2026-27 Regular Season Official

[TB]

The Warriors need some healthy guards, or they're going to wear out Curry during the upcoming 5-game road trip. 11 of the next 15 games are on the road.

We need depth across the board except for center. Our big wings are Yaxel, Gui, Niang, Malevy. Our guards we have Steph, Podz, Melton, Cryer. Our centers are Dray, Horford, Bassey, Ike. Can we apply for an injury exception? Do those count against the cap? I don't think we can do anything.

Injured
Jimmy
Moody
KP
GP2
Bwill
Will

Walter Clayton Jr. is playing 16 MPG for Dallas, shooting 48.1/43.3 with 3.4 APG.

Some of us noticed when he was released though to be fair, he was performing very poorly for Utah and Memphis before he was cut.

I think it's possible we talked with him and he just chose Dallas over any other teams. Kyrie misses games and is considered a potential trade candidate, they had gotten Sasser and a rookie but not a whole lot of playmaker guards on that team compared to seeing us having just signed Williams and still having Steph/Podz/Melton who all can play PG. Not to mention the price of living in the Bay Area.

And so far its looking like the right call considering he's played way more than Cryer has for us. Obviously injuries can change that (like Williams hamstring), but the decision seems correct for Clayton.

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I see the Warriors are trying to trade KP as soon as possible but don't want include Moody in any deal.

I like Moses buy why?

Because it's hard to get an expiring contract that is actually good. We are trying to sign a max player and letting KP expire would just do that. Bring in someone longer term is not a good move if we can't win this year.

Sign a max player, who? As for unrestricted FA you're looking MPJ, T.Herro, LaVine, Miles Bridges or RJ Barrett and you'll have release cap holds on Butler, Green and whoever you get for KP. The best chance you have at getting a high impact player will be trading for him.

The reason I'd try to keep Moody out of trades this year is to have him prove he's back after his surgery and then probably put him into a package (as a good value contract for next season) for a high level player.

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[HiRez]

Any chance we can look at acquiring Jonathan Isaac from the Magic? He's not playing, still rehabbing, and on a cheap 1-year deal. Would be nice to add a defensive C in the second half of the year coinciding with Jimmy returning and maybe Bassey/Horford injuries mounting.

[cpower]

I see the Warriors are trying to trade KP as soon as possible but don't want include Moody in any deal.

I like Moses buy why?

Because it's hard to get an expiring contract that is actually good. We are trying to sign a max player and letting KP expire would just do that. Bring in someone longer term is not a good move if we can't win this year.

Sign a max player, who? As for unrestricted FA you're looking MPJ, T.Herro, LaVine, Miles Bridges or RJ Barrett and you'll have release cap holds on Butler, Green and whoever you get for KP. The best chance you have at getting a high impact player will be trading for him.

The reason I'd try to keep Moody out of trades this year is to have him prove he's back after his surgery and then probably put him into a package (as a good value contract for next season) for a high level player.

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[Onus]

The Warriors need some healthy guards, or they're going to wear out Curry during the upcoming 5-game road trip. 11 of the next 15 games are on the road.

We need depth across the board except for center. Our big wings are Yaxel, Gui, Niang, Malevy. Our guards we have Steph, Podz, Melton, Cryer. Our centers are Dray, Horford, Bassey, Ike. Can we apply for an injury exception? Do those count against the cap? I don't think we can do anything.

Injured
Jimmy
Moody
KP
GP2
Bwill
Will

Walter Clayton Jr. is playing 16 MPG for Dallas, shooting 48.1/43.3 with 3.4 APG.

Some of us noticed when he was released though to be fair, he was performing very poorly for Utah and Memphis before he was cut.

Yea he's a higher ceiling player than Cryer but we're not a cut throat front office. We develop players for a long time.

[Onus]

https://www.patreon.com/posts/174794343?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share

Interesting read about our pick and roll offense. Went from dead last to 10th in the league on pick and rolls.

[AirP.]

Because it's hard to get an expiring contract that is actually good. We are trying to sign a max player and letting KP expire would just do that. Bring in someone longer term is not a good move if we can't win this year.

Sign a max player, who? As for unrestricted FA you're looking MPJ, T.Herro, LaVine, Miles Bridges or RJ Barrett and you'll have release cap holds on Butler, Green and whoever you get for KP. The best chance you have at getting a high impact player will be trading for him.

The reason I'd try to keep Moody out of trades this year is to have him prove he's back after his surgery and then probably put him into a package (as a good value contract for next season) for a high level player.

Joker KAT

Highly doubtful, both would be moved to their next team they'll sign with before they're teams allow them to walk for nothing.

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[statsman]

A bit of a gamble with Richard. I realize the injury is on his non-shooting hand, but still.

