In today’s Dub Hub:
- Steph Curry raises $1.7 million for his Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation through sneaker free agency auction.
- Warriors’ head coach Steve Kerr reportedly met with owner Joe Lacob and general manager Mike Dunleavy on Monday, according to ESPN.
- Rockets’ Kevin Durant will miss Game 6 against the Lakers on Friday night due to an ankle injury, per ESPN’s Shams Charania.
Golden State Warriors fans might hear the words Steph Curry and free agency and immediately think trouble—but in this case, it was all for a good cause.
During the 2025–26 NBA season, Curry, who had famously been partnered with Under Armour for the past 13 years, stepped away from the brand and became a sneaker free agent. This meant that for the first time in over a decade, he was able to take to the court in a variety of different shoes instead of just his own signature line.
Curry’s pregame sneakers
quickly became a viral storyline throughout the season. From Kobes to Jimmy Butler’s JB4s and other player tributes, Curry used each appearance as an opportunity to highlight the culture of basketball while showing respect to those still shaping the game today.
As it turns out, Curry’s sneaker free agency became much more than a viral fashion statement—it turned into a powerful fundraiser.
After the season, he announced that he would auction off the entire collection of sneakers, with all proceeds benefitting his Eat.Learn.Play. Foundation. The results were massive as Curry’s sneaker free agency run generated $1.7 million for charity.
For Curry, what started as a new chapter in his sneaker journey turned into something far more meaningful. This time, the impact wasn’t just felt on the court, but in the communities he continues to uplift, serving as yet another reminder that his influence extends well beyond the game.
For more on this and other news around the NBA, here is our latest news round-up for Thursday, April 30th:
Warriors News:
Sources: Warriors’ brass meet with Kerr; will reconvene next week | ESPN
Both sides described the meeting as productive, but there remains no resolution nearly two weeks after the Warriors’ season ended in Phoenix. Kerr, Lacob and Dunleavy plan to reconvene next week to continue discussions, league sources said.
Kerr will take a previously planned golf trip to close out this week as those around him continue to describe Kerr as torn about his own side of the choice.
“It’s April,” one source said. “We don’t need to rush.”
2026 NBA mock draft: UNC’s Caleb Wilson could make this a Big 4 at the top | The Athletic
11. Golden State Warriors
Yaxel Lendeborg | 6-9 big | 23 years old | Michigan
Even though Lendeborg gutted through an ankle injury in the Final Four, he led Michigan to a title and transformed his game. His counting numbers were down from his heights at UAB, but he averaged 15.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists while playing aggressive defense. He showcased serious switchability, often picking up lead ballhandlers at the point of attack as well as playing against power forwards when Mara or Morez Johnson Jr. would leave the court. He’s also an active help defender with excellent hands.
He drilled 37.4 percent of his 3s for the season, thanks to a hot streak at the end of the year in which he made 48.1 percent over his final 16 games — and that includes a 0-of-5 mark when he was clearly hobbled against UConn in the title game. The Warriors could use another big wing next to Stephen Curry and Draymond Green as they near the end of their careers.
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NBA News:
4 takeaways: Cade Cunningham, Paolo Banchero engage in duel for the ages in Game 5 | NBA
Cunningham played almost 44 minutes, cut down on his costly turnovers – “Just pass the ball to our team instead of theirs,” coach J.B. Bickerstaff had deadpanned – and found the ideal blend of hero ball and facilitating his teammates in the final quarter.
“There’s a handful of them in the league, right?” Bickerstaff said of Cunningham’s leadership. “They’re unique. They’re special. To put the work in, have the talent, even then [to] understand his responsibility and what he means to this team, he wasn’t going to let us go down tonight.”
Not bad for a guy who suffered a collapsed lung in a game six weeks ago.
Rockets’ Kevin Durant to miss Game 6 vs. Lakers
In case you missed it at Golden State of Mind:
Is the tide shifting towards Steve Kerr returning to the Warriors?
The “take a week or two” for a coach is like couples therapy in a relationship: it’s doing due diligence for something that, more often than not, already has a predetermined fate.
But that might not be the case in Kerr’s situation, and it feels like the tide is starting to turn, and the momentum has shifted towards a Kerr return. An article published on Wednesday by ESPN’s Shams Charania, Ramona Shelburne, and Anthony Slater reports that Kerr met with Joe Lacob and Mike Dunleavy Jr. for a few hours on Monday, and that the trio will meet again next week. That points to something fairly obvious: if Kerr wanted to leave, he would have done so already.
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