Stephen Curry made headlines earlier in the week when he said the Golden State Warriors should not mortgage the future on a desperate win-now trade. Read between the lines of what he said \u2014 echoing comments by Draymond Green and Steve Kerr \u2014 and it\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t trade four guys for Jimmy Butler. Don\u2019t give up a bunch of players and picks get Zach LaVine.\u201d Curry\u2019s right. Those guys don\u2019t change the Warriors fortunes for the positive, neither does anyone we know to be available. Wait for the right deal(s).<\/p>\n
Of course, that\u2019s not how a segment of the NBA\u2019s online fan base took it. There was a lot of clickbaity \u201cCurry, Warriors wave white flag\u201d headlines and posts after those comments. After the Warriors win over Minnesota Wednesday, Curry fired back (via NBC Sports Bay Area). First were his remarks in a postgame interview on ESPN\u2019s SportsCenter:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 24-hour news cycle is hilarious at times. Nobody is complacent here. Nobody is okay with just being average. All the Twitter fingers who got deals that we need to make can kind of shut up and let us figure this out. We know we can be competitive. We showed that toughness tonight. Obviously, every team is trying to find ways to get better. For us, we\u2019ve been great for a very long time. This is just a unique year when we have to stay relevant and give ourselves a chance and just have some life in a playoff series. We have a whole lot of confidence that we can beat anybody.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
When Curry spoke to reporters a little while later, he echoed the same theme.<\/p>\n
\n"Anybody that thinks I'm OK with just being on an average basketball team is insane."Steph refutes the idea he's satisfied with where the Warriors currently stand<\/p>\n
— Warriors on NBC Sports Bay Area (@nbcswarriors.bsky.social)<\/a> 2025-01-16T06:58:06.442Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n