Curry seeks security


Stephen Curry

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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry(notes) was surprised after the franchise’s new owner, Joe Lacob, told the San Jose Mercury News he would be willing to break up the team’s small backcourt of Curry and Monta Ellis(notes) if the right offer came along. Lacob also called Ellis “our core, franchise player” in the interview and didn’t give Curry similar praise. As recently as the summer, Curry had been viewed by franchise officials as the player they’d least likely trade.

“It was the first time that I had my name associated with the word ‘trade’ in the same sentence,” Curry told Yahoo! Sports. “It’s a little bit of a shock; I can’t lie about that. I feel like I’m working hard to get better every day and doing what they ask me to do.”

Curry said he received an apologetic text message from Lacob the morning after the Mercury News interview. Warriors general manager Larry Riley also called Curry, his father and his agent to calm the situation. In an interview with Bay Area radio station KNBR this week, Lacob said both Curry and Ellis would be Warriors “for a very long time.”

“He was making sure I was certain that he liked my game, liked me here, liked how I fit with the system,” Curry said of Lacob. “He could have easily let me read and interpret it for myself.”

Curry doesn’t think he’s going anywhere anytime soon.

“I think optimistically about everything,” he said. “I like it here. I like my teammates and everything about the Warriors organization. I can’t picture being anywhere else, especially this early in my career.”

Dr. Spaceman wrote:While I agree to some point with you on this Migya, I think you are just being premature. Right now every position we have besides C and arguably PF is on a good to great deal, and we should be freeing up a decent amount of cap space soon. With cap space and possibly a new coach coming, we should try to trade Beans to a playoff contender in need of a C, for anything expiring, and beef up our bench in the offseason (hopefully with a defensive minded coach calling some of these shots). We can even afford to overpay a bit for some quality bench players with Dorrell on such a cheap contract and us having the bird rights to Curry and Monta with new owners that will go into the luxury tax.

If this doesn't work and our defense is still in the bottom 10 in the league, I would blow up our back court and trade one of Monta or Curry. But until we see what this roster can do with a coach that really emphasizes defense, we are putting too much of that blame on Monta and Curry.

migya wrote:

Dr. Spaceman wrote:While I agree to some point with you on this Migya, I think you are just being premature. Right now every position we have besides C and arguably PF is on a good to great deal, and we should be freeing up a decent amount of cap space soon. With cap space and possibly a new coach coming, we should try to trade Beans to a playoff contender in need of a C, for anything expiring, and beef up our bench in the offseason (hopefully with a defensive minded coach calling some of these shots). We can even afford to overpay a bit for some quality bench players with Dorrell on such a cheap contract and us having the bird rights to Curry and Monta with new owners that will go into the luxury tax.

If this doesn't work and our defense is still in the bottom 10 in the league, I would blow up our back court and trade one of Monta or Curry. But until we see what this roster can do with a coach that really emphasizes defense, we are putting too much of that blame on Monta and Curry.

I fully agree and well said.

Thing to me is that AB, if he continues with the type of season he's having, will be almost impossible to trade with the upcoming player lockout and reduced salarycap as has been projected. If AB has two or three really good games before the trade deadline, his value rises from what it is right now obviously and it should be much easier to trade him.

I do think things will get harder after this season financially and so forth for teams

warchief wrote:

migya wrote:

Dr. Spaceman wrote:While I agree to some point with you on this Migya, I think you are just being premature. Right now every position we have besides C and arguably PF is on a good to great deal, and we should be freeing up a decent amount of cap space soon. With cap space and possibly a new coach coming, we should try to trade Beans to a playoff contender in need of a C, for anything expiring, and beef up our bench in the offseason (hopefully with a defensive minded coach calling some of these shots). We can even afford to overpay a bit for some quality bench players with Dorrell on such a cheap contract and us having the bird rights to Curry and Monta with new owners that will go into the luxury tax.

If this doesn't work and our defense is still in the bottom 10 in the league, I would blow up our back court and trade one of Monta or Curry. But until we see what this roster can do with a coach that really emphasizes defense, we are putting too much of that blame on Monta and Curry.

I fully agree and well said.

Thing to me is that AB, if he continues with the type of season he's having, will be almost impossible to trade with the upcoming player lockout and reduced salarycap as has been projected. If AB has two or three really good games before the trade deadline, his value rises from what it is right now obviously and it should be much easier to trade him.

I do think things will get harder after this season financially and so forth for teams

beans was desirable a few seasons ago. now? umm.. not at 9 mill a year.. i mean look at igoudala, this guy can d-up when he wants to, and score but nobody wants to trade value for him, or his large contract.. why would someone want a C who rebounds averagely these days, limited defensively, and is scared to make a move offensively because he might go to the charity stripe? oh and he makes big money.. the warriors are going to have no choice but to take on a different bad contract and trade ellis along with beans, or trade curry with beans just to make a deal even approachable....warriors are in a bad spot with beans contract either way..

warchief wrote:

migya wrote:

Dr. Spaceman wrote:While I agree to some point with you on this Migya, I think you are just being premature. Right now every position we have besides C and arguably PF is on a good to great deal, and we should be freeing up a decent amount of cap space soon. With cap space and possibly a new coach coming, we should try to trade Beans to a playoff contender in need of a C, for anything expiring, and beef up our bench in the offseason (hopefully with a defensive minded coach calling some of these shots). We can even afford to overpay a bit for some quality bench players with Dorrell on such a cheap contract and us having the bird rights to Curry and Monta with new owners that will go into the luxury tax.

If this doesn't work and our defense is still in the bottom 10 in the league, I would blow up our back court and trade one of Monta or Curry. But until we see what this roster can do with a coach that really emphasizes defense, we are putting too much of that blame on Monta and Curry.

I fully agree and well said.

Thing to me is that AB, if he continues with the type of season he's having, will be almost impossible to trade with the upcoming player lockout and reduced salarycap as has been projected. If AB has two or three really good games before the trade deadline, his value rises from what it is right now obviously and it should be much easier to trade him.

I do think things will get harder after this season financially and so forth for teams

A team that knows how to coach a Center might take the risk. He has the skills, as witnessed before. He plays decent D, rebounds well, but is not consistent. A contender that needs a big might trade for him, but can't think of who right now.

beans was desirable a few seasons ago. now? umm.. not at 9 mill a year.. i mean look at igoudala, this guy can d-up when he wants to, and score but nobody wants to trade value for him, or his large contract.. why would someone want a C who rebounds averagely these days, limited defensively, and is scared to make a move offensively because he might go to the charity stripe? oh and he makes big money.. the warriors are going to have no choice but to take on a different bad contract and trade ellis along with beans, or trade curry with beans just to make a deal even approachable....warriors are in a bad spot with beans contract either way..