Stephen Curry agrees to one-year, $62.6 million extension to stay with Warriors

Stephen Curry has said he wants to retire as a Golden State Warrior, taking a $62 million step toward that goal.

Curry has agreed to a one-year, up to $62.6 million contract extension to remain with the Warriors through the 2027 season, when he will be 39 years old. a story broken by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Due to the NBA’s 38-and-over rule, one year was all the Warriors could offer Curry, and this extension comes at the end of two years with $115.4 million remaining on his current deal. Curry is already the league’s highest-paid player, making $55.8 million this coming season. The extension will give him over $500 million in career earnings, joining fellow Olympians LeBron James and Kevin Durant for that distinction. ESPN’s Bobby Marks notes.

Curry is coming off a summer where he filled one gap on his Hall of Fame resumewinning a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Paris, and doing it with style.

Curry is also coming off another All-NBA season (his 10th) in which he was the Warriors’ only high-level shot creator, averaging 26.4 points per game (40.8% from 3) to go along with 5.1 assists per game. He remains the face of the franchise, holding more franchise records than we can count, and he also remains one of the faces of the NBA. This extension should quell speculation that he might be looking to leave the Bay Area.

For the Warriors, Curry is a steal, even at this price. The revenue he brings to the franchise in terms of ticket sales, team sponsorships, TV/streaming viewers, jersey sales, etc. is at least three times what he is paid. And that’s not to mention the fact that he wins on the court.

Curry and the Warriors will head to Hawaii for training camp this season (as will the Clippers, who will face each other in a preseason game there), and then enter the season looking to improve on their 46-win, 10-seed season, which saw them swept by the Kings in the Play-In Tournament. That would mean Curry doesn’t take a step back next season, while the increased depth around him takes a step forward.