The Warriors are marginalizing the end of Stephen Curry's prime, and it's a basketball sin
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- Golden State Warriors are the only NBA team yet to add a single player via trade or free agency this offseason, having only re-signed internal pieces after finishing eight games below .500 and missing the playoffs last year
- Stephen Curry remains a top-10 player at age 38, and the Warriors' franchise valuation has grown from $450M when Joe Lacob bought the team in 2010 to $11B today, per the columnist
- Draymond Green opted out of his 2026-27 contract to give the Warriors financial flexibility to chase LeBron James, then returned on a 1-year, $27.7M deal after that pursuit failed
- Warriors re-signed 40-year-old Al Horford to a $14M deal and gave Kristaps Porzingis $40M over two years, both moves drawing the columnist's scrutiny
- Joe Lacob has overseen a string of draft misses the article details: James Wiseman (2020), Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody over Trey Murphy III, Franz Wagner, Alperen Sengun and Jalen Johnson (2021), and Jacob Evans five picks before Jalen Brunson (2018)
- Warriors have traded just 4 future first-round picks over 13 years while winning 4 championships, and passed on potential deals for OG Anunoby and Jaylen Brown to preserve 'optionality,' per the piece
- Warriors are slated to have just $50M on their books next summer, the most cap space in the NBA, and are already positioning for a post-Curry pivot
Why it matters: Curry remains a top-10 player at 38, yet the Warriors project under 40 wins while sitting on league-best cap space for next summer. Choosing to hoard picks and cap space for a post-Curry era means actively declining to compete during his final prime years — diminishing a player who grew the franchise's value from $450M to $11B.
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