{"id":130301,"date":"2026-05-15T08:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/hes-not-happy-warriors-to-leave-no-stone-unturned-after-stephen-curry-sends-clear-message-to-front-office\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T08:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:26:15","slug":"hes-not-happy-warriors-to-leave-no-stone-unturned-after-stephen-curry-sends-clear-message-to-front-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/hes-not-happy-warriors-to-leave-no-stone-unturned-after-stephen-curry-sends-clear-message-to-front-office\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe\u2019s Not Happy\u201d: Warriors to Leave No Stone Unturned After Stephen Curry Sends Clear Message to Front Office"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Golden State Warriors<\/a> reportedly offered four first-round picks for Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> at the February trade deadline and were turned away. Then Jimmy Butler<\/a> tore his ACL, ended his season early, and the team that was supposed to be retooling missed the playoffs entirely, losing to the Phoenix Suns<\/a> in the play-in game. The window that the franchise has been carefully managing around its franchise player is no longer a theoretical concern. It is closing in real time. And according to The Athletic\u2019s Sam Amick, the man at the center of it all has made clear to those around him that coasting is not an option.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re going to be pulling out all the stops to do something,\u201d Amick said. \u201cThe desperation meter, it\u2019s the Lakers<\/a> and Warriors in the same neighbourhood right now. They know that Steph<\/a> (Curry), as mild-mannered as he is and as chill as he is, he\u2019s not happy not being in contention. He\u2019s not going to be okay just coasting down the back end of his career. So whether it\u2019s LeBron<\/a>, whether it\u2019s Giannis, whether it\u2019s Kawhi, they\u2019re going to be making all of the phone calls.\u201d The picture Amick painted was of a franchise that has received a private but unmistakable message from its superstar and is now prepared to pursue anyone, regardless of feasibility.<\/p>\n

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Stephen Curry<\/a> himself put the stakes in starker terms than he typically allows publicly. According to Danny Emerson of the San Francisco Standard, he drew a direct parallel to the scenario he is trying to avoid: \u201cYou don\u2019t want to be in a situation the Lakers were in those last three years with Kobe<\/a>. I know he came off the Achilles injury, but\u2026 they were a lottery team, and it was more just how many points can Kobe score down the stretch of his career. I don\u2019t want to be in that scenario.\u201d For a player who has won four championships and spent his career redefining what a point guard can be, the Kobe comparison is the clearest possible way to communicate urgency, not about statistics, but about relevance.<\/p>\n

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The Warriors\u2019 front office has not been subtle about sharing that urgency internally. According to Tim Kawakami of The San Francisco Standard, Golden State still believes it can add a superstar-level player to pair with Curry this offseason, with LeBron James<\/a> and Kawhi Leonard<\/a> specifically named as targets, and Steve Kerr re-signed specifically because the front office anticipates a significant acquisition in the coming months.<\/p>\n

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The distance between Golden State\u2019s ambitions and its assets remains the central obstacle. The Warriors offered four first-round picks at the deadline and were rebuffed. What has changed since then is that their 2033 first-rounder is now tradable, and their 2026 lottery pick, 11th, has added value, making a combination of a current lottery pick plus four future selections and multiple swaps a more compelling offer in a flattened lottery environment.<\/p>\n

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