Mike Dunleavy ‘pretty Confident' Steph Curry Will Finish Career With Warriors

Mike Dunleavy ‘pretty confident' Steph Curry will finish career with Warriors originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Steph Curry never wanted to be drafted by the Warriors. His eyes were set on being selected one pick later, with the chance of playing his career in a New York Knicks jersey at Madison Square Garden.

Four NBA championships and a Hall of Fame career created in a Warriors jersey later, Curry wouldn’t change a thing. As he closes in on nearly two decades with Golden State, Curry has maintained his hope and goal of spending his entire playing career playing for one franchise. 

He wants to be the Warriors’ Tim Duncan. Their Dirk Nowitzki, their Kobe Bryant. An icon that didn’t wear a rainbow of jerseys, but just different versions for the same team. Nothing in that department has changed, according to Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy, and Curry hasn’t indicated that will change in the future. 

“Not to me. No, he hasn’t,” Dunleavy said Tuesday in a video press conference with local media. “That’s always been the message. That’s always been sort of what we have discussed, and I think that’s tracking quite well. Obviously he’s eligible for an extension coming up at the end of the month and we’ll talk through all that stuff and can’t speak on it much right now, but I’m pretty confident Steph will finish his career here.” 

Curry, 38, is eligible for a two-year contract extension worth more than $136 million starting Aug. 29. 

When the Warriors’ 2025-26 season ended in Phoenix with a loss to the Suns in the NBA play-in tournament, Curry said he’s open to an extension and wants to play multiple more years. He made the Warriors wait a bit the last time he was extension eligible, and ultimately signed a one-year extension instead of the two years he could have added. 

The Warriors expect Curry to sign some form of a contract extension this offseason as opposed to entering next summer as an unrestricted free agent. They also expect him to be a Warrior until he retires but know he’s the one in control of that ultimate decision. 

“It’s his call, his decision,” Dunleavy said. “Whether that’s allowing his contract to run out and move on – look, if he comes to me and wants to be moved, [Warriors owner Joe Lacob] and I will talk it through. We wouldn’t love it, but he’s earned the right if he wants to do those things. 

“But as far as the messaging or any idea that he would be anywhere else, that’s not a thing we’re looking at or he’s looking at.” 

Rumors have run rampant on social media that Curry one day could want out. Those are nothing more than speculation clicks in the quiet period of the summer. The reasons those uninformed voices have been loud regarding Curry’s future are because of the Warriors’ lack of improvements in NBA free agency and the trade market while the rest of the league saw major shifts. 

Aside from drafting Yaxel Lendeborg in the first round and Lajae Jones in the second, the Warriors, up to this point, have not brought in any outside additions to the roster after winning 37 games last season as the No. 10 seed in the Western Conference. Missing out in their pursuit of LeBron James, the Warriors brought back Draymond Green, Kristaps Porziņģis, Al Horford, De’Anthony Melton and Gary Payton II. 

This is the same offseason where James joined the Philadelphia 76ers weeks after they acquired Jaylen Brown from the Boston Celtics, Giannis Antetokounmpo was traded to the Miami Heat and LaMelo Ball was dealt to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Superstars always are on the move in the modern NBA. 

The Warriors aren’t worried their biggest superstar ever will join that trend, and aren’t sweating the upcoming date for Curry’s contract extension. 

“I think there’s two things I’m confident about Steph: He really, really wants to win, and he wants to finish his career as a Warrior,” Dunleavy said. “I don’t think that changes tomorrow, August 29th, the start of the season, middle of the season or the end of next season. I think those things are going to be consistent.”

Curry averaged 26.6 points per game in 43 games last season, shooting 39.3 percent on 11.3 3-point attempts per game. He missed 39 games to injury, including two months to runner’s knee.

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