Keeping Stephen Curry Will Only Help The Warriors

Amar'e or Stephen? Stephen or Amar'e? Happy Monta or angry Monta? Let's cut to the chase. We shall get to the issue that is burning in the Warriors' office today. That's right, we're talking about the trade that sent Suns' F-C Amar'e Stoudemire to the Golden State Warriors for C Andris Biedrins, PF Brandan Wright, G Marco Belinelli and the rights to the 7th pick of Stephen Curry. Of course there are a couple of issues encircling this trade. First of all, Stoudemire's contract is an issue. He is scheduled to opt out of his contract and step into the Free Agent Bonanza in 2010. I expect him to work out a contract before arriving in any trade, so that shouldn't be an issue. The second concern, of course, is the rights to Stephen Curry. Neither the Warriors or the Suns expected him to fall to the 7th spot in the draft, buthe did, and both the Warriors and the Suns went absolutely ballistic. They both thought they were getting a brilliant shooter and passer who has a good feel for the ... (link)