Stephen Curry: "Anyone who thinks I'm okay with being on a mediocre team is crazy"

The team leader Stephen Curry and coach Steve Kerr recently warned the Golden State Warriors management not to make desperate moves that would deplete the franchise's future at the upcoming NBA Trade Deadline. Some have interpreted this as number 30 being tired of the status quo, with a record of 20 wins and as many losses after 40 games halfway through the season.

But their comments were anything but that. During an interview on SportsCenter after the Warriors' 116-115 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday, Curry, confident in what Golden State has on its roster, urged those Twitter users to hush and let the team work through its struggles.

"That 24-hour news cycle is hilarious sometimes," Curry said. "Nobody is complacent here. Nobody settles for being average. All the Twitter fingers that have deals we need to make can quiet down a little bit and let us figure this out. We know we can be competitive."

This is a sentiment Curry reiterated during his post-game press conference when asked if he was surprised that the consensus reaction to his comments was that the Warriors were waving the white flag.

Curry defends his comments

"Anyone who thinks I'm okay with being on a mediocre basketball team is crazy," Curry said. "I stand by that, but that doesn’t mean you're not in a situation where you're trying to get better and make the right moves that help you do that."

"General Manager Mike Dunleavy knows it. We've talked about it. That's the expectation for me trying to help steer the team to where we want to go. Again, that doesn’t mean you're reckless. What people define that as is what I was talking about with the Twitter fingers. Trade machines are fun, but how real is that?"

After starting the season 12-3, Golden State is 8-17 since, sparking widespread rumors and speculation that the team's roster might need a revamp before the February 6 trade deadline. Clearly, Curry is not against upgrades to the roster, as long as such moves don’t dismantle the franchise's young core or draft picks, or worse. It indicates there is no sense of resignation in the Warriors' locker room.

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