Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry recently spoke on SiriusXM NBA Radio about the Warriors' pursuit of LeBron James, though they couldn't close the deal. The Warriors were seen as frontrunners early in the LeBron James free-agent sweepstakes, and reports indicated that Curry and Draymond Green spoke with James about joining the team.

Was LeBron to the Warriors ever a real possibility?

Steph Curry talks to @TheFrankIsola about whether he had any conversations with his former Olympic teammate about joining him in Golden State

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When asked if the LeBron-to-the-Warriors chatter was ever real, Curry gave a straight answer.

“I thought there was a conversation, and if there was ever some momentum, it would be known based on the profile LeBron has. And if he picks up the phone and says, ‘Hey, what's going on out there?' or vice versa, and I pick up the phone and say, ‘Hey, what's on your mind?' that would would be in the conversation for a guy like that who's picking his landing spot. But as you know, the way he went about it, taking his time and being patient, and the surprise of Philly, kind he was going to run his own journey that way, and he deserves to do that, and as a friend an Olympic teammate and all that, I’m happy for him that he found somewhere he wants to be.”

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In comments obtained by Marc Spears, Green revealed his pitch to James to join the Warriors.

“I told him all the great things. How cool would it be for him to join Steph, who's pretty much carried the NBA for the better of the last 15 years, ‘Bron a little longer, but they are ‘the guys.' And how cool would it be to [challenge] these young guys who are kind of taking over? Their time is up now to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and all these [young] guys. How cool would it be for the two guys who's battled on the biggest stage for so many years in the NBA who now see these younger guys taking over, just for one time to say, ‘Hey, fellas, we can still do this. Yeah, move over'? How dope would that be?