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Hello basketball people, we have news. Let’s go to more news about the Golden State Warriors. I ask you to give a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel as I am a Warriors fan. The Warriors are monitoring Chris Middleton’s situation. If he becomes available, it would be a significant signing. Chris Middleton is an experienced, unique player and an NBA champion. The Golden State Warriors are going to need to get some lucky breaks to compete in the Western Conference. Even if they land their ideal free agent targets after the Jonathan Kaminga drama has played out, it still might not be enough. That’s why the Warriors need to closely monitor the NBA buyout market. The Los Angeles Lakers have already benefited immensely from their buyout signings. With limited cap space, they were able to sign DeAndre Aton and Marcus Smart to team friendly contracts. The Warriors would be smart to try the same with the next big name on the buyout market. The most recent NBA rumor is that Chris Middleton could be that next big name. Evan Cidery reported Thursday that Middleton is a player to watch among the NBA’s contenders. Multiple contending teams are monitoring Chris Middleton’s future with the Wizards. On a $33.3 million expiring contract, plus an extensive injury history, teams are not willing to offer notable compensation in a trade. Middleton is a strong buyout candidate at some point. The Warriors should be one of the teams that watch Middleton’s status closely. Middleton is a champion and a former all-star with a track record of elite scoring and solid defense. Middleton is a career 38.7% three-point shooter. Middleton has not been healthy for a few seasons now. He hasn’t played more than 55 games since the 2021 to22 season. Still, the upside of Middleton is hard to deny. The Warriors could use a healthy Middleton on both sides of the court. Whether that player still exists is another story. Every contender will be monitoring Middleton’s health and availability during the beginning of the season with the Wizards. Still, if Middleton does get bought out, the Warriors need to consider trying to sign him. They would likely be able to get a former star on a discounted contract, the exact type of pickup they need to get lucky with. If Middleton stays healthy, it would be a home run signing for the Warriors. If he gets hurt again, they likely won’t have spent much on him. A Middleton Warriors signing could be a no- lose situation. Two final moves Golden State Warriors must make to complete 2025 NBA offseason. This off season is shaping up to be an ever crucial one for the Golden State Warriors. Last season, they showed that they can still compete with the best, especially after acquiring Jimmy Butler. They went 23-9 since the trade deadline, 23-7 with Butler, and pulled off an upset against the two-seated Houston Rockets. The Warriors could have gone further in the playoffs had it not been for Steven Curry’s hamstring injury, giving the Dubs plenty of hope that they can hang with the best of the best in the NBA despite their aging core. Alas, the Warriors roster at the moment is far from a finished product. In fact, they have not made any moves at all this off season other than adding rookies Alex Tui and Will Richard to the organization. It’s safe to say that Tui and Richard won’t move the needle much if at all for the Warriors this coming season. Of course, there are some pressing matters for the Warriors to address first before moving on and finally pulling off some moves that would be of consequence to them come next season. With that said, here are the final two moves the Warriors must make to complete their off season. Warriors have to put an end to the Jonathan Kaminga saga. The Jonathan Kaminga saga is a matter of which party blinks first. But it’s been rather clear how the Warriors view Kaminga. While the Dubs know of the talent Kaminga has, they know that he isn’t the best fit for the team’s currycentric system. Kaminga doesn’t have the feel on either end of the floor to thrive in a motion-based system. Kaminga is the kind of player who thrives when he has the ball in his hands. He can fill up the scoring column when he gets a chance to commandeer possession, slash towards the basket, or create from the perimeter. While his athleticism makes him a viable cutting target in the Warriors offensive system, it’s clear as well that the 22-year-old wants more for his career. But what Kaminga wants is not going to be available on the Warriors. As long as Curry is there, the team will be built around him and for good reason. However, the problem on Kaminga’s end is that the Warriors control his fate. He is stuck in free agency due to his restricted status and cap space has dried up around the league. Getting a lucrative offer sheet would have complicated matters for the dubs, but that offer sheet is not likely to come, giving Golden State even more leverage in this regard. This in turn has given the Warriors free reign to lowball Kuminga and give him offers far below what he’s expecting from the semiopen market. According to reports, the Warriors offered him a 2-year, $45 million contract. Kaminga declined. The Sacramento Kings, according to reports, still want to acquire Kaminga in a sign trade, but their offer hasn’t been up to the Warriors standards. They reportedly put Devin Carter, Daario Serak, and two second round picks on the table, but Golden State wasn’t interested. There is plenty of time for both parties to resolve the situation. Kaminga wouldn’t have to sign the qualifying offer until the 1st of October anyway, but this situation is clearly putting the Warriors off season on hold. For Golden State to set other things in motion, it seems as though they’re going to have to find a resolution to the Kaminga saga first. Al Horford’s a long overdue signing. The entire NBA world knows that El Horford is signing with the Warriors. It’s only a matter of when, not if. But this signing is going to be ever so crucial for the Warriors to make, especially after losing Kevin Looney to the New Orleans Pelicans. Horford may be old as dirt. He’s already 39 years of age, but he provides defensive fortitude, floor spacing, and basketball IQ, making him quite the perfect fit for the Warrior system on both ends of the floor. Rarely has the Warriors employed a big man who can shoot the rock and play defense in the Curry era, making Horford a very important signing to complete. The 39year-old looks like a starter for this Warriors team that doesn’t have the best front court depth. It’s not likely for the Dubs to trot Draymond Green out at the five from the beginning of the season so as to not tax his body. Once the Kaminga situation is taken care of, expect things to fall