Could Steph Curry conceivably play the 2026-27 NBA season without a contract for the 2027-28 campaign?In the mind of ESPN NBA insider Brian Windhorst, that’s the only way for the Warriors to retool the roster.
The 38-year-old Curry has one season left on his current Warriors contract, and on Aug. 29, he becomes eligible to sign a two-year, $136.7 million extension with Golden State.
On Monday’s episode of ESPN’s “Get Up,” Windhorst made the case for the Warriors telling Curry NOT to sign an extension before the start of the upcoming season.
“He is 38 years old,” Windhorst told host Mike Greenberg and fellow panelists Monica McNutt and Jay Williams. “He has said that he wants to play several more seasons. The Warriors are not giving up. They are missing and swinging a lot but they are still swinging. The idea that the Warriors are a championship contender this year is ridiculous. They are not. But the idea that the Warriors are finished and cooked and never competing again, I give you the 76ers. They are going to keep trying.
“And one of the ways they can keep trying, quite...