SAN FRANCISCO – The NBA trade deadline is precisely two weeks away, and those huddling in the Warriors’ front office would be negligent if Feb. 5 passes without giving Stephen Curry some capable assistance.Golden State lost its second-tier contender status Monday night, when Jimmy Butler III was lost for the season. Now it’s time to make a sincere effort to at least approach that level. To compete against teams that seem to abuse the Warriors.Shortly after the Warriors closed their the longest homestand with a tip-to-buzzer loss to the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday, coach Steve Kerr expressed satisfaction with the team’s progress, winning six of eight games at Chase Center.“Great homestand,” Kerr said afterward. “Toronto was amazing tonight, 21-for-34 from 3; they couldn’t miss. They had a great plan. They came in and took it to us early and we were obviously trying to swim upstream the entire game. It happens. We’ve been the team making all the threes the last few games, and we were probably due for one like this, where our opponent made them all.“But we move on. Great homestand. But now we got to go out on the road and win...