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Golden State Warriors superstar guard Stephen Curry doesn't have retirement on his mind.

When asked about his NBA future at the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year Awards, Curry suggested he plans to play for a long time to come:

Curry noted that Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady gave him the advice of taking things one year at a time, before adding: "I don't see myself slowing down anytime soon."

The 34-year-old Curry already boasts a Hall of Fame resume with eight All-Star selections, four NBA championships, two NBA MVP Awards, two scoring titles and one NBA Finals MVP Award.

Last season, Curry helped the Dubs bounce back from two consecutive years out of the playoffs by winning a fourth championship in eight years. Curry was also named NBA Finals MVP for the first time, plus he won the NBA All-Star Game MVP Award.

For his efforts, Curry was named Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year for 2022, making him the second individual NBA player (LeBron James, 2012, 2016, 2020) to win the award since Dwyane Wade in 2006.

All told, Curry has spent 14 years as an NBA player, appearing in 849 regular-season games.

In addition to averaging an impressive 24.4 points per game for his career, Curry is the NBA's all-time leader in three-pointers made with 3,234.

Curry is also the top free-throw shooter in NBA history at .908, plus he is 43rd on the all-time scoring list and 50th in NBA history in total assists.

The sharpshooter has not shown any signs of falling off this season, as he is averaging 30.0 points per game in 23 contests. That scoring average would be the third-highest of his career if it holds up.

Golden State has disappointed as a team with a 13-13 record, but it boasts a ton of talent and veteran experience, which suggests it will be in the championship mix by the end of the year.

Only 26 players in NBA history have won more championships than Curry, and it is safe to assume that moving up that list is a huge motivating factor for him to continue playing for years to come.

A woman accused Golden State Warriors forward Anthony Lamb of raping her in 2019 when the pair were students at the University of Vermont in a civil lawsuit filed against the school Tuesday, per Alex Simon and Madeline Kenney of the Mercury News.

Lamb is not facing criminal charges and is not a defendant in the civil case. He called the accusations "patently false" in a statement.

"I have always been fully cooperative regarding the alleged incident, and have welcomed any investigation into the matter," Lamb said. "Simply put, I have never committed sexual assault."

The Warriors also released a statement Thursday:

"Anthony is not a defendant in this recent lawsuit and, to our knowledge, he has never been charged with any wrongdoing in any legal case. Prior to signing Anthony in September, we did our due diligence with the NBA and his prior teams, as we do with all players. If any new information comes to light, we will certainly evaluate it and act accordingly."

Kendall Ware said that during a men's basketball team party in September 2019, Lamb assaulted her, ignoring her when she repeatedly said "no" and telling her to "just take it."

The two had ended a sixth-month relationship the previous summer.

"Ware was terrified of reporting Lamb," the lawsuit stated. "In such a small state, to many, Lamb was a bonafide celebrity both on and off campus. Ware was afraid of the repercussions of reporting him to the school authorities, let alone to the police."

Ware, a swimmer for the school, said she reported Lamb to the Vermont Title IX office but that the athletic department was then inappropriately contacted by Vermont officials. She accused athletic department officials of guiding her away from a formal review of the incident and toward settling for "informal restitution" to allow Lamb to "escape any meaningful consequences for his actions."

In addition to suing the school for its handling of the situation, the lawsuit also named Vermont's board of trustees and officials in the Title IX office and athletic department as defendants.

So what is Stephen Curry's all-time starting five?

The Golden State Warriors star point guard was asked to pick the four players from NBA history who would join him in the ideal starting lineup during an interview with Sports Illustrated, and he went with Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Dirk Nowitzki and Shaquille O'Neal.

"I'm at PG. I'm going with Magic—we'll play hybrid guards," he said. "You got Jordan. You got Dirk spacing the floor, shooting the ball. And you got the big man, the Diesel, holding it down. So, that's a solid lineup I think."

While that's a lot of talent to share one basketball, a lot of the skill sets do mesh nicely.

Curry and Johnson would keep the ball moving. Curry and Nowitzki would space the floor. Shaq would dominate the paint and give both Curry and Jordan a solid pick-and-roll partner. Jordan, being Jordan, would give the team that isolation scorer for when the play broke down or the team needed a huge bucket in crunch time. Johnson, Curry and Jordan could push the pace in transition.

It would be fun to watch. And basically impossible to play against.

Sports Illustrated has named Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry as its 2022 Sportsperson of the Year.

Curry capped the 2021-22 season with his fourth NBA title after averaging 25.5 points, 6.3 assists and 5.2 rebounds per game.

He saved his best work for the NBA Finals, where he posted 31.2 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists en route to a six-game win over the Boston Celtics.

The NBA Finals MVP notably amassed 43 points and 10 rebounds in Game 4 before closing out the C's with a 34-point outing in Game 6.

It was a tremendous comeback for Curry and the Warriors, who were just two seasons removed from finishing a league-worst 15-50 in 2019-20. Curry missed all but five games that year due to a broken left hand.

He returned to form in 2020-21, dropping an NBA- and career-high 32.0 points per game and earning All-NBA First Team honors. However, the Warriors did not make the playoffs after falling to the Memphis Grizzlies in the play-in tournament.

The Warriors found their groove again in 2021-22, however, winning 53 games and largely cruising through the Western Conference playoffs before taking out the Celtics.

Curry's resume now includes eight All-Star Game appearances, two scoring titles, two NBA MVP awards, eight All-NBA team honors and a pair of FIBA World Cup gold medals, among other accolades. He was also named to the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team.

Off the court, Curry earned his degree from Davidson, where he starred for three years before jumping to the NBA in 2009.

