For Steph Curry, Sunday’s exhibition in Hawai‘i is not just another preseason stop. It is a chance to reset a small but memorable footnote from last year, when he went 0-for-4 in 14 minutes in a Warriors game on the Islands. This time, Curry says he wants to make up for it in front of the local fans, and that gives Warriors Vs Clippers a little more meaning than the usual camp tune-up.
The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers are scheduled to play at the Stan Sheriff Center on Sunday, Oct. 4, at 1 p.m. It comes during a weeklong stay in Hawai‘i for both teams, with the Warriors using the trip as training camp and the Clippers also working on the Islands at UH-Mānoa's Gym II. For Hawai‘i fans, it is a rare chance to see both teams up close, and Curry said the setting has already created a strong atmosphere.
“It’s a cool vibe,” Curry said, adding that the team is here for a week and appreciates getting to play in front of a different fanbase in a different arena. That matters because the game is doing something preseason exhibitions do not always manage: it is connecting an NBA star, a traveling team and a local crowd that does not often get this kind of access.
Curry, the setting and the point of the visit
Curry has spent his entire career with the Warriors, won four rings with the franchise, and entered the NBA as the seventh overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft. Even with all of that history, this one feels personal in a smaller way. Last year’s 0-for-4 outing in Hawai‘i was brief, but Sunday offers him a chance to give the fans what he could not provide then: a made 3-pointer and a memorable moment.
That is especially fitting because the Warriors are not treating the trip like a vacation. Steve Kerr said the team is locked in on basketball all day and that practice is pretty much over, but he also wants the players to enjoy the trip and find balance. He called the North Shore beautiful, described the setting as old school Hawai‘i, and said the hospitality has been excellent.
The broader basketball context is straightforward. After Sunday, the Warriors will return to the Bay Area and play five additional preseason games before opening the 82-game regular season on Oct. 21 against the Los Angeles Lakers. Curry, now in Year 18, is also operating under a two-year, $116 million extension agreed to in September 2025 that runs through the 2028-2029 season.
So this is not a major competitive measuring stick. But it is still meaningful. The Warriors get a camp game in a unique setting, the Clippers get a chance to work in the same region, and Hawai‘i gets a marquee event at the Stan Sheriff Center. For Curry, the motivation is even simpler: make up for last year, give the fans something to cheer for, and make this one feel different from 0-for-4.
