The Golden State Warriors last week officially locked up two-time league MVP Stephen Curry to a super max contract of five years for $201 million.
However, Curry has recently divulged that he was willing to take less if it helped out the Warriors in their efforts in signing their other key free agents this offseason, according to Marcus Thompson of The Athletic.
Curry said he was willing to take less and told general manager Bob Myers as much.
“I actually asked Bob,” he said. “If I were to take a discount — at any number, I don't know what it would be — how much of a difference would that make for us to be able to sign other guys. It wasn't like (Kevin Durant's) situation. His had a direct impact on us being able to sign Andre (Iguodala) and Shaun (Livingston). And it was just an unbelievable sacrifice by KD. But mine didn't matter.”
The fact that Curry was willing to take less than the max should indicate how willing he was to help keep their core group together that has been to three straight NBA Finals while winning a pair of NBA titles. However, there was likely no way that Golden State was going to present him anything less than the max given the significant contributions he has made to help make them a championship-caliber team.
That said, it was the 2017 NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant‘s willingness to take less money that provided enough financial flexibility to keep the likes of Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston, JaVale McGee, David West, and even add Nick Young to the mix.
All of this has put the Warriors in the position to form the league's next dynasty with the opportunity to compete for an NBA title for the next several years.
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