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Completely happy Friday, of us! Welcome again to Layup Strains. Thanks a lot for becoming a member of me right now. I hope you’re having an excellent day and are prepared for the three day weekend forward of you.
The Golden State Warriors received their work performed a bit early this week, didn’t they?
Stephen Curry has reportedly signed a one-year, $62.6 million extension with the group for the 2026-27 season. He’ll be a part of the NBA’s $500 million membership and stay a Warrior via the rest of his deal until he asks out.
That’s nice information for Warriors followers on the market who thought Curry may sprint for greener grass after a few underwhelming seasons in a row for the Warriors. Whereas that’s nonetheless not utterly exterior the realm of chance, it’s develop into quite a bit much less probably now.
What is totally cooked with this extension, although, are hopes that he and LeBron James would ever play collectively.
Followers have nearly at all times fantasized concerning the two defining gamers of this period of hoops taking part in collectively. Steph at level with LeBron on the wing? That’d be a nightmare, even of their twilight years. Curry remains to be the sport’s finest shooter and James is aware of learn how to manipulate defenses higher than nearly anybody in NBA historical past.
Their Olympic stint collectively this summer time solely added gas to the fireplace for these ideas. And when Steph eliminated “Warriors guard” from his Instagram bio? Whew, boy. Issues have been getting loopy.
However now, Curry is locked in. He might theoretically be traded for, positive. Nevertheless it’d take half the Lakers’ roster to get a deal performed with no third group whereas additionally holding Anthony Davis and James on the roster. Plus, they don’t have the draft capital or younger prospects the Warriors can be searching for in return. A lot of the identical could possibly be stated on the Warriors finish of issues if, say, James have been to request a commerce.
At this level, we all know that’s not taking place. Neither of those guys are going anyplace. The groups they’re with now are the groups they’re going to be ending their careers with. You by no means say by no means — that is the NBA. You by no means know.
However if you happen to have been holding out any hope for a union between these two, it’s best to most likely let that hope dissipate now.
Do us justice, Netflix
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Talking of LeBron, I can’t wait to observe Netflix’s Beginning 5 docuseries popping out this 12 months.
The docuseries is about to launch forward of the NBA season, in response to the Hollywood Reporter. It’s been within the making for the final 12 months. The sequence follows James, Anthony Edwards, Jayson Tatum, Jimmy Butler and Domantas Sabonis via the 2023-24 season.
We’re going to see LeBron crack the 40,000 factors document. We’re going to see Jayson Tatum win his first championship. We’re going to see Anthony Edwards be…Anthony Edwards. That must be enjoyable stuff.
Netflix has been cooking with sports activities documentaries recently. Drive to Survive is an unbelievable manufacturing round Formulation 1 racing. That sounds prefer it’s type of the idea for what this sequence is, apart from it’s not taking place reside through the season.
This doesn’t should be pretty much as good as that. But when it will get shut? I’ll be happy.
Shootaround
— Kiyan Anthony’s quote about Bronny James making it to the NBA is…type of bizarre? Idk what to make of this. Bryan Kalbrosky has extra.
— Talking of Bronny, he can’t name his dad “Dad” on the court. Right here’s Andrew Joseph with extra.
— The NBA 2k25 rankings are out and these are…type of disrespectful to Joel Embiid.
— Might Caitlin Clark be the WNBA’s MVP? Nah. However Rebecca Lobo thinks she may be within the dialog.
That’s a wrap, of us! Thanks a lot for studying Layup Strains right now. Have a incredible weekend. Let’s do that once more subsequent week.
