If Stephen Curry wants to remain with the Golden State Warriors and compete for championships once again, he'll need the roster to be better than what it currently is after missing the playoffs in two of the past three years.
The front office has missed out on a host of stars and have failed to surround Curry with the necessary talent, leaving the two-time MVP needing to play the role of recruiter himself more after confirming his role in the team's pursuit of superstar forward LeBron James this offseason.
Warriors need Stephen Curry to play the role of recruiter as well as player
Curry is obviously across everything Mike Dunleavy Jr., Joe Lacob and the front office is trying to do, but he's also historically had a huge amount of faith and trust in them to do their job while allowing him to focus purely on the on-court aspects.
That faith and trust has to be wearing thin to some degree though, particularly as his career enters its final phase and the chances to win a fifth championship are running out. It's unclear how much of a role Curry necessarily had in trying to recruit his long-time nemesis in James, but the 38-year-old recently spoke of his involvement in a failed pitch which saw the four-time MVP head to the Philadelphia 76ers.
“If anybody didn’t (try to recruit him), I think they’d be a fool. It was a good time for the — obviously with a guy of his stature, his notoriety, to be in that position where he got to choose where he wanted to go," Curry said.
With a player of James' stature, or Kevin Durant's a decade ago, Curry is always going to play a recruiting role. Yet now he'll need to start doing it for even the next tier of targets as after all, he still remains Golden State's number one factor in luring rival players.
Stephen Curry got Brandon Williams signing over the line
It's not just the James situation that proves Curry is willing to take on more of a recruiting role. Whether just a casual conversation or a serious pitch, the 12x All-Star played a role in signing Brandon Williams who became the first rival player the Warriors signed this offseason.
Curry shouldn't have to recruit and pitch to the last player on the roster who's not even on a guaranteed contract, but it's at least a good sign that he's willing to embrace an off-court role to try and make up for the front office's apparent deficiencies over the past few years.
Hopefully Curry can play a role in the Warriors luring a more meaningful piece than Williams in the near future, whether prior to February's mid-season trade deadline or in free agency next year.
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