When the Warriors struck out of their pursuits of All-Stars Paul George and Lauri Markkanen this offseason, many sympathized with Stephen Curry, who turns 37 in March and is nearing the tip of his storied profession.
As he enters one other season with out an All-Star teammate, Curry’s Warriors are projected to win 43.5 games and miss the playoffs for a second consecutive 12 months. If the sharpshooter goes one other 12 months with out competing for a title, the narrative that the Warriors are “losing” his prime will only grow louder.
Golden State is greater than conscious of these considerations.
Whereas addressing the media on Thursday, Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy Jr. stated his franchise is working with a heightened degree of “impatience” and stays decided to present Curry one other shot at a title.
“We’re most likely as impatient a franchise as you may be proper now given our time horizon [on Curry’s age] and all that,” Dunleavy said. “However there is a positive line between impatience and undisciplined. I be ok with the self-discipline that we held this summer time and the roster we constructed and the expansion from inside that we’ll have. I do know all people is all the time searching for big-headline breaking information and all that, however I actually like this workforce.”
Dunleavy doubled down that the Warriors will stay aggressive main as much as the 2025 NBA commerce deadline, however will not make hasty strikes simply so as to add one other star.
“Making offers on this league may be robust. However the effort and the urgency will all the time be there,” he harassed.
To Curry’s credit score, he has continued to assist the Warriors’ front-office strikes and has not expressed disappointment at their incapacity to recruit a co-star. In a latest interview with The Athletic’s Marcus Thompson II, Curry harassed that he has religion in Dunleavy and Co. to construct a roster that may compete with the likes of the Nuggets, Mavericks, Timberwolves and Thunder within the loaded Western Convention.
One wonders if Curry will stay as affected person if the Warriors endure one other disappointing marketing campaign within the 2024-25 season, which they’ll start in opposition to the Path Blazers on Oct. 23.