While Stephen Curry is expected to remain in Golden State, ESPN’s Shams Charania believes the organization is facing a pivotal moment after repeatedly missing out on superstar acquisitions.
“They’ve gone after a bunch of stars over the years. OG Anunoby a few seasons ago they went after. They went after Alex Caruso one year. That’s just from a high-level role player, rotation player, starter level. But then they’ve made swings for Giannis.
“They made swings for LeBron [James]. They made a swing for Kevin Durant that was highly publicized a couple of seasons ago. So they’ve swung and missed multiple times ever since that championship in 2022. They’ve not been able to get back to that mountain top.
“They did get Jimmy Butler, though, and I think that was that one card that they had where they could say, ‘Hey, as long as we have Jimmy, Steph, and Draymond [Green], we have a shot to compete in the Western Conference.’”
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