Warriors Free Agency 2025

[jozef]

In era of Wemby and Chet I see Bol Bol as a good asset. Also Bitadze, Vucevic and Ayton would help.
We also need 6-6 athletic G/F: say Brandon Boston is free agent. Ryan Rollins would be good backup PG. Seth Curry could fill that role for sure.

[TB]

I'm still really confused why we didn't go after Mamu. I can't imagine all things being equal we would've lost out to Toronto.

Ya not being in on Mamu or Yabu are the two moves that had me a bit bummed. But that being said, if Horford is the target and it works out (or i’d even settle for Nance Jr), then no big deal they made their pick on who they preferred… and my guess is Horford (or a vet like Nance) is who Steph/Jimmy/Dray prefer over Mamu or Yabu anyways.

Just gotta wait and see how this plays out I suppose.

[Jester_]

I'm still really confused why we didn't go after Mamu. I can't imagine all things being equal we would've lost out to Toronto.

Ya not being in on Mamu or Yabu are the two moves that had me a bit bummed. But that being said, if Horford is the target and it works out (or i’d even settle for Nance Jr), then no big deal they made their pick on who they preferred… and my guess is Horford (or a vet like Nance) is who Steph/Jimmy/Dray prefer over Mamu or Yabu anyways.

Just gotta wait and see how this plays out I suppose.

Yeah I've gotta imagine they're putting a lot of their chips on Horford and feel good about signing him

[Twinkie defense]

Ayton can't play center here. I mean I can't see a world in which that ends well.

He isn't a great fit, and he certainly has his issues. But as it is, you're likely giving those minutes to someone like TJD. That doesn't seem better. He doesn't look like a former #1 pick, but if you can get him for close to a minimum deal, that's a steal even with his limitations.

He's a locker room cancer and can't shoot the three. Warriors would be better off having kept Looney. If Horford falls through they can find a fourth body (Draymond, Post, TJD +1), no need to bring a guy like Ayton in, who is a bad scheme fit and bad for team chemistry.

[Twinkie defense]

We need to give JK and his camp a date of July 6th to either find a S&T option or sign an extension with us (e.g $60m / 3 years with PO in 3rd). If his camp doesn’t accept then pull our extension offer from him and let the market determine his value. Warriors need to step up the pressure on JK’s camp to get to a resolution so we can move on to sign FA.

Pretty sure we can't do this. We already made the QO, can't take it back arbitrarily.

Of course the Warriors can rescind their qualifying offer - unless Kuminga signs it. They can rescind it arbitrarily or for good reason.

[Twinkie defense]

Hahaha... Denver is supposed to be in cap hell, yet they are active to make team better.... unlike the Dubs.

Nuggets saved ~$17 mil by trading Michael Porter Jr. for Cam Johnson. They also saved a little $ with their Dario Saric trade.

Would you want to trade away a post-Steph Curry, unprotected first round pick for Cam Johnson though? Seems a little desperate.

[DAWill1128]

Some of these guys I wish we had been in play to get on these minimum type deals like Trent Jr, Clarkson, Hardaway Jr. Just value contract deals.

Maybe the thought process is sign Horford. Then see what guard play you can get for Kuminga in a sign and trade.

[cpower]

Hahaha... Denver is supposed to be in cap hell, yet they are active to make team better.... unlike the Dubs.

Nuggets saved ~$17 mil by trading Michael Porter Jr. for Cam Johnson. They also saved a little $ with their Dario Saric trade.

Would you want to trade away a post-Steph Curry, unprotected first round pick for Cam Johnson though? Seems a little desperate.

post-Steph Curry does not matter. The chance of landing another top 5 player is slim slim. Look at Denver they will be playing in WCF already

[Twinkie defense]

For people complaining that the Warriors haven't made a splash on the opening day of free agency, remember 1) a lot of early deals are born of desperation, and 2) last summer the Warriors turned Klay's impending departure into a six-team deal that brought them Buddy Hield and Kyle Anderson and that took until July 4 to wrap up.

Last trade deadline, MDJ turned Wiggins and Kasparas Jakučionis into Jimmy Butler. No doubt he's working to make the team better, but he's not gonna make any stupid or rash moves.

Judge them when the roster is finalized, not the morning of day one of free agency.

[Twinkie defense]

Hahaha... Denver is supposed to be in cap hell, yet they are active to make team better.... unlike the Dubs.

Nuggets saved ~$17 mil by trading Michael Porter Jr. for Cam Johnson. They also saved a little $ with their Dario Saric trade.

Would you want to trade away a post-Steph Curry, unprotected first round pick for Cam Johnson though? Seems a little desperate.

post-Steph Curry does not matter. The chance of landing another top 5 player is slim slim. Look at Denver they will be playing in WCF already

Jokić will be 37 years old in 2032.

