golden state warriors thread

I hate him but he’s been solid lol

Final five games set up pretty well for the Warriors, but path to move up would've been far clearer with W tonight

vs Jazz
at Lakers (tiebreaker on the line)
at Blazers
vs Pelicans (tiebreaker on the line)
vs Jazz

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) April 6, 2024

if they lose tonight i think theyll just rest the final few games.

What a sad season. Just gotta laugh looking back at my misplaced optimism to start the season. The ride was inevitably gonna end tho. They don't really have a lot of options for improvement this offseason. Just gotta hope the young guys can make a leap big enough to offset the core three's decline and maybe they can squeak into the 1st round next year. At least Steph is still fun to watch in 2/3s of the games. Gonna go watch some old highlights to soothe the pain.

do the big three want to keep doing this, obvs you want them and particularly steph to retire warriors, but i assume they all want to play multiple more years are they willing to be on a bad team

I don't see any real point to a big teardown. None of their young players are particularly coveted, and they fit the program and timeline well enough.

They'd be quite fortunate to find anyone as good as TJD with their late 2nd round pick this year, and he's a decent starting center at best.

Try to move Wiggins to the Raptors to free up some space, maybe re-sign Klay for the fans, and hopefully Dunleavy will keep hitting singles and doubles in the draft.

do the big three want to keep doing this, obvs you want them and particularly steph to retire warriors, but i assume they all want to play multiple more years are they willing to be on a bad team

― lag∞n, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 11:48 AM (one hour ago)

he got asked at his press conference last night "what makes you confident that you, klay, and draymond as a trio have more gas left in the tank" and you could see him sort of sigh and almost acknowledge w/ his face that there was no good answer to that question. he replied w/ some pretty standard stuff about knowing they're getting old but still feeling confident in their ability but imo you could tell that he wasn't believing what he was saying

he being steph, obv

its an interesting situation where reality is rubbing up against the romanticism of playing for one team whole career, the current scenario is getting depressing for all parties involved

do the big three want to keep doing this, obvs you want them and particularly steph to retire warriors, but i assume they all want to play multiple more years are they willing to be on a bad team

― lag∞n, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 11:48 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

have a feeling steph and probably also dray are going to ride it out until the end. chris paul however will win his first ring after signing with denver on a minimum

their best bet is to resign klay cheap, trade wiggins and picks for something. curry needs some more shot creation around him badly. hope that kuminga can find another tier. or maybe flip kuminga for an all star level player. i think they were an honest 5-6 seed this year if draymond didnt get suspended and or kicked out of ~20 games. idk they are prob better than what they showed last night but the ceiling has lowered significantly. curry was quite average over the last two months or so.

im good with whatever they decide as long as curry retires a warrior (if thats what he wants). would love to see all three do the same but sometimes you gotta make hard decisions.

there were only 4 games between 10th and 5th, it's not outrageous to say they were more of a middle of the pack team this year, it's prob true. i just don't see many good reasons for why they're likely to rise to the top of the morass next year aside from just some random luck breaking one way or another

xp yeah Curry was pretty rough after the All Star Break. He really needs to be load managed now more than ever and he played a lot of games, a lot of back to backs, and it def seemed like his tank was on empty.

If they can't get a top tier scorer along side him next year (or one emerges from the youth group, i.e. Kuminga), they won't be going anywhere.

I agree with trading Wiggins, resigning Klay cheap, and keeping him on the bench, but wouldn't be against him not on the team at all so the org can begin to transition beyond the big 3 and "warm feelings". It's either nostalgia or an outside chance at a seed higher than 6 it feels like with them at this stage.

That said, they were not far from winning like 54 games this year which could have had them as the 4th seed.

im good with whatever they decide as long as curry retires a warrior (if thats what he wants). would love to see all three do the same but sometimes you gotta make hard decisions.

Or trade him to the Hornets for Lamelo + fillers (Seth!), it'd be a sweet homecoming for Steph.

I highly doubt he has any interest in playing for the Hornets. He wants to win.

xp yeah Curry was pretty rough after the All Star Break. He really needs to be load managed now more than ever and he played a lot of games, a lot of back to backs, and it def seemed like his tank was on empty.

