Warriors star Stephen Curry is unlikely to play for another NBA team. Still, many people wondered about the famed shooting guard’s future in the Bay Area after seeing his social media posts Wednesday.
In his Instagram bio, for example, Curry replaced the words “Guard for the @Warriors” with “Olympic Gold Medalist.” Additionally, Curry replaced previous photos of himself wearing a Warriors uniform with photos from the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris for his X profile and header. With LeBron James, Curry posted a joint photo on Instagram with the caption, “Same team… Winning team.”
With the elusive Olympic gold medal, the only trophy missing from his locker before the Paris Games, Curry is beaming with pride. Many Warriors fans, however, took it as a hint that the shooting guard was hinting at a potential NBA partnership with “King” James. Today’s world is one of overreaction, where every celebrity post on social media is scrutinized. Curry’s social media activity will be closely monitored, even if it doesn’t have much impact.
Curry’s contract with the Warriors expires in 2025-26. When the second-generation player hits free agency in 2026, he will be 38 years old. Curry has repeatedly said he wants to retire with the Warriors, but some analysts have pointed to images of him and James playing together elsewhere.
For example, Kendrick Perkins recently suggested that Curry and James could pressure their teams to trade them if the Lakers and Warriors get off to a poor start to the 2024-25 season. “We’re talking about the two most dominant players in basketball.” Perkins said on ESPN’s “First Take” that “if they want to go somewhere, they can, regardless of where their contracts are.”
After making eight three-pointers in the United States’ 98-87 victory over France, Stephen Curry cemented his reputation as one of the greatest basketball players of all time and won his first Olympic gold medal. “He’s the greatest shooter of all time,” Devin Booker told reporters after Curry’s legendary performance.
Curry’s reputation as the greatest shooter of all time has only grown in what may well be his first and last Olympics. To win the gold medal game and complete their comeback against Serbia in the semifinals, the Americans needed all of his three-pointers. What’s even more astonishing is that he had made just five three-pointers before the Warriors legend’s 36-point performance against Serbia. He fell just short of Carmelo Anthony’s Olympic record for most points scored in a game with 36 points.
