There are few players who can say they changed the game of basketball the way Stephen Curry has.
A four-time NBA Champion with the Golden State Warriors, it’s Curry’s individual brilliance when it comes to three-point shooting which is perhaps his greatest accomplishment.
His search for individual brilliance and more championships hasn’t slowed down despite being 37. In fact, he’s currently seventh in the KIA MVP Ladder and playing at an elite level which has been aided by the Warriors’ addition of Jimmy Butler.
However the question now is: how long can Steph continue to play the game?
Draymond weighs in on Steph’s future
One person who knows Curry well is his Warriors teammate Draymond Green. The two have spent their careers together, and Draymond was recently asked if winning another title would push Steph towards retirement.
“The problem [Steph] has, we win number 5 this year, he got a strong chance to get number six next year. And he’s not going to screw me out of six. So, he has no chance of retiring, because if we got a chance to win six, I’ll be at his house every day to make sure he ain’t retiring,” Draymond said on Dubs Talk.
In fact, Draymond stated that he believes Steph could play until he’s 40 if he wanted to as he still has “too much left to give at this game to let go now… he could 1,000 percent play this game at the level he’s playing at for another three until 40. I wholeheartedly believe that… I don’t see it [retirement] happening this year.”
However Draymond noted that family could push Steph towards the exit door, adding: “It’s, Ryan has a dance competition or Caius just walked for the first time…these are the type of things that you realize and you start missing.”
Steph has spoken about his retirement plans in the past, stating he would rather go out when he’s still at his best.
“I’ve seen different scenarios. Like everybody talks about Kobe [Bryant] and his last years. From my vantage point, I’m comparing it to guys that only played for one franchise. Dirk [Nowitzki], Tim [Duncan], Kobe, from our era. … You don’t want to be in a situation the Lakers were in those last three years [with Bryant],” Curry said ahead of the 2025 All-Star Game.
“I know he came off the Achilles injury, but it was, like, they were a lottery team, and it was more just how many points can Kobe score down the stretch of his career. I don’t want to be in that scenario.”