Even Steph Curry doesn't want to mess up the post-Steph Curry era.

[cpower]

Nuggets saved ~$17 mil by trading Michael Porter Jr. for Cam Johnson. They also saved a little $ with their Dario Saric trade.

Would you want to trade away a post-Steph Curry, unprotected first round pick for Cam Johnson though? Seems a little desperate.

post-Steph Curry does not matter. The chance of landing another top 5 player is slim slim. Look at Denver they will be playing in WCF already

Jokić will be 37 years old in 2032.

Even Steph Curry doesn't want to mess up the post-Steph Curry era.

Curry can't say much but as a GM you have to be aware of what is going on. Safe to say dubs will be irrelevant for another 30 years after Curry days is over

[TB]

For people complaining that the Warriors haven't made a splash on the opening day of free agency, remember 1) a lot of early deals are born of desperation, and 2) last summer the Warriors turned Klay's impending departure into a six-team deal that brought them Buddy Hield and Kyle Anderson and that took until July 4 to wrap up.

Last trade deadline, MDJ turned Wiggins and Kasparas Jakučionis into Jimmy Butler. No doubt he's working to make the team better, but he's not gonna make any stupid or rash moves.

Judge them when the roster is finalized, not the morning of day one of free agency.

Agreed.

Also, when Steph was the age of Joker and Giannis, we were getting KD and tons of vet options to fill the roster… hard to really blame free agents going to other prime superstars and not 37 year old Steph who likely retires soon… not to mention Jimmy and Dray are probably close to done as well.

But even then… do we really want THJ? Jonas for 11m?

[Twinkie defense]

If the Warriors use the taxpayer midlevel exception (projected at around $5.7 million) on Horford or another free agent, they’ll be hard-capped at the second apron, currently projected at $207.8 million. The Warriors currently have nine players under contract at $170.5 million. Kuminga’s qualifying offer, extended over the weekend by the Warriors, is $7.9 million, but his cap hold is $22.9 million, further clogging the Warriors’ books if his situation drags deeper into July.

Maybe I'm crazy but seems like there is a case for rescinding the QO if there is no sign and trade that both Kuminga and the Warriors like...

[TB]

If the Warriors use the taxpayer midlevel exception (projected at around $5.7 million) on Horford or another free agent, they’ll be hard-capped at the second apron, currently projected at $207.8 million. The Warriors currently have nine players under contract at $170.5 million. Kuminga’s qualifying offer, extended over the weekend by the Warriors, is $7.9 million, but his cap hold is $22.9 million, further clogging the Warriors’ books if his situation drags deeper into July.

Maybe I'm crazy but seems like there is a case for rescinding the QO if there is no sign and trade that both Kuminga and the Warriors like...

I think they need to let this play out. Can’t let Kuminga walk for nothing if there isn’t a full MLE option we really want thats better than Kuminga.

Being hard capped at the 2nd apron is fine.

[bay2hk]

Kuminga can wait all he wants. The longer he waits the worst chance he has to get something higher than the QO. I wonder which team still has their NTMLE. NTMLE is JK’s ceiling for a contract from another team this summer.

[TB]

Pistons just used 16m annually on Duncan Robinson, so between that, Levert, Paul Reed, and whatever they plan to do with Beasley, they are probably out of any chance at Kuminga.

[Upperclass]

Bol bol isnt a rotation player in the nba

[statsman]

Kuminga can wait all he wants. The longer he waits the worst chance he has to get something higher than the QO. I wonder which team still has their NTMLE. NTMLE is JK’s ceiling for a contract from another team this summer.

That may end up being JK's options. A three year RFA offer starting at the NTMLE, or playing for the QO. If he does the latter, he's going to be less than useful this season. Angry, bitter, selfish, close to worthless in a trade.

Of course, the cavalry could arrive with Lacob leading the charge offering a 3/60 to 3/75 deal.

[TB]

Have to imagine the Warriors offered Kuminga the amount that gets them the TPMLE and maybe some breathing room for using the remaining spots on vet minimums…. which would be around 20m 1st year.

And if that is the case (again i’m just guessing), if nobody else is going that high, it will benefit Kuminga to get Horford on the Warriors as his best chance at starting over Draymond. No way we can start with a defensive frontcourt of Kuminga/Post… but we can handle Jimmy/Kuminga/Horford with Dray pairing with Post or anyone else in the Andre role.

[statsman]

Have to imagine the Warriors offered Kuminga the amount that gets them the TPMLE and maybe some breathing room for using the remaining spots on vet minimums…. which would be around 20m 1st year.

Assuming 14 players, the Warriors could add the TPMLE, three vet minimums, and have a bit over $24M they could offer JK the first season to stay under the 2nd apron. They could go a bit higher if any of the vet minimums were to end up being a rookie minimum for their 2nd round selections.