Stephen Curry's fade-out is here, and that's fine

The Warriors blew the offseason and are unlikely to be competitive in 2026-27. Curry is nearing retirement and probably will not compete for another title. It's cool.

Good morning. Who among us hasn't been smuggled out of a Turkish ballroom in a catering case? Let's basketball.

The Warriors totally blew their offseason. Golden State was focused on landing LeBron James as a free agent and building a mildly competitive three-ring road circus, and fell short because LeBron accurately determined that the Warriors would be only mildly competitive with his services. The Philadelphia 76ers went out and swung a big trade for Jaylen Brown, and got a leg up on Golden State. So it goes. The problem is that LeBron took long enough that the Warriors' back-up plans, such as they existed at all, dried up.

The final verdict on the Warriors' offseason? They are essentially bringing back their entire 37-45 team from last season, and adding elderly rookie Yaxel Lendeborg. Soon-to-be 37-year-old Jimmy Butler will miss all or part of the season recovering from a torn ACL. Moses Moody will miss the start of the season recovering from a torn patella. Al Horford recently turned 40. Draymond Green is 36. Kristaps Porzingis was able to play less than 800 minutes last season.

Stephen Curry is 38. He's eligible for an extension, and without that is on track to be a free agent next summer. Everyone assumes that he'll eventually sign an extension, mostly because Curry hasn't even whispered or hinted that he's frustrated enough with the Warriors' drift toward irrelevance to want out.

And that would be totally fine, if that's the choice he makes.