An Uncomfortable Truth About Steph Curry and the Warriors

Steph Curry Deserves Better. Reality Doesn't Care.

Almost every smart NBA analyst has arrived at the same conclusion this week: The Warriors are wasting the end of Steph Curry’s NBA career. He’s 38, still great and the team has done nothing this offseason. Nothing! Warriors fans are emailing me about this, expressing their understandable anger. It’s a consistent theme from podcast friend Saam Esfandiari.

Clearly I agree, right? Obviously I’m aghast at how the Warriors are failing their greatest player ever?

Well, it’s complicated. The Warriors are clearly at fault for choices they made in the past that have come to bear, but also: I’m not sure we’re having an honest conversation about how difficult it is to contend, in 2026, with even a great old superstar.

The Curry Cope