Stephen Curry is now 37 years old, and conversations about how much longer he might play have become a regular storyline around the Golden State Warriors.
But the team’s principal governor, Joe Lacob, won’t be surprised if Curry has at least a few more years left in the tank.
“It’s going to be really, really hard to do this without a Steph Curry or someone like that in the future,” he told Ron Kroichick of the San Francisco Chronicle. “He’s not going to play forever, though I do think he may play longer than we all think. He might be the Tom Brady of the NBA. … I look forward to it in a way probably no one else can understand, because it will be a tremendous challenge to try to replicate what we’ve done in the first 15 years over the next 15. But I’m looking forward to that, because it’s something we want to try to do—to prove we do a good job and it’s not just Steph Curry.”
Brady played in the NFL for 23 seasons, retiring at the age of 45. Curry would have to play another eight seasons to match that, which seems like a long shot, though he indicated before the season that he doesn’t have a retirement timeline in mind.
“No clue. I just know it’s closer than it was even yesterday,” he told ESPN’s Malika Andrews in October when asked if he knew when he might call it quits (1:57 mark). “Acknowledging it is fun, because the more I talk about it, the more I appreciate what all goes into preparing yourself. But all of that stuff is just the privilege that you’ve earned. I’m trying not to put any timestamps or anything, other than the sense of urgency on it now.”
LeBron James is still going at the age of 40. Perhaps we’ll see Curry play until at least that benchmark as well.
Discover more from 6up.net
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.