Kendrick Perkins wouldn’t be surprised if Curry, LeBron, Kevin Durant return – NBC Sports by Area and California

It’s not entirely out of the question that Steph Curry, LeBron James, and Kevin Durant could find a way to reunite after teaming up to win the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

At least according to ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins.

The former NBA center joined Monday’s episode of “First Take” to discuss the trio’s famous performance in Paris and said he wouldn’t be surprised if a combination of Curry, James and Durant found a way to join their Team USA teammates again in the near future.

“You know what I witnessed watching this Olympic team this summer was watching the guys develop their relationships,” Perkins said. “And what happened was when the guys were there in Paris, they were breaking bread together, they were having conversations together.

“And I will say this: Next NBA season is going to be interesting. Because if things don’t go as planned with the Los Angeles Lakers, or if things don’t go as planned with the Golden State Warriors, or if things don’t go as planned with the Phoenix Suns. And all of those teams are in the same conference.

“I watch it and I say to myself after this season we might see some things, some moving parts and I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw a Steph Curry-KDD reunion or LeBron James and Steph actually making it happen or Kevin Durant going to Minnesota with Anthony Edwards. Because we saw that, they had that special handshake. That’s how those relationships are built. At the end of the day I want to watch this season here and see how it goes, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw LeBron James and Steph Curry, before LeBron’s career is over, sharing the court together.”

Curry and Durant have previously played together in the NBA, leading the Warriors to two championships in 2017 and 2018 and nearly winning a third in 2019. However, Curry has not teamed up with James, whom the Warriors tried to acquire at the 2023 trade deadline, and whom Curry has admitted he has considered playing with before.

Perkins isn’t the only one who would like to see Curry, James and Durant team up one day, with former NBA players Kevin Garnett and Nick Young discussing the possibility earlier in the season.

However, for now, this reality remains just a distant dream.

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