Stephen Curry has officially put Phoenix on his calendar. Now he’s working on the guest list. During NBC’s broadcast of the 2026 NBA All-Star Game, Curry announced he is “100 percent” entering the 2027 Three-Point Contest in Phoenix and has “already scheduled it.”
In the same appearance, he went a step further, naming the shooters he wants alongside him — including former longtime backcourt partner Klay Thompson.
“We’re going to bring some people,” Curry said on the NBC set. “Me, Dame and I’ll try to get Klay.”
It is the clearest documented instance since Thompson’s departure from Golden State that Curry has publicly committed to recruiting him back into a Three-Point Contest field.
Stephen Curry Targets 2027 NBA Three-Point Contest in Phoenix
Curry’s declaration came one night after Damian Lillard captured his third career Three-Point Contest title in Los Angeles. Lillard, rehabbing a torn Achilles, edged the field to join Larry Bird and Craig Hodges as the only players with three championships in the event.
Curry owns two titles — 2015 in New York and 2021 in Atlanta, where he produced a 31-point round — and would tie the all-time mark with a victory in Phoenix.
The competitive stakes are fitting for the NBA’s all-time leader in 3-pointers made. Curry has led the league in made threes eight times and is averaging 27.2 points per game this season while shooting 39.1% from beyond the arc in 39 appearances.
Lillard’s record-tying moment appears to have reignited Curry’s interest in the event, and his public recruitment of Thompson adds a reunion storyline that extends beyond individual accolades.
Klay Thompson and The Splash Brothers NBA Three-Point Contest History
Curry and Thompson were teammates with the Golden State Warriors from the 2011–12 season through July 6, 2024, when Thompson joined the Dallas Mavericks in a six-team sign-and-trade.
Together, they formed the “Splash Brothers,” won four championships (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022) and helped redefine modern perimeter offense. As a duo, they went 473–193 in the regular season and combined for a then-record 483 made threes in 2012–13. They reached six NBA Finals together and each surpassed 250 made threes in three consecutive seasons from 2014 to 2016.
Thompson won the Three-Point Contest in 2016 in Toronto and remains one of the league’s most accomplished pure shooters. This season with Dallas, he has averaged 11.6 points in 49 games while shooting 37.5% from three on 7.6 attempts per game.
The possibility of Curry and Thompson sharing a contest stage again — now representing different franchises — would provide one of the most marketable All-Star Saturday storylines in recent memory.
NBA All-Star Weekend Momentum Shifts Toward The Three-Point Contest
In late 2024, Curry and Sabrina Ionescu signaled interest in expanding their cross-league three-point challenge into a tag-team format involving Thompson and Caitlin Clark at the 2025 All-Star Weekend in San Francisco. That concept dissolved after Clark declined the NBA’s invitation, prioritizing her first three-point contest appearance at WNBA All-Star in Indianapolis.
Unlike that speculative format, Curry’s 2026 All-Star Weekend comments were direct and public.
With Phoenix now set as the stage, the 2027 NBA Three-Point Contest could feature Lillard defending his place in history, Curry chasing a third crown, and Thompson potentially rejoining his former teammate under the spotlight.
For a weekend often searching for star-driven momentum, Curry has already begun building next year’s main event.
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