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a heroic medal round to help Team USA win their fifth straight gold medal Steph Curry he agreed to a one-year 62.6 million extension with the Golden State Warriors it's according to our woe now Curry is under contract through the 2026 27 season which leads us to the obvious question that Steph he was asked on the Today's Show take a listen are you going to retire Golden State Warrior I hope so for sure I mean I've been there going into my 16th year yeah and I always said it's a it's a goal of mine to to finish my career uh you know with that organization that see me go through the ranks and and accomplish amazing things with you know Draymond I know Klay is not with us anymore but uh I want to keep winning obviously and I know you know we we have hopefully some some days ahead still doing that so definitely want to be there so it sounds like CH that if the Golden State Warriors are able to keep their heads above water here Steph is in it for the long haul but how confident are are you that Golden State can do just that as long as Steph sounds just that confident I'm cool with the Golden State Warriors plan to really maximize on their Prime now the true thing is that the Warriors they've already done the hard thing they broke up the core they broke up the you know the the pieces together that built that dynasty but they did that for a reason to be able to have the right pieces for the future for the next what was it the contract next three years for Steph Curry but this is still a team that has a lot of issues right they're 15th in defensive rating they're ninth in offensive rating now now they're still number two I believe in three-point makes which is largely because of stuff and adding buddy Hill helps to maintaining that consistency in their identity but they're going to have to find other stars or at least get starlike production from The Supporting Cast that has been the Hallmark for Golden State what is it strengthen numbers absolutely like this is my one caveat he was playing in the Olympics LeBron James had a teammate on that Squad Kevin Durant had his teammate on that Squad when we look at these generational icons that we've experienced the last generation Steph is it's like where's his guy who's that go-to they have to establish whether it's the collective or it's something within the next 3 years a player that can really push them back to Championship contention right because for many many years it was a Splash Brothers one two book it now Klay Thompson is with the Dallas Mavericks and when you look at this Warriors team as it's currently constructed it's not hard to see them sort of fighting in that sort of playin range but because we expect so much of golden state that somehow doesn't feel good enough so Zach do you think the days of maybe truly I mean truly being title contenders are they behind Stephen the Warriors here probably it's gonna take a home run a lightning strike something like the Spurs got with drafting kawh Leonard toward the end of Tim Duncan's Prime because this is what happens to Great Legends who stay with one team you win a lot and while you're winning a lot you draft at the bottom of the first round so you're probably not getting any stars there and then the core gets old and it's hard to transition from old to great again while the old guys are still in the league and that's where the Warriors are they're a good team this is a good deep team in the Western Conference they could win a round if things go right they can even win two rounds but they're not a contender and you know what that can be okay it's not a reflection of Steph it's not necessarily a reflection of mismanagement though they'd surely like to have that James wisman pick back and they'll look for stars just like they look for Paul George they look for Lowry marinan they've got picks to trade they're not dead yet but it's going to take one home run lightning strike to get back toward the top and if they don't do it that's fine there's a good honor in being a one team Legend on good teams for the rest of Steph's career forward look like now that golden state has Steph locked into this contract well well Malik I think the big question is is Steph Curry content on just competing to get into the plan every year certainly what they what happened last year and then losing to Sacramento because I think right now in early September when you look at the Western Conference there's probably seven teams that are better than Golden State right now and I think signing the extension eliminates the distraction something that would have been asked upon in uh in training camp as far as extending for another year certainly with the deadline coming up here but I'm not convinced and certainly I think they're similar to where the Lakers are they're a team that's good they're a 45 to 46 win team but they're we're not ready to put them up there in the top top four top five unless maybe we get Andrew Wiggins back from 2022 maybe the young players uh kaminga and Moody and and Pinsky take a huge jump in development this summer and we won't know that until this season starts well Bobby you can just come out here to La sit in my seat and host the show because you just segue us perfectly because Steph he was on his media tour out in New York it wasn't just the contract CH that he was asked about we saw how fun it was right Stephen LeBron leading Team USA to Golden Paris well since Bobby brought up the Lakers Curry told People magazine quote hopefully there will be more experiences in the future and this is what raised people's antenna even if we're teammates or not even if we are teammates or not Bobby so since the Olympics had everybody I mean including us here on the show before our break talking about if we could see this in the NBA now it seems Steph is maybe leaving the door open with those comments should these two team up in the NBA before it's all said and done and how could that actually happen yeah I mean look LeBron James has a player option next year and be and can become a free agent you know I'm I'm not looking at it well how can they get him and how can they sign him he's made over $500 million on in his career and probably over a billion uh career-wise uh you know lifetime here he could certainly opt out of his contract and go to Golden State and and finish out his career for the next two years playing with Steph Curry and and Draymond Green and Golden State wouldn't have to give up anybody he can go flat out there and sign out right here and certainly that would be intriguing here I don't I don't see it from a trade perspective here and I think that's going to be the interesting thing if if the Lakers are mediocre this year will LeBron James force the issue to get out of the lak out of Los Angeles next off season see to me the big elephant in the room is how long will LeBron James want to play for because one thing I appreciate about both of these guys Steph Curry and LeBron James is no matter what you think about them whatever else they accomplish people believe that they're the best at what they do the best shooter we've ever seen and also you know whether you love LeBron or hate him you believe something completely about him so when you look at this Dynamic being teammates or not I mean is he speculating for the next Olympics or is he more talking about being teammates on the same Squad I don't know how long LeBron James will play for Steph again you just said there's honor and maintaining one team like can we see Lebron in a K State Warriors jersey can we see Steph in a Lakers jersey even though I don't know if it was like the real internet that came up did you did step did Steph post himself like oh I don't look bad the the real internet I don't know that was a real internet I don't believe everything but I saw a picture of him in a Lakers jersey and he's like that doesn't look bad well I feel like if we were going to see it happen particularly the reporting around the last sort of trade deadline Adrien Wen rowski saying that maybe there was interest here that these two teams had at least had some some early contact that's when we would have seen it LeBron's on side quest Notions right now I think it was dog that said it like he's accomplished so much he's even accomplished playing with his own son yeah like what else is out and that's what's tough to walk away away from too Zach what do you think about this well first of all the Steph LeBron pick and roll in the Olympics or the LeBron steep pick and roll flip it around it was awesome we might see it again in an All-Star Game in the Western Conference I'm not sure this is a realistic scenario in the NBA LeBron's about to be 40 like how long is this going to continue to go on this is not something we can speculate about happening 3 years from now and yeah he could go join the Warriors for the minim if that's all he cared about but a I think there was some trepidation at least around LeBron last year when the Warriors knocked on the door at the trade deadline about do we really want to change teams again do we really want to chase a ring in another place again or has LeBron accomplished all that needs to be accomplished to cement his legacy I think he wants to stay a Laker but if that were to change and all he wanted to do was win all he cared about was winning there'd be situations better than Golden State to sign for the minimum why not sign with the Thunder for the minimum why not sign with the Sixers for the minimum so it's nice to dream and I will keep dreaming about that pick and roll that got Team USA over the finish line that got Team USA past wemi before wemi leveled up at the end of the Olympics so I'll keep dreaming I guess exact [Music]