How the are the Warriors rebuilding while winning chips?

zeeshan2 · Jul 1, 2024

It wasn’t that long ago when the “lightyears ahead” Warriors wanted to be the next iteration of Spurs — good for two-plus decades. To do that, they’d have “two timelines” that would allow them to win now and win later.

That plan never panned out.

And now they’re left with no timelines.

No matter what you thought about Thompson’s efficacy last season, the Warriors letting him walk out the door for only a traded player exception (worth roughly $16 million) is roster malpractice.

Mike Dunleavy Jr. was hired as the Warriors’ general manager on June 16, 2023. That was nearly a year to the day the Warriors won the 2022 NBA title.

Dunleavy inherited some problems, no doubt, but in the 382 days since he took over, he turned Thompson, Jordan Poole, and a first-round pick into nothing more than a steaming pile of funny money.

In short, he has ensured the Warriors won’t win another title with Steph Curry leading the way.

Coming into this offseason, the writing was on the wall: someone was going. The NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement made the Warriors’ previous spending habits far too onerous to maintain.

For Dunleavy, the choice was simple: can lose Thompson or you can waive Paul.

As disappointing as both of them were last season, the Warriors couldn’t lose both for nothing and maintain whatever competitiveness they had.

And yet that’s exactly what happened.
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Jontro · Jul 2, 2024

and it all started when they drafted wiseguy.

Invisible Fan · Jul 2, 2024

There's no way the Worriers could be like the "2 decades" Spurs with that kind of locker room.

Pop would've put Poole in solitary for a month feeding him the program like Clockwork Orange. He was the future they were banking on lol.

Who cares anyways. They won 4 and the price was to be knee deep into tax territory. Any mid-large market team would want that situation.

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