Missing the playoffs is not where old and expensive Golden State expected to be two years after a rousing NBA title run. The front office will fight that slow drift to the end.
Warriors finished the 2020-21 season on a 10-3 run to vault them into the play-in tournament. They failed to advance, losing back-to-back heartbreakers to theThe Warriors were right to be optimistic about the way the 2021 season ended, even after their losses in the play-in. They roared back the next season to win the fourth championship of the Stephen Curry/
The Warriors did not exactly push hard to move out of the No. 10 seed late in the regular season. They monitored Curry's minutes, and sat him -- along with Green andThe Warriors this summer will be able to trade two future first-round picks and the better slice of the protected 2030 first-rounder they owe thedeal -- plus multiple first-round pick swaps.
The Moody and Kuminga picks were the last big swings of the vaunted"two timelines" initiative -- Golden State's attempt to defy history and remain great with Curry while at the same time constructing the nucleus that would keep Golden State in contention after Curry, Green, and Thompson were gone.
Maybe this is just what happens to aging superstars and aging champions who stick together. The team gets old and expensive. Young usurpers pass them by. Opportunities to change that course are rare. For the Warriors, their most realistic opportunity to do so was probably the Wiseman pick. They sniffed out the trade market for that pick, sources said, but found it was not enough to lure a major veteran star.
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