Stephen Curry details pitch for LeBron James to join Golden State Warriors
Stephen Curry knew the LeBron James question was coming.
The superstar point guard sat at the front of a press tent Thursday at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course ahead of this weekend’s celebrity pro-am American Century Championship knowing he was going to get asked about the biggest free agent remaining in the NBA, who has been linked to joining Curry and the Golden State Warriors.
“I don’t have a percentage,” Curry said about the chances of the Warriors landing James. “It’s kind of up to him. I feel like any place he called and said, ‘I want to play there,’ you’d move mountains to make it happen. And I know we’re in that boat as well.
“The pitch is we’re going to play good basketball, be around people that know how to play the game. Hopefully he’ll raise our floor on our competitiveness this year. There’s good golf in the Bay. We’re an organization that’s been there, and he knows that. That’s really self-explanatory. It’s just a matter of where he sees himself fitting at the end of the day. That’s up to him.”
The Warriors have made moves this offseason to mostly bring back their team that was eliminated in the second-game of the play-in tournament by the Phoenix Suns in the spring.
They re-signed veteran big men Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford, and they brought back guard De’Anthony Melton. Otherwise, their most notable new addition is rookie Yaxel Lendeborg whom they selected with the No. 11 pick in the NBA draft.
The Warriors also dealing with the uncertainty surrounding Jimmy Butler’s return from a torn ACL in his right knee and Moses Moody’s torn left patellar than his return in 2026 in doubt.
Golden State, like the rest of the NBA, is waiting to see where James lands for his 24th season while turning 42 in December.
“It’s TBD,” Curry said about how he feels about the Warriors’ offseason should they miss out on James. “Because with free agency, LeBron’s in a situation where the league is waiting, but other than that, it’s great to KP back, it’s great to get (Melton) back. We’re in a unique situation because Jimmy’s hurt and Moses is hurt and they’re going to miss amount of the season.
“You got to try to hold the fort down as best you can until those guys get back because we do have an idea of who can be with them. But I know Mike (Dunleavy Jr.), Steve (Kerr) and Joe (Lacob) are all doing the best they can to make the right decision with what’s available.”
James is an unrestricted free agent after spending the past eight years with the Los Angeles Lakers. He’s been heavily linked to the Warriors and his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, with whom he debuted in 2003 and won a championship in 2016 during his second stint with the team.
This story was originally published July 9, 2026 at 2:12 PM.
