Stephen Curry famously signed a four-year, $44 million extension with the Golden State Warriors in 2012 that ultimately became one of the NBA's most team-friendly contracts.

The Warriors offered Curry the contract due to his recurring ankle issues. The Warriors could have signed Curry to a four-year, $61 million deal or a five-year, $78.9 million deal.

“They said if he was healthy at the end of the season, they set aside the max money for him,” Curry's agent Jeff Austin said, remembering the negotiations. “The Warriors were terrific the whole process. They told him if he could stay healthy, he would get the max.”

The Warriors drew a hard line at $11 million a year.

“In any deal, there is an appropriate amount of fear right?” Myers said. “Should we do this? Should we not? Should we do more? Should we do less? I’ve been on both sides. Sometimes there is a little discomfort. That’s OK. But then something needs to push you past that point. For our group, the consensus was, yeah, we might be wrong in that he might not be healthy and he might not reach his full potential. But let’s bet on him. And if we’re wrong, we’re wrong.”

Curry thought of the deal as giving him stability both financially and in terms of focusing on basketball.

“At the end of the day,” Curry said, “it gave me peace to just play basketball. That was an underrated factor. I didn’t have to worry about it anymore. It was good money and I wouldn’t have to think about that for four years.”