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Why Warriors, Bay Area’s bond with Steph must forever be cherished originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Two notable occurrences in the sports world this week, one solemn and the other joyous, served reminders that truly special relationships are to be cherished. Forever. Such as that the Warriors and the Bay Area have with Stephen Curry.
Jerry West spent 40 years making the Los Angeles Lakers the most widely treasured team in California, but the cold war between him and the franchise still was in place Wednesday morning when he died.
To which the Lakers responded with a relative blip of condolence.
A few hours later, across the country, 60,000 folks were celebrating an event that should ensure the relationship between Tom Brady and the New England Patriots would not meet the same fate.
Brady, the essential element of the winningest NFL franchise of the 21st century before an icy parting in 2020, returned to New England for the retirement of his No. 12 jersey and his induction into the team’s Hall of Fame.
Which brings us back to Curry and the firm belief that civic treasures should be treated as such.
In the two months since the inglorious end of the Warriors’ season, there has been a glut of opinions about how the franchise should proceed. Some even suggest the front office should explore trading Curry.
His value is high, but he’s 36 years old. Look at all the Warriors could get to start, ya know, a rebuild.
Banish the thought. Golden State CEO Joe Lacob is too savvy to authorize such a move. General manager Mike Dunleavy is too smart to risk life, limb and reputation. And any soul daring to convince coach Steve Kerr that the Warriors would be better off without Steph would leave the discussion with an “L” stamped on their forehead.
The Warriors have been in the Bay Area since 1962, and they’ve never experienced the kind of passion and popularity that accompanied Curry’s rise to superstardom as the engine of the team’s rise to the top of the NBA.
Remember what it was like in these parts before 2013? I do. Curry does. And he addressed it on the “Heat Check with Steph and Dell Curry,” a new…
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Author : NBC Sports BayArea
Publish date : 2024-06-14 15:01:44
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