What should WARRIORS do this offseason?

[Walmart]

They are probably shopping the bargain bin in free agency and standing pat. Not much they can do besides trade Moody for a big.

[zimpy27]

I think it's worth understanding how they might improve by trade

[GatherStepGuru]

Splash brothers reunion?

Sign Kuminga for something like 3/90M and trade with Hield, Moody, and draft compensation for Poole, Kispert, and Richaun Holmes.

They get a guard familiar w the system back who’s improved with decision making and only has 2 yrs left on his deal, and another shooter. Holmes is an energy big who can get 8 and 8 on any night, and his deal is a team option. Decline the option and resign him to a lower number and more years, or waive him outright and save 13Ms

[Michaellam1987]

It is likely that GSW will lose Kuminga to BKN. And they have nowhere to go with the aging core of Curry/Butler/Green

[giberish]

S&T Kuminga to Chicago for Jalen Smith.

3yr contract, starting small enough to fit into a Chicago TPE ($17.1M) for around $54M/3 yrs
Even with the BYC limitation on salary matching for the Warriors it's enough to take on Smith in the deal.

If Chicago drafts a center, they'll have 4 and look to move one for forward help. They hope for upside away from GS (somewhat similar to Giddey) and get him on a reasonable contract.

For GS Smith gives them a better center option. He's mobile enough to work with their defense and provides some shooting. He's also cheap enough that GS retains some financial flexibility to make another move or two.

[Larry_Russell]

Trade Jimmy and Hield to Boston for Jrue and Porzingis?

[facothomas22]

Stop depending on small ball to win games. It doesn't work in the NBA anymore. This isn't 2017 where the big man position really didn't matter all that much. They need to get a quality big man this off season in order to have any shot of contending. You have of these big teams like the Timberwolves,the Thunder,Nuggets,Mavericks,Rockets,Clippers,Spurs(I'm expect them to trade for Giannis),The Grizzlies, the Blazers,the Kings, the Pelicans,Jazz. Almost every team in the West has atleast 1 actual playable big man with many having 2 or more. The Warriors need playable NBA size to compete in the West, otherwise they might as well tank for a high pick in 2026 draft because their ceiling is being a play-in team and getting bounced quickly in the 1st round.

[facothomas22]

Because the Warriors have so much money tied to 3 players and everyone else is on a lower salary, things could be trickly far as finding a trade that inlcudes a higher salary player. player, many of those trade would likely have to include Draymond Green in order to match salaryies.Trade ideas for the Warriors.

Mosses Moody + Travis Jackson Davis + Buddy Hield + 2026 1st round pick + 2028 1st round pick for Jarrett Allen(assuming he's going to be available)

Draymond Green(rerouted to a 3rd team)+Mosses Moody +Warriors 2029 and 2031 1st round picks (top 8 protection on the 2031 1st round pick) for Nic Claxton and Cam Johnson

Mosses Moody + 2027 1st round pick(top 10 protected) for Mark Williams

Buddy Hield + Mosses Moody for Wendell Carter Jr and Goga Bitadze and multiple 2nd round picks

Draymond Green for Jakob Poeltl

[Skybox]

KCP could be pretty interesting honestly

The version of KCP that played in Denver or LAL would definitely be interesting for GS

The version of KCP that played in ORL last season, with a significant fall-off in shooting and D but still costing 15% of the salary cap, would be a lot less interesting. Was KCP's bad season because of the situation in ORL, or a decline due to age? YMMV.

If you trade for him, you are gambling that KCP will bounce back in GS, and you're also using up $21M in salary on that bet. It's a reasonable gamble, but I'd question this move for GSW given their salary situation

Same KCP...wrong team...he's smart, tough, and healthy...I think he'd be great in GSW's rotation.

ORL sends: KCP, Wendell Carter
GSW sends: Kuminga (SnT, $20m x 3yr), Moody
Kuminga is a leap of faith...my dream is that Mosely is the "Dad" players coach that really connects with Kuminga and he becomes ORL's "Aaron Gordon", meaning ORL is the team that uses him in the correct role and gets him to embrace and play to his strengths. ORL tried to make AG into Paul George when he's an awesome Rodman in DEN. WCJ has one more cheap year, then an extension (still decent but I know GSW has to watch the $$). I think both players are great fits, but GSW will have to look elsewhere for savings...maybe just letting Looney walk among others.

[Skybox]

The version of KCP that played in Denver or LAL would definitely be interesting for GS

The version of KCP that played in ORL last season, with a significant fall-off in shooting and D but still costing 15% of the salary cap, would be a lot less interesting. Was KCP's bad season because of the situation in ORL, or a decline due to age? YMMV.

If you trade for him, you are gambling that KCP will bounce back in GS, and you're also using up $21M in salary on that bet. It's a reasonable gamble, but I'd question this move for GSW given their salary situation

It's an expensive gamble for sure, maybe too much so

But boy would that championship version of KCP fill a hole for us

KCP at $15M would really help. KCP at $30M is a problem.

KCP doesn't make $30m. It's actually less than $22m for the remaining two years and the second is a PO-maybe he'd decline and re-up for less salary and more years. He's still a really good player, insane defensive energy and toughness. I think this year's shooting was an anomaly attributable to ORL's garbage offense (the whole team hit career lows-almost literally)...Steph at $95m would be a problem

[Astaluego]

Gafford WARRIORS
Smart MAVS
Kuminga/Powell WIZARDS

[NW]

Sign and trade Kumiinga for the best big man, shooter or ball handling scorer possible.

As soon as Miami makes the #20 pick, the 2026 first will be on the table with whatever salary needed to get some of whatever Kuminga doesn't bring in return

[JasonStern]

Tough question that can really only be answered by ownership. They pay the bills.
The Warriors have been "done" for years, yet continue to win.
Curry/Butler probably have at least one last hero run in them if they can remain healthy.
Like most dynasties/peaks, they age out or get too expensive to keep running.
So, you go all-in. Sell future assets knowing that the team will be bad for a while. But, you give your Curry/Butler core one last run.
Or, you go Ainge era Boston, and get what you can for the core while you can still attract a high amount of value.
Either option will involve a down cycle. Question is just whether one last run is worth elongating the down cycle.

[parsnips33]

Sell off the future for God's sake

[DonaldSanders]

The main issue is that the Warriors need more shooting -- you have Curry and streaky Buddy, and that's it. People always love to throw centers at the Warriors, but that's never been a big part of the winning formula (though I'm open to improving the position). Priority #1 is finding a 3&D starter at either SF or SG.