Curry: Wants 'ride to last as long as possible' with Warriors - ESPN

SAN FRANCISCO — After playing playoff-level basketball for the past three months since Jimmy Butler III's debut in early February, Golden State superstar Stephen Curry is excited about the Warriors chances of contending with Butler in what is expected to be a two-year championship window.

On the day after the Warriors' season ended in a five-game Western Conference second-round series loss to Minnesota, Curry, Butler and Draymond Green spoke about how they believe the Warriors can win a title with a few more improvements to the roster and good health.

«Our contracts — me, Draymond, Steve, Jimmy — are all two years [more],» Curry said. «And we want this ride to last as long as possible. But it's just about what does this team need for next year, answering those questions over the summer, everybody preparing themselves individually to get through another 82-game season hopefully with a little bit more of a comfort room down the stretch where we don't have to have a two-month gauntlet just to make the playoffs.

»I'm excited about it because there's clarity [to the top of the roster], although there are a lot of decisions that need to be made over the summer."

Curry, Butler and Green are left to wonder what could have been this postseason had Curry not sustained a Grade 1 strained left hamstring in the second quarter of Game 1 against Minnesota. Without Curry, the Warriors lost four straight games. Curry said had the Warriors been able to extend the series, everything was aligned for a potential return in Game 6 that would have been on Sunday. Curry still had to be cleared and get through some live basketball.

«Disappointed for sure,» Curry said. «We'll imagine and believe that we could have won everything had we been