into place quickly for the Warriors. Warriors can instantly improve outlook with one brutal decision. It’s time to accept that moving on from Jonathan Kaminga is the best outcome. The Golden State Warriors are stuck in a holding pattern that seems unlikely to break at any point in the immediate future. Jonathan Kaminga is a restricted free agent who’s unwilling to put his future in Golden State’s hands for any longer than it already has been, thus creating a high-profile stalemate. For as ideal as it would be to maximize the return on a Kuminga Sina trade, the Warriors best available option would be to cut ties and begin the immediate efforts to improve the current roster. Kaminga and the Warriors have reached a crossroads that appears eerily reminiscent of the point of no return. The 22-year-old recently declined a 2-year $45 million contract offer that Golden State attempted to include a team option in. In the aftermath of that colossal report, Eric Karine of The Athletic put it as simply as can be. Kaminga doesn’t want to return to the Warriors, and Golden State doesn’t want him back. The Warriors don’t want Kaminga, and Kaminga doesn’t want to be in the Bay. Yet, the Warriors weren’t willing to forego extending him a qualifying offer, $7.9 million, for 2025 to 26, the mechanism that keeps him restricted instead of unrestricted. Thus far, Kaminga doesn’t want to accept it. With this in mind, there’s a simple path toward the Warriors instantly improving the outlook of their offseason and championship dreams, part with Kaminga, and begin to add pieces before it’s too late. It’s time for the Warriors to move on from Jonathan Kaminga. Golden State clearly shouldn’t accept any offer it receives, regardless of the quality. It must however prioritize other elements of the 2025 period of free agency as the roster in its current state has proven too topheavy to contend. Perhaps there’s a perfect world in which the Warriors preferred free agents will wait until the Kuminga saga is resolved. But every day that passes chips away at the possibility that such a reality exists. Perhaps patience will enable the warriors to receive a superior return for Kaminga than what’s currently being offered. The other side of that negotiation, however, is that Golden State could miss out on the free agents it’s simultaneously prioritizing. With August underway, it’s fair to question how much longer those without a contract will be willing to wait before accepting offers from another team willing to provide similar money. In that scenario, Golden State would effectively be placing its future in Kaminga’s hands. An admittedly poetic twist of fate, all things considered. No matter what decision is ultimately made, that’s a risky approach with a roster in need of multiple improvements. More specifically, such an approach could sabotage or at least dampen their efforts to complete or maximize the value of the expected signing of Al Horford. Rather than putting everything on hold and hoping that the rest of the NBA will wait patiently, the Warriors need to act with a blend of determination and poise under pressure. They can’t accept just anything for Kaminga, but there are disaster scenarios that are inching closer to reality. With this in mind, the Warriors must act with a sense of urgency to conclude the Kaminga saga and ensure that no further damage is done to their championship dreams. Warriors are one wrong decision away from botching final phase of Stephen Curry era. There’s no margin for error and an undetermined amount of time left to get it right. The Golden State Warriors are knocking on the door of a fifth championship in 11 years. They’ve assembled an extraordinary trio of future Hall of Famers in Jimmy Butler, Stephen Curry, and Draymond Green, and appear to be the right supporting cast away from truly contending. The Warriors can solidify their contender status during the 2025 off season, but their one wrong move on the Jonathan Kaminga front away from squandering Stephven Curry’s final seasons. Of the growing list of harsh realities that Golden State must accept, none are quite as daunting as the fact that Curry is nearing the end of the line. He and LeBron James continue to prove that long-established age- related expectations in the NBA must be rewritten. But unprecedented success is a double-edged sword. For every ounce of praise that the players who redefine the NBA standards deserve, there’s an equal measure of uncertainty about what the future may hold. Curry was excellent in 2024 to 25, earning all NBA second team honors and averaging 24.5 points, 6.0 assists, 4.4 rebounds, 1.1 steals, and 4.4 three-point field goals made per game. Unfortunately, a hamstring injury prematurely ended his postseason and reminded Golden State of its roster’s limitations. In order to avoid wasting the final years of Curry’s career, the Warriors thus have one priority. Turn a potential Kuminga Sina trade into a deeper roster. Warriors can’t afford any roster misfires with an aging core of stars. Kuminga has declined a two-year contract from the Warriors worth $45 million. He’s also garnered interest from teams who can make the finances align in a sign and trade, but may not be willing to part with the assets the Warriors value. Compounded by the fact that Kaminga was a healthy scratch on multiple occasions during the 2025 NBA playoffs, no one seems to know what will come next for Golden State. While operating within less than ideal circumstances, Golden State has no margin for error. There’s no guaranteeing that Butler, Curry, or Green will be able to sustain their star caliber form beyond the 2025 to 26 season, no matter how all-inspiring their timeless success has been. That leaves the Warriors with no choice but to view the 2025 to 26 season as the last chance to win a title with Curry, even if he is signed through 2027. The Warriors will be paying Butler and Curry a combined $113,733,267 in 2025 to 26 and $119,419,931 in 2026 to 27. They may also have to pay Green next summer as he has a player option for the 2026 to 27 season and could be looking for a major payday in his late30s. With these numbers in mind, it’s difficult to imagine Golden State being able to reset after the 2026 season, especially with Butler making an almost untradeable $56,832,773 in 2026 to 27. With limited financial flexibility and a minimum of two massive contracts on the books, the Warriors must make every move count. Kaminga may very well represent their best opportunity to add highlevel talent via a sign-in trade, particularly if the goal is to add players who are under 30. Unfortunately for the Warriors front office, one false move could mean wasting whatever time is left in Curry’s legendary NBA career.
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