If they can't get a top tier scorer along side him next year (or one emerges from the youth group, i.e. Kuminga), they won't be going anywhere.

I agree with trading Wiggins, resigning Klay cheap, and keeping him on the bench, but wouldn't be against him not on the team at all so the org can begin to transition beyond the big 3 and "warm feelings". It's either nostalgia or an outside chance at a seed higher than 6 it feels like with them at this stage.

― octobeard, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 3:03 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

i think that was the real cost of drays suspensions. put them in a hole early and curry had to play a ton and had to be pressing every game to try and get them back in the mix. he woulda sat probably ten more games if there were more comfortably set in the standings. kerr needed to unleash kuminga (and moody) much earlier in the season and given wiggins a much shorter leash until he could figure out whatever was going on w his brain. also gave loon way to long of a leash, dude looked like a 10 minutes per night guy from the jump.

the sudden plunge in looney's production was one of the sadder developments for the dubs this season

yeah man its crazy the life they were able to squeeze out of him for those 4-5 seasons after those hip surgeries.

In hindsight, looks like the iron man streak took its toll

:(

Kevon Looney will likely be released by the Warriors to save money on their tax bill, per @timkawakami (https://t.co/NkncufZeZ0).

Only $3 million of Looney’s $8 million salary is guaranteed until it fully locks in on June 24.

If Looney is released, expect plenty of interest. pic.twitter.com/WDUWojDAAp

— Evan Sidery (@esidery) June 10, 2024

bummer indeed. he's only 28 years old but looked old man slow this year. still first ballot role player HOF.

yeah he really slid back this year. the fall off was quick cos he was incredible vs sabonis in that kings series just a year ago

he was prob always on borrowed time due to injuries before he ever got to the league, he was actually considered a top prospect before the injuries

yeah every year someone reposts the old clips of his prospect highlights and he played like KD haha, very fluid

yeah its crazy

Very curious to find out what "plenty of interest" looks like. He's an incredible bench vet but he has such limited utility on the court.

xp on the other hand pretty cool he was able to salvage a career at all and find a role that he excelled at. rebound machine, smart all around player, good vet

im sure plenty of teams would offer vet minimum

spurs need a viable backup C for defense bc zach collins is ass

I'd love to see him as a Spur.

Thunder might make sense too. Or maybe he could go home to Milwaukee.

Klay unfollowed @warriors on IG

its social media sleuth season babyyyy 👀🕵️

haha, i was just peeking at nba re**it and saw that. he apparently deleted dubs related content too. drama sure to ensue

Would be fascinating to see where he might land if this falls through. Who would pay him $20 million?

so many teams

not a lot of cap room this offseason. okc, phi, orl, sa seem like sorta realistic ideas, det and utah less so.

yeah a lot could change obv. but orlando is the one people have been talking about the most.

i still think he's staying gsw

but he deleted them off his ig, thats legally binding

it doesnt move me one way or the other

he was wearing warriors gear in workout clips from today/yesterday

Klay unfollowed @warriors on IG

― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Friday, June 14, 2024 6:32 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

why do players always do this just trying to get attention

it’s so funny

friendship ended with warriors
now free agency is my best friend

i think the monk deal has kind of set the market a bit and i think klay will settle for around that? i think less teams are interested than i may have thought, rumors today that orlando is backing and was gonna offer 1/20 or something. still think he ends up on a 3/60-70 deal with the warriors team option on final year

somebody reported klay's more interested in a longer term contract than getting a higher annual paycheck. GSW can probably find a way to keep him in the fold if they can defer some of the payments to the last year of a 4 year, assuming that they'll be blowing up the team by then and mostly backed out of the luxury tax

they arent doing 4. theyve offered 2 and he wants 3. team wants to line him up with curry/kerr deals and thats 2 years. dray has a 3rd year so they could go there with a team option but klay may not take that

I'd rather lose him than have here for a third year, unless he's willing to play for $15 a year or something.

what cmon

warriors fans have turned on klay its really sad :(