wco81 wrote:They're not going to get a lot back even if they decided to blow it up.
Can they even get say two FRPs for Curry which could become top 5 picks? He's signed for the next two years at $55.8 and $59.6 million. So the Warriors would have to take a lot of contracts back, probably bad contracts which are longer in duration.
The team won't be able to bottom out and turn its own picks into top 5 lottery picks until Curry is gone. He will be a UFA in summer of 2026 unless he's extended or traded away. Again, I think his intention is to play longer than that. So he will be up for another extension after he's turned 38.
Next two seasons, unless he falls off a cliff, which could happen with a serious injury possibly, the Warriors will be around a .500 team.
I don't know their draft picks the next 2-5 seasons but unlikely to get high lottery picks in the 2024 to 2026 drafts.
To reset the franchise, they need probably 3 or 4 top 5 picks, unless they hit on a mid first rounder big, something like Jalen Williams at #12 by OKC. In fact SGA himself was a mid first rounder, as was Kawhi Leonard, but it took them about 4 seasons before they became MVP-level players. Certainly when they were drafted, they were not projected as such.
So you really need high picks, which was the case for Lebron, KD, Embiid, Tatum who was #2 or #3. Curry was #7 and he became MVP after 5 or 6 seasons?
JK's ceiling is probably like the 3rd best player on a contender. So the Warriors have to draft and develop or trade for 2 players who would be better, like multiple all-stars, even all-NBA.
They may not get such players while JK is with the Warriors. In fact, they may not get such players for decades. Warriors have a long record of futility, as do other franchises, which draft in the top 7 of the lottery for a few years and still don't get too far.
With the CBA designed to weaken the teams which have accumulated the biggest payrolls, it's highly unlikely that Warriors can improve the team enough for the next 2-3 seasons, unless they trade away all their FRPs and even then it's unlikely.
So it will likely be a long 2-3 years before they can even think about starting to rebuild. All you can do is appreciate how well we've had it for about the past decade and hope it won't be another 40 years before the team wins another title.
Huh....I think a team like New York or Charlote would sell the farm to get Curry.
Dallas would take Wiggins and his cap space for a FRP.
That's at least three so far.
Draymond would nab another FRP from teams like Bucks, Lakers, Philly.
That's 4.
In two years....Warriors won't get crap for any of these guys. That's the point. Blow it up this Summer!
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