After the Golden State Warriors fell to the Toronto Raptors in the 2019 NBA Finals, many declared their dynasty dead. Kevin Durant was injured and expected to leave in free agency, Klay Thompson was injured and expected to miss an entire season, and the Western Conference projected to grow stronger with star free agents and trade targets on the move.
This sequence of events reached its peak when Steph Curry suffered a broken hand just five games into the 2019-20 season, leaving the Warriors without any star power after several years of having the league’s most dominant combination of talent. Missing the playoffs that season and the next, the Warriors really began hearing the noise about the end to their dynasty. Then 2022 happened.
Winning the title in 2022, the Warriors reminded the NBA world they were still here. Taking a step back last season, the Warriors are looking to again remind the NBA world that they’re still a serious threat. Nobody is more motivated to issue that reminder than Steph Curry, who texted Draymond Green about it earlier this summer.
Speaking with ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk, Green revealed a text he received from Curry earlier this offseason that read, “We still right here. We ain’t going nowhere.”
This text was in response to a conversation Green and Curry were having about some good memories from the past, and while Curry enjoyed reminiscing, he also boldly reminded his teammate that they’re still right here.