Steph Curry speaks on what he needs from Warriors in his last contract years

Steph Curry speaks on what he needs from Warriors in his last contract years originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Stephen Curry, the four-time NBA champion who has spent his entire career with the Golden State Warriors , is thinking about how it ends.

In a recent interview with Tim Kawakami of The San Francisco Standard, Curry made clear he has studied how other single-franchise legends finished their careers and wants no part of the version he found least acceptable. He pointed to Kobe Bryant's final seasons in Los Angeles as the outcome he is actively trying to avoid. The comments resurfaced Sunday on social media after Fullcourtpass shared the clip, and the message is the same whether heard now or then.

Curry told Kawakami: "You don't want to be in a situation the Lakers were in those last three years with Kobe. I know he came off the Achilles injury, but it was, like, they were a lottery team, and it was more just how many points can Kobe score down the stretch of his career. I don't want to be in that scenario.

" Curry is watching the Warriors' offseason decisions closely as his contract winds down Kobe's last three seasons in Los Angeles produced a combined record of 65 wins out of a possible 246 games. The team was not built to compete then, but managing a legend's departure. The culture during that stretch was never about a championship, and Curry is aware of exactly what that looked like from the outside.