Stephen Curry was looking into the ultimate security coming into this offseason, hoping to net the very coveted and almost defunct no-trade clause from the Golden State Warriors this summer, as well as a player-option for the last year of his supermax five-year, $201 million extension.

Both of those were denied by the team, according to Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic.

Prior to the start of the offseason, only three players were granted the exclusive clause — LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony (which carried over to his contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder) and Dirk Nowitzki (which later vanished after re-working a deal with the team to help save salary cap space.

Curry previously bet on himself, signing a four-year, $44 million extension of his rookie contract while he was still dealing with injury woes from a nagging ankle. This extension turned into one of the biggest bargains in league history, reaping back-to-back MVP seasons and two championships to boot.

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The 29-year-old now looked to set himself up for control, knowing the money was coming his way regardless after taking a major discount in the last four years.

Curry can now be traded only after the first year of the deal (2017-18), after signing under the Designated Veteran Extension provision, which prevents him from being moved. The Warriors' floor general also won't net the 15 percent kicker that usually comes from a no-trade clause, one that is being seen less seldom through the league with the new changes to the collective bargaining agreement.

While it seems unlikely that the team would want to get rid of the star they've helped to grow since drafting him out of Davidson, times in the NBA have come to grow favoring player control — one which has now set him up to earn a whopping $45.8 million during the last year of his deal.