Stephen Curry is set to play with the Warriors at least until age 40 after reportedly agreeing to a one-year, $62.6 million extension on his contract with the team.
Curry’s deal will now run through the 2026-27 season, according to a report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Warriors retooled their roster earlier this offseason mostly via an NBA-record six-team trade that sent Curry’s longtime backcourt running mate Klay Thompson to the Dallas Mavericks and brought shooting guard Buddy Hield to Golden State along with touch-and-feel wing Kyle Anderson. The team also signed combo guard De’Anthony Melton.
Curry, who turned 36 in March, performed near the peak of his powers last season, scoring 26.4 points per game and shooting 40.8 percent on 3-pointers. He was also remarkably healthy, playing in 74 games, his most since 2017.
The Warriors lost to the Kings in the play-in tournament, sending Curry into his offseason early, but he made the most of that time away. He won his first Olympic gold medal with Team USA as he led the Americans down the stretch of the semifinal and gold-medal games with a barrage of 3-pointers.
Curry’s extension, which will keep him with Golden State for at least an 18th season, doesn’t come as a surprise. He was eligible for the bump to $62.6 million through Oct. 2, but reportedly would have been eligible for a two-year extension worth about $130 million if he waited until after the season started.
The two-time MVP last extended with the Warriors in August of 2021, when he signed a four-year $215.35 million maximum contract extension.
He was scheduled to be the NBA’s highest-paid player this season, set to earn $55,761,216 million. He’s one of five players making more than $50 million this season, along with the 76ers’ Joel Embiid ($51.4M), The Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic ($51.4M), the Suns’ Kevin Durant ($51.1M) and the Suns’ Bradley Beal ($50.2M).
The Celtics’ Jayson Tatum recently signed a five-year, $314 million contract extension that will make him the highest-paid player in NBA history but the deal doesn’t kick in until the 2025-26 season.
Laurence Miedema contributed to this report.
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