Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry had a simple answer when asked by a spectator about the possibility of playing with LeBron James this upcoming season.
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“I don’t mind it,” Curry said Wednesday as he prepared for this week’s American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe Resort.
James, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer and a four-time MVP, remains a free agent after informing the Los Angeles Lakers late last month that he plans to play for a different team during the 2026-27 season, which will be his 24th in the league.
In one of the NBA’s biggest offseason stories. James, 42, is presently considering a slew of organizations he’s willing to join, including the Warriors and two of his former teams, the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers.
Curry and James competed against each other in four straight NBA Finals from 2015 to 2018, with the Cavaliers’ lone title coming in 2016. The two megastars also combined to help Team USA go 6-0 at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and capture the gold medal.
The Warriors have been relatively quiet this summer as they hope to bounce back from an injury-plagued 2025-26 season in which they went 37-45 and missed the playoffs for the second time in three years.
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Steph Curry on the possibility of playing with LeBron James:
“I’d say more so I’m interested to just play golf with LeBron. We’ll handle the basketball stuff, but I want to see the golf LeBron free agent. He’s out here really grinding on the game. But I’m sure we obviously would… pic.twitter.com/aGcZhc5PYI
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But the Warriors, with Curry, Draymond Green, and a healthy Jimmy Butler, could put themselves back in title contention by adding James, who averages 20.9 points in 60 games with the Lakers last season.
“I’d say more so I’m interested to just play golf with LeBron,” Curry said. “We’ll handle the basketball stuff, but I want to see the golf LeBron free agent. He’s out here really grinding on the game. But I’m sure we obviously would love to play together.”
“I mean, hopefully it happens. But he’s deserved the opportunity and the right to take his time with the decision.”
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