Steph Curry Hits the Dance Floor as Warriors Season Opens
Curry celebrated his mom Sonya's surprise remarriage days before tip-off — here's where the 39.7 FPTS/G guard sits in our rankings.
A top-20 guard at 37 — just mind the recent dip in form.
- Curry: 26.6 PPG, 39.7 FPTS/G in 2025-26 (43 games)
- Ranked #36 overall, #17 among guards in our model
- Down 7.3 FPTS vs season avg over his last 5
- Sonya Curry's wedding planned in just nine weeks
- Warriors opened preseason vs Lakers on Oct. 6
Before Stephen Curry laces up for another Golden State season, he spent Friday night on a different kind of floor. His mother, Sonya Curry, revealed on Instagram that she quietly got remarried at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess resort — a ceremony she said came together in just nine weeks, and one Steph attended grinning ear to ear alongside wife Ayesha and his dancing daughter.
The off-court feel-good moment matters here only because of what it signals: Curry's head is clearly in a good place entering 2026-27. That's the lens we care about for fantasy managers eyeing a guard who put up 26.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.7 assists across 43 games last season (2025-26), good for 39.7 fantasy points per game — a line that still slots him at #36 overall and #17 among guards in our model.
Sonya's post, which came five years after she filed for divorce from Dell Curry following three decades of marriage, included Polaroids from the wedding with Steph and Ayesha front and center. Her new husband hasn't been publicly identified and doesn't appear in the photos, but Sonya remains a regular at Warriors games — so expect to see the couple courtside at Chase Center at some point this year.
The Fantasy Read
Here's the number that gives me slight pause: Curry is down 7.3 fantasy points versus his season average over his last five outings. Some of that is preseason noise — Golden State already played the Lakers on Oct. 6 — and you don't overreact to October minutes from a 37-year-old on a managed load. But it's a reminder that the ceiling isn't quite what it was three seasons ago.
The 43 games he played last season also tell the real story. Curry's value isn't the raw per-game output anymore; it's whether he's on the floor. A relaxed, happy franchise cornerstone heading into a new campaign is a small green flag for a guy whose availability is the entire question.
For managers: HOLD. If you drafted Curry as a borderline top-20 guard, that's exactly what you got, and nothing about a family wedding changes the math. Don't pay a premium to buy, don't panic-sell over a soft preseason stretch — just monitor the minutes once the games count.
