Mortgage the future? Warriors’ central question looming as deadline approaches
What Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Steve Kerr think about maximizing the team’s championship window.
TORONTO — Below .500 for the first time, the existential topic of how much future the Warriors can or should sacrifice to lift the present is as relevant as ever.
With a 104-101 loss to the lowly Raptors, the Warriors have hit a low point on their season. Steph Curry recorded 26 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in the loss, but Golden State failed to execute down the stretch.
The Warriors (19-20), in Curry’s words, are mid. After starting the season 12-3, they’ve free-fallen out of the playoff picture and through spells in which they’ve lost their soul, edge and competitive spirit. They’re still trying to figure out who they are, but at this point, there’s scant evidence that the current roster can compete for a championship.
Enter the age-old question: how can the Warriors maximize what’s left of Curry’s championship-level prime?
Neither Curry nor Draymond Green want the team to make what they deem a desperation trade.
“There is a responsibility on keeping the franchise in a good space and a good spot when it comes to where we leave this team when we’re done,” Curry said at his locker in the Scotiabank Arena.
“Doesn’t mean that you’re not active in any type of sense to (improve). If you have an opportunity where a trade makes sense or in the summer a free agent makes sense, you want to continue to get better. Nobody wants to be stale or be in a situation where you’re passing up opportunities. But it doesn’t mean that you’re desperate, just flinging around assets all over the place because you want to do something.”
Curry said Mike Dunleavy knows they want to win and he’s working the phones like any good general manager does. Asked if he’s comfortable with the level of activity three weeks away from the Feb. 6 deadline, Curry said that the expectation, as always, is to be in the loop as the team monitors options.
Curry’s comments came on the same day Green was quoted in a Yahoo Sports article saying they and head coach Steve Kerr are aligned in disagreeing with “mortgaging off the future of this organization.”
“Bad teams do that,” Green told Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports. “Bad organizations do that. We’re not neither one.”
Before Monday’s loss, Kerr was asked about the challenges of keeping a dynasty alive. A member of the Chicago Bulls teams that won six titles and the four-time champion Warriors, he’s as much of an expert on the topic as anyone.
Nothing lasts forever, Kerr said. It’s the reality of sports and life.
“You want it to last as long as possible and you put every ounce of effort into making that happen as best you can,” Kerr said. “And these runs (you’re talking about), they happen because of Michael Jordan and Steph Curry, these once-in-a-generation players. And so, you ride those guys as long as you can, as long as they’re capable. Then you’ve got to move forward and everything changes.”
The Warriors’ championships came 10 years ago, in 2017 and 2018, and again in 2022. Runs like theirs rarely happen for good reason. Players get old (and expensive in a salary cap league). Superstar challengers emerge and the game changes around you.
Golden State had the rare opportunity to extend their championship window with the No. 2 overall selection in 2020. They chose James Wiseman.
One of the reasons the Warriors were able to make their surprise run in 2022 was the emergence of Jordan Poole, a late first-round pick who panned out. But shortly after they paid him, in the summer of 2022, Green punched him in practice, diverting the trajectory of his career, his future with the team and the organization’s path.
Since the 2022 championship, the Warriors have lost in the Western Conference Semifinals and got eliminated in the play-in game. This season appears headed for a similar fate; the Warriors rank 15th in net rating and are have lost 17 of their last 24 games.
Now, the Warriors’ young core is Jonathan Kuminga and their future first-round picks (they have all of their own through 2029, with picks eligible for trade in alternating years).
That’s essentially the future in question when it comes to mortgaging versus cashing in for a hypothetical win-now trade. The Warriors tried to acquire Paul George and Lauri Markkanen over the summer; both are having poor seasons. They’re reportedly not viewed as a viable option for Jimmy Butler. The next possible move is unclear.
Curry turns 37 in March. He’s still one of the most productive players in the league, ranking in the top 15 in advanced metrics like box plus-minus (ninth) and value over replacement player (13th). Green remains one of the most versatile, impactful defenders in the league.
They’re still capable. But for how much longer?
“I think that’s where we are right now,” Kerr said. “Steph is still playing at a really high level. The last couple years, we’ve been fighting like crazy and competing to just stay in the game. Last year, 46 wins wasn’t even enough to make the playoffs. So it’s gotten tougher and tougher. But we’re fighting, and we’re going to keep going until we’re not going anymore.”
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