He and his wife, Ayesha Curry, have also continued their charitable efforts in a variety of fields, per Michael Rosenberg of Sports Illustrated.

"Since 2019, the Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation he and Ayesha founded has served more than 25 million meals to food-insecure children, spent $2.5 million on literacy-focused grants and distributed 500,000 books, according to Curry’s representatives. He has also provided seed funding for men’s and women’s golf teams at Howard University, a historically Black school, and started the Underrated Golf Tour, a junior circuit designed to make the game more inclusive. He is co-chair of Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote initiative."

Curry has continued his dominance this season with 30.0 points, 7.0 assists and 6.6 rebounds per game for the Warriors.

For Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green, LeBron James' 2016 NBA Finals triumph tipped the scales in his favor in the NBA GOAT conversation.

On UNINTERRUPTED's Throwing Bones, Green made the point that James "was the best player in the NBA by his third season" and maintained that level almost every year since. He added that Jordan "didn't beat the greatest team ever assembled," seemingly a reference to the Cleveland Cavaliers taking down the 73-win Warriors in 2016.

While Jordan would probably be the prevailing pick for the greatest ever, the 2016 Finals was probably the one moment more than any other that James seriously challenged MJ for the title.

According to ESPN's Ramona Shelburne, Jordan was sold on making The Last Dance on the same day the Cavs had their championship parade. Maybe it's purely a coincidence, but you get the sense His Airness sensed the implications of LeBron's third title and saw The Last Dance as his rebuttal.

But Green's comments underline how there will almost certainly never be a consensus regarding the NBA's GOAT.

Stephen Curry might be the greatest shooter in NBA history, but he isn't that good.

On Sunday, a video went viral showing the Golden State Warriors star sinking five straight full-court heaves at the team's practice facility.

There's just one problem. The Associated Press' Janie McCauley confirmed the video is fake.

That raises an obvious question: Were any of Curry's 3,232 made three-pointers real? How deep does the conspiracy go?

Opposing teams have grown accustomed to paying attention to Curry as soon as he crosses half court, such is his shooting range. Luckily they don't have to start crowding him immediately after he catches an inbound pass.

Draymond Green said he appreciated a fan's pledge to match the $25,000 fine the Golden State Warriors forward received after the two had a verbal back and forth during the Warriors' game against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday.

"You don't see that happen," Green told reporters of the "cool gesture" made by Alykhan Rehmatullah, the Mavericks fan who jawed with Green.

Rehmatullah identified himself as the fan and said he would donate $25,000 to a charity of Green's choice:

Green said he planned on reaching out to Rehmatullah and that the money "should help someone's kid."

Rehmatullah told ESPN's Kendra Andrews that he was not offended by Green's obscene language.

"Because of that, we can make light of the situation, do some good, make a donation," Rehmatullah said. "Make it charitable. ... [Fan decorum] is a sensitive topic, but it's not always as controversial as it's made out to be."

Thanks to Rehmatullah's donation, this player-fan interaction will result in money going toward a good cause.

Draymond Green can become a free agent after this season, but he doesn't sound eager to leave the Golden State Warriors.

In an interview with Marc J. Spears of Andscape, Green said being able to spend his entire career with one organization would "absolutely" appeal to him:

"It’s incredible when you look at the amount of guys who’ve played for only one team. You can look around the NBA right now. There are five guys that’s been on a team for 11 years-plus. We have three of them [along with Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson]. It’s a very rare thing. There’s 470, 480 players in the NBA? There are five guys that’s been with his team for 11 years plus. That’s amazing. So, you don’t just give that away."

Green also addressed a previous rumor that he had interest in being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.

"I never said that," he explained. "People can say what they want. I’m also not really one to react much to what one may say. I react to things when I want to react to it. I don’t react to things just because somebody said it."

The Lakers rumor was started by Stephen A. Smith during an episode of First Take in the wake of the altercation involving Green and Jordan Poole at a Warriors' practice in October.

"Draymond Green is expecting this to be his last year in Golden State," Smith said on Oct. 10. "Now, he wanna be a Laker. He ain't gonna tell anybody that, but don't think I don't know. He'd prefer to be a Laker if he gotta leave Golden State."

Green has a $27.6 million player option for 2023-24, but told Spears he's "not at all" concerned about his contract because he trusts his agent, Rich Paul.

There has been a lot of speculation about Green's future in Golden State, even before the incident with Poole took place.

The Warriors' cap situation has already forced the front office to make some notable roster decisions. They opted not to re-sign Gary Payton II, Juan Toscano-Anderson, Otto Porter Jr. and Nemanja Bjelica after winning the NBA title last season.

Poole and Andrew Wiggins both signed extensions that could keep them with the team through the 2026-27 season.

Golden State is also trying to simultaneously compete for a title and develop young players for its future.

The latter plan hasn't worked out thus far, with James Wiseman being sent to the G League to work on his game. Jonathan Kuminga is still trying to translate his athletic potential into game performance. Moses Moody is averaging 4.9 points per game and shooting under 40 percent from the field.

Even Poole has been unable to pick up where he left off last season. The 23-year-old is shooting 41.5 percent overall (30.5 percent from three) and has a 116 defensive rating through 22 games, per Basketball-Reference.com.

The main starting five of Green, Wiggins, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Kevon Looney has a plus-22.9 net rating in 18 games together.

Despite the success of that group, the Warriors enter Friday with an 11-11 record and the 15th-best net rating overall (plus-0.3).

Green is shooting a career-high 60.2 percent from the field, while also leading the team with 7.1 assists per game in 20 starts.