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For four straight years, Stephen Curry and LeBron James have tried to win an NBA championship against each other — but soon, they could try to win one together.
The two faces of this generation’s NBA faced off in the NBA Finals every year from 2015 to 2018, with Curry winning three and James winning one.
What has become a de facto annual series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors has become one of the greatest on-court rivalries in basketball history.
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LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors rank five after the game on April 9, 2026 at Chase Center in San Francisco, California. (Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images)
But after they teamed up for an Olympic gold medal in Paris, what was once an irrational thought turned into reality, and suddenly Curry’s Golden State Warriors found themselves among the favorites to land James after James announced he would be leaving the Los Angeles Lakers in free agency.
“If LeBron says he wants to play for you, you move mountains to get him,” Curry told reporters during his press briefing for the American Century Championship on Thursday.
Curry all but confirmed that the Warriors are in the “mix” of contenders for the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, a scenario that Curry finds hard to believe.
“I mean, up until probably two or three years ago, it was like a quixotic question or even a thought, but that’s part of the appeal,” Curry said when PK Press Club Digital asked him about the possibility of playing alongside James after being his public enemy No. 1.
LeBron James of the United States and Stephen Curry of the United States celebrate their victory and entry into the final during the Men’s Semifinal match between the United States and Serbia on the thirteenth day of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Arena Bercy on August 8, 2024 in Paris, France. (Daniela Porcelli/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)
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“For him going into his 24th season, for me going into my 18th, the battles we had, it would be such a unique story in the history of the NBA, the history of sports. But it’s a little premature right now to talk about it any other way.”
After James and the Cavs completed the first-ever 3-1 comeback in NBA Finals history in 2016, the Warriors signed Kevin Durant and they won the next two titles as James’ surrounding talent dwindled.
James then went to the Lakers where he won his fourth title in 2020, but his tenure there is over after nine seasons.
The Warriors appear to be on the outside of LeBron’s sweepstakes after being an early favorite, but reports have indicated that James is going to make his decision based simply on his own happiness, money aside.
LeBron James (23) of the Cleveland Cavaliers shares words with Stephen Curry (30) of the Golden State Warriors after blocking Curry’s layoff in the fourth quarter of Game 6 of the NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, Thursday, June 16, 2016. The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors 115-101. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
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And it’s hard not to be happy to play alongside another NBA legend who went from rival to good friend.
