Curry Wants to Win and Retire a Warrior — Golden State May Only Deliver One
GM Mike Dunleavy says Curry isn't going anywhere, but a 37-45 roster ran it back. What that means for a 39.7 FPTS/G guard who played just 43 games.
Elite when healthy at 39.7 FPTS/G, but 43-game floor drags his cost down.
- Curry: 39.7 FPTS/G on 43 games last season (2025-26)
- Warriors finished 37-45, lost second play-in game
- GM says no trade talks have taken place
- Porzingis played just 15 games post-deadline for GSW
- No 50-win season or 2nd-round trip since 2022 title
Mike Dunleavy went on record this week to shut down the noise: Stephen Curry wants to win, and he wants to retire in Golden State. The Warriors GM told the Associated Press he's confident those two things won't change tomorrow, on Aug. 29, or by the end of next season. Problem is, the roster Dunleavy assembled this summer may only let one of those wishes come true.
The Warriors struck out on their headline offseason target — a LeBron James pairing that never materialized — and are essentially running back a team that went 37-45 and bowed out in its second play-in game against Phoenix. Curry, still elite when he's on the floor, averaged 39.7 fantasy points per game last season (2025-26, actual), but he only suited up for 43 contests. That's the whole story in one line: brilliant when available, unavailable too often.
The Roster Around Him
The big summer moves? Re-signing Kristaps Porzingis, who played just 15 games for Golden State after arriving at the deadline, and a pending Draymond Green extension after Green declined his option to chase LeBron money. Porzingis posted 30.8 FPTS/G last season (2025-26, actual) across 32 games and sits #83 in our rankings; Green checks in at #141 with 25.1 FPTS/G. Neither moves the contention needle much.
Reinforcements are supposed to come via Jimmy Butler's return from a torn ACL, but the timing and his level upon return are genuine unknowns. If he's not back until after the All-Star break, it may be too little, too late for a team already fighting to escape the bottom half of the West. Since the 2022 title, Golden State hasn't cracked 50 wins or reached the second round.
Dunleavy admitted that if Curry ever asked to be moved, he and Joe Lacob would talk it through — they wouldn't love it, but they'd honor it. For now, the GM insists that conversation hasn't happened and isn't on anyone's radar. The subtext is loud, though: another lottery-adjacent season could test even Curry's famous patience.
For fantasy managers, the calculus is simple. Curry is a top-20 talent producing like one when he plays — 39.7 FPTS/G is genuine first-round value — but his 43-game sample and a rough recent stretch (-7.3 FPTS vs his season average over his last five) will scare drafters and push his cost down. That's the opening. Buy low, draft him a round or two later than his ceiling suggests, and treat every game he's active as a gift. Just build a roster that survives his off nights, because at this stage of the career, they're coming.
