Stephen Curry broke new record contract

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# Thanks To A $201 Million Contract, Stephen Curry Will Become The Highest Paid Player In NBA History

The Golden State Warriors want to make sure Stephen Curry feels appreciated. Curry is set to become the highest paid player in NBA history after scoring a record-breaking $201 million contract with the team, ESPN reports.

Golden State has agreed to ink four-time All-Star point guard Stephen Curry to a five-year maximum contract worth $201 million with no options, according to multiple reports. The so-called “Supermax” deal will carry the 29-year-old Curry through the 2021–22 season, solidifying a key foundational piece for the Warriors’ potential dynasty.

Maxing out Curry (25.3 PPG, 6.6 APG, 4.5 RPG) is this summer’s easiest call: He has made four straight All-Star Games, he’s played in three straight Finals, he’s won two titles and two MVP awards, and he’s missed less than five games in each of the past five seasons. Along the way, he’s led the league in individual plus/minus and three-point proficiency, carried Golden State to a record-setting 73-win season, and lifted the Warriors’ offensive efficiency and point differential to insane heights. Curry has done all of that while avoiding any hint of off-court issues and playing a key role in integrating his MVP teammate, Kevin Durant.

He’s played LeBron James in three straight NBA Finals. He’s won two and lost one in historic fashion. James spent a lot of time between Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals and April 2017 trying to tear Curry down. He directly taunted him and had a dummy of the point guard at his Halloween party.

The two have a serious rivalry going on. While they respect each other’s basketball abilities, Marcus Thompson suggested in his book Golden that James (and other NBA stars) might resent Curry. His comfortable upbringing and the praise from the media reportedly rubbed them the wrong way.

No matter what happens off the court, there is a rivalry between the two in terms of basketball. They’ve battled for Larry O’Brien trophies three straight times. Curry and James are also both at the top of the merchandise sales lists with the former topping the later this year. They go at it.

Still, James congratulated Curry for his new deal. Marc Stein tweeted the initial news that the Warriors and Curry would agree on the super-max deal before free agency opened. James quote-tweeted SLAM Magazine’s since-deleted tweet about the deal congratulating the point guard.