Letting go of veteran point man Shaun Livingston could be yet another sacrifice the Golden State Warriors have to make in order to give Stephen Curry a supermax contract and keep fellow superstar Kevin Durant at home after this season.

Knowing full well, the journeyman knows that winning this championship could facilitate his return and others' as well.

“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t aware of it, but at the end of the day, I stand on my ground. And that ground is: When you win, everybody looks good,” said Livingston on Bleacher Report's The Full 48 podcast. “When you win, everybody gets the praise, everybody gets taken care of however you want to split it up.”

“So that’s my goal; that’s what we’re trying to accomplish: a championship. You can’t get ahead of yourself because things could happen and change in a minute’s notice—in a day’s notice.”

A lot of risks were taken in order to be able to sign Durant last summer, including the departures of Harrison Barnes, Andrew Bogut, Festus Ezeli, Leandro Barbosa, Marreesse Speights, and Brandon Rush.

Similarly, the team might be forced to do the same with guys making the mid-level salary in order to compensate Curry after giving the franchise the biggest bargain for a two-time MVP, as well as creating cap room to attempt to keep Durant long-term.

It's much easier for players that get along and have fun to be willing to take a pay cut when they are winning and racking up the hardware at the end of the season, and a second Larry O'Brien trophy in the last three years might just be reason enough for Livingston to make some concessions.