Stephen Curry addresses Kevin Durant-Warriors trade rumors

If Stephen Curry goes to do any recruiting of Kevin Durant, it received’t be public.

The Warriors celebrity expressed confidence in the way forward for a crew that simply received the NBA championship — and a crew that might be among the many many to chase Durant, who has requested a commerce from the Nets.

Curry, talking from the American Century Championship golf match in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., walked a cautious line with NBC Sports activities Bay Space this week relating to the Warriors’ future. He was in a roundabout way requested about Durant, his former championship teammate, however he made it clear he hears the hypothesis — and likes the present crop of Warriors.

“The rumor mill and all that kind of stuff is a part of the character of the NBA and league,” Curry instructed Monte Poole. “You are taking it for what it's.

“You understand how shortly issues can change, however I like the place we’re at.”

Steph Curry guards Kevin Durant.
Steph Curry strains up throughout Kevin Durant.
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They’re at a fairly good spot, coming off a fourth title in eight years with a veteran core (Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Inexperienced) and several other youthful items who took massive steps ahead (notably Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole).

Curry additionally talked about small ahead Jonathan Kuminga, guard Moses Moody and heart James Wiseman — who didn’t even play this season with a knee harm — as purpose to assume Golden State can stack extra titles.

“There’s a whole lot of optimism, a whole lot of power about the place we’re going,” mentioned Curry, who is aware of higher than most how shortly issues can change.

The Warriors got here inside a sport of one other title in 2016, then signed Durant and rose to a fair superior superpower. Buying him this time can be tougher for a number of causes, the largest being a lot of their future must be mortgaged in a swap with Brooklyn.

A latest package deal posited by ESPN included Wiggins, Poole, Kuminga, Wiseman and several other first-rounders. Would the Warriors settle for that?

The Nets couldn’t with out getting inventive as a result of Wiggins is in a delegated rookie max deal — as is Ben Simmons, and a crew can solely commerce for one participant on such a contract.

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