Golden State Warriors Training Camp Dates Announced
The Golden State Warriors finally have a date and a destination for the start of their next push at a title. What they do not yet have is Stephen Curry’s signature on the contract that is supposed to carry them there.
On Monday, the franchise announced it will open its 2026 training camp at BYU-Hawaii, returning to Oahu for a six-game preseason that begins against the Los Angeles Clippers on Oct. 4. The schedule gives shape to the months ahead. The biggest question still hanging over it sits at the very top of the organization.
Camp in Paradise, Business in Limbo
From Sept. 29 through Oct. 3, the Warriors will work out at BYU-Hawaii before facing the Clippers at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu. It will be their second camp on Oahu in three years and their sixth overall trip to BYU-Hawaii, after previous camps there in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2024.
The dates are locked in. The flights will be booked. The drills, scrimmages and team dinners under the Hawaiian sun are easy to picture.
What no one can circle on a calendar yet is the day Curry commits to staying through the twilight of his career.
The 38-year-old became eligible on Saturday for a two-year, $136.7 million maximum extension, a deal that would keep him under contract through the 2028-29 season. He is heading into the final year of his current agreement, worth $62.6 million.
There has been no trade demand, no cryptic social media post, no hint of a wandering eye. There also has not been a pen on paper.
“There’s no question I want to be here the rest of my career, and I’m pretty sure that’s going to happen,” Curry told NBC Sports Bay Area. The intent is clear. The timeline is not.
A Preseason Road Map
Once the work in Hawaii wraps, the Warriors will fly back to San Francisco and Chase Center, where they will face the Los Angeles Lakers on Oct. 6. The preseason then turns into a quick tour of familiar Western Conference battlegrounds: at Portland on Oct. 7, home to Sacramento on Oct. 10, and another clash with the Lakers on Oct. 13 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
They close the tune-up slate at home against Portland on Oct. 16.
By then, Golden State’s preference is obvious: enjoy a settled locker room with Curry’s extension finalized, the contract noise reduced to a footnote rather than a drumbeat.
General manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. has been consistent in his messaging. The Warriors want Curry extended before the season starts. The franchise face, though, is in no rush.
“The deal and the contract stuff will happen at the right time, and we’re not letting it be a distraction from our preparation for the season, and the fact that the team we’re coming back with has a lot of familiarity,” Curry said.
The Warriors are betting that his calm will trickle down, not turn into a distraction as the days tick toward camp.
Familiar Faces, Fragile Health
That familiar roster will not be fully intact when the team gathers in Hawaii.
Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody are both recovering from significant knee injuries and are expected to miss the start of the season. Their absences strip away some of the wing depth and defensive versatility Golden State hoped to lean on early.
The front office kept its veteran core in place, retaining Draymond Green, Al Horford, Kristaps Porzingis, Gary Payton II and De’Anthony Melton. It also moved to refresh the rotation with Georges Niang, Brandon Williams and lottery pick Yaxel Lendeborg.
The group returns from a bruising 37-45 campaign, a season in which injuries and inconsistency dragged them out of the playoff picture. Curry suited up for only 43 games, and every missed night underlined the obvious: as much as any trade or signing, his health now shapes the franchise’s ceiling.
That reality makes the coming months delicate. Golden State needs to sharpen its identity, integrate new pieces, and manage minutes for aging stars who have already logged deep playoff miles. It must do all of that while its most important player technically sits a year away from free agency.
The calendar, though, is no longer abstract.
Training camp opens Sept. 29. The preseason tips five days later. The Warriors know when they’ll step back onto the floor in Honolulu, when they’ll see the Lakers in San Francisco, when they’ll close out against Portland at Chase Center.
The only date that still eludes them is the one that could define the rest of this era: the day Stephen Curry commits, in ink, to seeing it through in Golden State.
