Steph Curry Breaks Silence on Controversial Warriors Schedule

The Golden State Warriors have the most bizarre and controversial schedule of any NBA team entering the 2025-26 season. Steve Kerr’s men will play 15 back-to-backs, including a stunning five within the first 17 games. Also, Steph Curry and Co. will feature in two six-game road trips, spread across November and March.

Curry shared his honest thoughts on the Warriors’ schedule during the ninth annual “Curry Camp” in Menlo Park.

“Very interesting and different schedule than what we’re used to, just from the patterns of what I’ve noticed over the last 16 years,” Curry told NBC Sports Bay Area’s Dalton Johnson on the Warriors’ schedule.

“But everybody’s got to play 82 and we hope to be able to get through it.”

Curry Confident in Veteran Squad

The sharpshooter admitted that the strange Warriors schedule won’t be a concern for a veteran squad boasting of himself, Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler III, all of whom have been around the block and seen it all in the NBA.

“You take a good amount of time just seeing the flow of the whole year,” Curry said.

“I mean, there are certain cities I love to go to. You look at New York. You look at Charlotte for me. Toronto. Mostly where family is and you try to know when you’re going to have some planning to know when you’re going to be there. Long road trips. That type of stuff. But you don’t get too deep into it.”

Curry also brushed off concerns about an aging Warriors team that many analysts have written off, citing the ages of himself, Green and Butler.

“With age comes wisdom,” Curry said of his aging Warriors. “We’ll take the ageism and all that stuff on the chin and keep it moving.”

Warriors Predicted to Sign Al Horford

The team’s collective age is likely to increase, with the Warriors widely expected to sign 39-year-old Al Horford as their new starting center.

Bleacher Report’s Dan Favale predicted that Horford will sign with the Warriors for the taxpayer’s mid-level exception.

“Depending on how the JK soap opera plays out, the Warriors could need to change up their offer,” Favale wrote. “If Kuminga proves to be ultra-expensive, it might leave them with only the veteran’s minimum to dangle. If he leaves or gets moved in a sign-and-trade, they could technically access the entire non-taxpayer mid-level exception.

“Count on the middle ground winning out again, and the 39-year-old joining Golden State for the taxpayer’s mid-level exception.”

One of the concerns for the Warriors is that Horford did not play many back-to-backs during his time with the Boston Celtics, as highlighted by ESPN’s Anthony Slater.

“He hasn’t been playing both sides of back-to-backs,” Slater said of Horford. “The Warriors can’t rely on him to be an every-night 25-minute option. But the desire is to have him in the lineup when it matters and open up space for five-man combinations, which would especially benefit a downhill driver like Kuminga.”

The Warriors kick off their 2025-26 season against the Los Angeles Lakers on Oct. 21.