{"id":4079,"date":"2026-07-08T23:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4079"},"modified":"2026-07-08T23:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:08:29","slug":"steph-curry-breaks-silence-about-lebron-james-potentially-joining-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4079","title":{"rendered":"Steph Curry breaks silence about LeBron James potentially joining Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4077\">This scenic portion of the San Mateo Coast could be added to the national park system<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t mind it,\u201d Curry said Wednesday as he prepared for this week\u2019s American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe Resort.<\/p>\n<p>James, the NBA\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the NBA\u2019s biggest offseason stories. James, 42, is presently considering a slew of organizations he\u2019s willing to join, including the Warriors and two of his former teams, the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p>Curry and James competed against each other in four straight NBA Finals from 2015 to 2018, with the Cavaliers\u2019 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4074\">Opinion: Volunteering loses meaning if teenagers are \u2018hour-farming\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Steph Curry on the possibility of playing with LeBron James:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d say more so I\u2019m interested to just play golf with LeBron. We\u2019ll handle the basketball stuff, but I want to see the golf LeBron free agent. He\u2019s out here really grinding on the game. But I\u2019m sure we obviously would\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/aGcZhc5PYI<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 aly \u2736 (@jinthirty) July 8, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d say more so I\u2019m interested to just play golf with LeBron,\u201d Curry said. \u201cWe\u2019ll handle the basketball stuff, but I want to see the golf LeBron free agent. He\u2019s out here really grinding on the game. But I\u2019m sure we obviously would love to play together.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI mean, hopefully it happens. But he\u2019s deserved the opportunity and the right to take his time with the decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4072\">Kurtenbach: The SF Giants have players to sell at the trade deadline. What could they fetch?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry is getting ready to play in the American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Steph Curry breaks silence about LeBron James potentially joining Warriors - Next City Digest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4079\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Steph Curry breaks silence about LeBron James potentially joining Warriors - 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