[AirP.]

A bit of a gamble with Richard. I realize the injury is on his non-shooting hand, but still.

Here's a little more context, he's trying to see if he can play with it and avoid surgery. It's quite possible he's trying to play through it now to help the team with so many players out. Williams is a big hit for this 5 game road trip.

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[HiRez]

Happy we're finally getting a challenging opponent but without Williams and Richard (and Gui still iffy) it's going to be a tough one to pull out on the road. Everyone is going to have to play well and as always, avoiding the serial turnovers is key. Stop stepping out of bounds and stop trying for the home run or thread-the-needle type plays, we're good enough now we don't need those gimmicks, we can win on fundamental basketball.

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[TB]

I can't help but be very measured and timid with the amount of hype this team is getting. Don't get me wrong, i'm thrilled with this start to the season and think all the pieces are fitting nicely and guys like Yax/Podz are legit starter level guys this year (or better even). But these two things have me thinking we are still likely in for a tough play-in seeding battle:

- The obvious one... can Steph and team stay mostly healthy and fresh

- We are currently WAY better than every team in 3 point shooting. I know we have Steph, but virtually every guy we hope has a good year from 3 is shooting over 40% at the moment with Steph and Yax and Melt well over 40. Since the 2016 Dubs shot over 40% for the season, only one random clipper team in 2021 has shot over 40% for the season. Thats not to say we cant just stay a top 5 shooting team, but even that drop-off can push teams into the play-in mix in this conference.

[DonaldSanders]

I can't help but be very measured and timid with the amount of hype this team is getting. Don't get me wrong, i'm thrilled with this start to the season and think all the pieces are fitting nicely and guys like Yax/Podz are legit starter level guys this year (or better even). But these two things have me thinking we are still likely in for a tough play-in seeding battle:

- The obvious one... can Steph and team stay mostly healthy and fresh

- We are currently WAY better than every team in 3 point shooting. I know we have Steph, but virtually every guy we hope has a good year from 3 is shooting over 40% at the moment with Steph and Yax and Melt well over 40. Since the 2016 Dubs shot over 40% for the season, only one random clipper team in 2021 has shot over 40% for the season. Thats not to say we cant just stay a top 5 shooting team, but even that drop-off can push teams into the play-in mix in this conference.

I generally agree. We're shooting lights out and it's unsustainable, that's why part of why I've wondered if we do in fact need a rebounding big. We barely beat the Magic while shooting 47% from 3, the Magic had 15 more offensive rebounds than us. That's incredibly exploitable by a bunch of teams.

On the plus side we eventually get Butler back, so we might be around this good when he comes back. But I think we'll see some size issues on this road trip unless we continue to shoot lights out.

[TB]

I can't help but be very measured and timid with the amount of hype this team is getting. Don't get me wrong, i'm thrilled with this start to the season and think all the pieces are fitting nicely and guys like Yax/Podz are legit starter level guys this year (or better even). But these two things have me thinking we are still likely in for a tough play-in seeding battle:

- The obvious one... can Steph and team stay mostly healthy and fresh

- We are currently WAY better than every team in 3 point shooting. I know we have Steph, but virtually every guy we hope has a good year from 3 is shooting over 40% at the moment with Steph and Yax and Melt well over 40. Since the 2016 Dubs shot over 40% for the season, only one random clipper team in 2021 has shot over 40% for the season. Thats not to say we cant just stay a top 5 shooting team, but even that drop-off can push teams into the play-in mix in this conference.

I generally agree. We're shooting lights out and it's unsustainable, that's why part of why I've wondered if we do in fact need a rebounding big. We barely beat the Magic while shooting 47% from 3, the Magic had 15 more offensive rebounds than us. That's incredibly exploitable by a bunch of teams.

On the plus side we eventually get Butler back, so we might be around this good when he comes back. But I think we'll see some size issues on this road trip unless we continue to shoot lights out.

Yup good points. Tricky part about targeting centers has been and still is the whole Draymond at center situation. Its his best position but the rebounding and rim protection has definitely declined. The good news is Yax has actually been moving pretty well defending perimeter guards so him at SF isn't the worst scenario.

[DonaldSanders]

Yup good points. Tricky part about targeting centers has been and still is the whole Draymond at center situation. Its his best position but the rebounding and rim protection has definitely declined. The good news is Yax has actually been moving pretty well defending perimeter guards so him at SF isn't the worst scenario.

Dray has been sensational in some match ups, but awful in others. We need both Dray and Steve open to a traditional center for some nights where that's called for -- we can start Dray but if it's not his night the 'normal' center can play more minutes and close. But I'm afraid especially Steve just has too much belief in Dray and won't be open to such a thing.

