Look at Curry enjoying Warriors’ ride SCOTT OSTLER

What was the message Stephen Curry delivered to fans during the most recent home game, when he strolled alone into the spotlight?

After he hit a 31-foot jumper late in the third quarter against Washington on Wednesday, the Wizards called timeout and Curry sauntered to the midcourt circle, flapping his arms up and down. The noise already had reached classic Oracle-din level, but Curry wanted more. What was he saying? To an outsider, it might have seemed like, “Look at me!”

Curry’s celebrations, of himself and his team, have become a signature. To Warriors fans, they are expressions of pure joy. To critics, they are eye-roll-worthy hotdogging.

With no access to Curry right now, I’m going to take a guess.

The crowd was really, really loud. The way Curry was shooting, it seemed as if he might start launching threes from behind midcourt, and nothing shakes the dust off the Oracle rafters like Curry going deeper than Tolstoy.

My guess is that Curry was saying this:

“Remember last season, when we all got bored? Us players, and you fans, too? Even though we all knew better, we all got just a little bit blase. How about if we go back to the old way, where it’s all new and unbelievably cool and none of us can believe it? We all know what kind of talent we have, but I need you guys to know that this won’t be as easy as we sometimes make it look, and we could really use your help. Are you in?”

Steve Kerr’s lectures to his team on mindfulness might be taking hold. Dig the moment, because even the most rocksolid team is nothing more than a dandelion waiting for a hurricane.

Curry started this season ready to rock it every night, and he and the boys, though not yet in perfect sync, are playing with purpose. With mindfulness.

That night against the Wizards, I don’t think Curry was saying, “Look at me.”

He was saying to his teammates and to Warriors fans, “Look at us.”