The Golden State Warriors are eager to keep their star player, Steph Curry, in San Francisco for the remainder of his career. However, to make this happen, the team needs to demonstrate their commitment to winning.

In an interview with Andscape, Curry revealed his wish to play for a team with championship aspirations, even if it means leaving the Warriors, the only team he has ever played for.

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“It’s a tough situation,” Curry said. “I’ve always wanted to be a Warrior for life. At this point in my career, that still seems possible. While you can aim to be competitive, it doesn’t guarantee a championship. Winning remains a top priority, but one must be realistic. Staying the course doesn’t ensure success; sometimes you need to make changes and rethink how to adapt to the current state of the league and the strength of other talented teams.”

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“I’m taking it one step at a time to be honest,” he continued. “I think that’s the only way that will protect my happiness. Also, it allows me to enjoy being myself when I’m out there playing. And I’ll continue to make the decisions that are best for me and for my career at the end of the day when it comes to just the imagination. I want to win. Let’s put it this way, it’s a longwinded way of saying that it if it is a situation where you’re a bottom feeder and it’s just because you want to stay there, I’d have a hard time with that. But I don’t think that’s going to be the reality.”

The Warriors are currently in a competitive limbo. They’ve missed out on the playoffs three times in the past five years, and Curry’s “splash bro” Klay Thompson was traded to the Dallas Mavericks this offseason. However, they exhibited what a winning squad should look like when they won three championship from 2015 to 2018, and again in 2022.

Outside of Curry, and Draymond Green the Warriors are a young team, with only five players over the age of 30. Brandin Podziemski and Jonathan Kuminga are the team’s two brightest young players, with both averaging 16 points in the previous campaign.

The Warriors went 46-36 and finished 10th in the Western Conference last season.