Dray is the solution to a bunch of teams on D, but he's also someone who can be exploited against others. If we can have two answers that makes us harder to beat.

Yaxel looks great with a rim running big too, I'm really curious how the offense looks with a quality traditional C in a Curry-Yaxel based offense.

[TB]

Yup good points. Tricky part about targeting centers has been and still is the whole Draymond at center situation. Its his best position but the rebounding and rim protection has definitely declined. The good news is Yax has actually been moving pretty well defending perimeter guards so him at SF isn't the worst scenario.

Dray has been sensational in some match ups, but awful in others. We need both Dray and Steve open to a traditional center for some nights where that's called for -- we can start Dray but if it's not his night the 'normal' center can play more minutes and close. But I'm afraid especially Steve just has too much belief in Dray and won't be open to such a thing.

Dray is the solution to a bunch of teams on D, but he's also someone who can be exploited against others. If we can have two answers that makes us harder to beat.

Yaxel looks great with a rim running big too, I'm really curious how the offense looks with a quality traditional C in a Curry-Yaxel based offense.

Just looked at some combos and it was pretty interesting even with small sample sizes. Hard to really use the net +/- numbers too much, but even just the per36 stats for Yax himself shows the different roles he's playing:

Yax with Dray: -5.4 net +/- Yax having rough 3 point shooting and low assists. The Per36 scoring is lowest with Dray vs other centers as well (but that could be because these minutes also are with Steph alot).

Yax with Horford: -6.2 net +/- with per 36 numbers jumping up all around basically to what Yax current averages are. Great rebounding, good shooting, assists up closer to 5 per 36.

Yax with Bassey: +18.1 net +/- and his per36 numbers jump to 26 points and 8 assists with great shooting. What drops in rebounding but that makes sense because Bassey has been a beast on the boards so far.

The biggest takeaways from this might be that 1) Yax really understands hoops and what roles are needed with different lineups, and 2) he may never be Dray as a playmaker but he is absolutely a point forward type that thrives next to PGs like Steph and Podz who don't demand the ball.

[DonaldSanders]

Just looked at some combos and it was pretty interesting even with small sample sizes. Hard to really use the net +/- numbers too much, but even just the per36 stats for Yax himself shows the different roles he's playing:

Yax with Dray: -5.4 net +/- Yax having rough 3 point shooting and low assists. The Per36 scoring is lowest with Dray vs other centers as well (but that could be because these minutes also are with Steph alot).

Yax with Horford: -6.2 net +/- with per 36 numbers jumping up all around basically to what Yax current averages are. Great rebounding, good shooting, assists up closer to 5 per 36.

Yax with Bassey: +18.1 net +/- and his per36 numbers jump to 26 points and 8 assists with great shooting. What drops in rebounding but that makes sense because Bassey has been a beast on the boards so far.

The biggest takeaways from this might be that 1) Yax really understands hoops and what roles are needed with different lineups, and 2) he may never be Dray as a playmaker but he is absolutely a point forward type that thrives next to PGs like Steph and Podz who don't demand the ball.

That matches some of my eye test, and why some games I've called for Bassey to get time (especially Orlando, I was yelling at the TV to put him in). It was cool that Kerr gave Bassey a shot to start OT and he scored 4 points, Yaxel has good synergy with him. It's more the archetype of the player than Bassey per se. Some of the above is just Bassey is in when Yaxel is against backups or garbage time though.

To me though it seems like the NBA is favoring a meta where you have 4 guys who can shoot and then a C who can do all the traditional dirty work stuff. Hartenstein and Mitchell Robinson (with the Knicks and now Boston) are great examples of top level teams with Cs who get your team more possessions and let your good shooters shoot more shots.

With Yaxel it seems like it makes it less like we need a big who can shoot because he is a big who can shoot. You don't need both your C and your PF to shoot the 3, just one of them. The other guy can grab rebounds, set screens, etc.

[TB]

I can't help but be very measured and timid with the amount of hype this team is getting. Don't get me wrong, i'm thrilled with this start to the season and think all the pieces are fitting nicely and guys like Yax/Podz are legit starter level guys this year (or better even). But these two things have me thinking we are still likely in for a tough play-in seeding battle:

- The obvious one... can Steph and team stay mostly healthy and fresh

- We are currently WAY better than every team in 3 point shooting. I know we have Steph, but virtually every guy we hope has a good year from 3 is shooting over 40% at the moment with Steph and Yax and Melt well over 40. Since the 2016 Dubs shot over 40% for the season, only one random clipper team in 2021 has shot over 40% for the season. Thats not to say we cant just stay a top 5 shooting team, but even that drop-off can push teams into the play-in mix in this conference.

The basketball gods were very cruel to address BOTH of my concerns hours after I made this post.