Steph wants to be ‘greedy,’ push for fifth NBA championship

Steph wants to be ‘greedy,’ push for fifth NBA championship originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Through 15-plus seasons in the NBA, Stephen Curry has collected enough trophies, plaques, medals, jewelry and keepsakes to fill a wholesale warehouse. His Golden State Warriors career is full, yet there is one more box he wants to check.

And it’s one he already has checked not once or twice or three times.

Even after four NBA championships, satisfying as they are, Curry yearns for a fifth ring.

“Honestly, it’s the only thing I’m really playing for at this point,” Curry said on the NBC Sports Bay Area’s “Dubs Talk,” which debuted Wednesday. “It’s the only thing that matters in the sense of accomplishment.”

There are other career goals, some personal and some for bragging rights to burnish his Hall of Fame bio. So, it’s not exactly championship or agony. At age 36, basketball remains, outside Curry’s wife and four children, a gratifying experience.

“I still love to play the game,” Curry said. “I still love to come to work every day. Basketball is still fun for me. The challenge of trying to figure out how to win on a nightly basis, I still get up for it.”

Proof of that can be found in Curry’s statistics through the first 10 games. He’s averaging 23.0 points per game, shooting 47.9 percent from the field, including 42.7 percent beyond the arc. The Warriors rank dead last in the NBA in free-throw percentage, but Curry stands apart, shooting 94.3 percent from the line.

Curry, the reigning NBA Clutch Player of the Year, continues to weave late-game magic. When the Warriors were fading in the fourth quarter at Oklahoma City on Nov. 10, Curry rescued them by scoring eight of their 11 points over the final 3:23.

Two days later, with Golden State trailing the Dallas Mavericks by six (114-108) and a little more than three minutes left, Curry secured the victory by scoring his team’s last 12 points.

Such heroics partially illustrate Curry’s thirst for a fifth championship ring to go with those he earned in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022. Another ring, and maybe another Finals MVP trophy, would…

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Publish date : 2024-11-20 15:03:00

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