists per game across his first two seasons. But after persistent right ankle injuries cost him 40 games in his third year and resulted in season-ending surgery, concerns over whether the young sharpshooter might be too big an injury risk to bank on limited him to just a four-year, $44 million extension of his rookie-scale contract.
That hedge-your-bets figure would wind up being one of the most consequential bargains in NBA history. , Curry transformed into one of the league's most durable and productive superstars. He has averaged 20 or more points per game in each of the last 14 seasons; onlyWhile the former "baby-faced assassin" has continued to produce at an All-Star/All-NBA level through his mid-to-late 30s, the Warriors have slipped from their dynastic perch since, winning two playoff series in the past four years.
Last season, waylaid by injuries to both Curry and fellow superstar— long on aging veterans, light on notable young talent, projected to remain mired in the play-in picture in the Western Conference. That somewhat grim near-future outlook led some to wonder whether Curry might consider seeking greener pastures in a bid for a fifth championship as he walks the back-nine of his legendary career. But Golden State brassThis agreement removes any doubt about those desires.
Wherever the Warriors go next, and whoever and whatever they want to be, they'll continue to revolve around Curry for the foreseeable future. Same as it ever was.
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