Golden State Warriors 2025-26 Season Prediction | Where do the Dubs stack up in the loaded West?
♪ ♪ >> WE ARE BACK HERE ON “HQ SPOTLIGHT,” WE ARE AT 37 YEARS OLD, STEPH CURRY’S THE FACE OF THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS. HE GOT THE WARRIORS BACK TO THE PLAYOFFS AND ORCHESTRATED A FIRST ROUND UPSIDE OVER THE NUMBER 2 SEED ROCKETS. HOWEVER IN THE SECOND ROUND AGAINST THE TIMBERWOLVES, HE SUSTAINED A HAMSTRING INJURY. WITHOUT THEM, THE GOLDEN STATE WAS ELIMINATED IN FIVE GAMES. NOW APPROACHING 40, THE QUESTION IS NATURALLY COMING UP ON STEPH CURRY RETIRING. HE SAID I’M TAKING IT AND TWO YEAR CHUNKS. I WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE I PUT MYSELF IN A POSITION WHERE I CAN SAY I’VE DONE EVERYTHING I CAN. I’M NOWHERE CLOSE TO THAT. FOR MUCH MORE ON THIS LET’S GO AND WELCOME IN JOHN GONZALEZ AND SAM QUINN. GUYS, NO SURPRISE WHEN YOU ARE THE FACE OF A COMPETITIVE AND BE AND A FIERCE COMPETITOR YOU’RE YOURSELF, IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEBODY WILL HAVE TO DRAG YOU OFF THE COURT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT STEPH CURRY IS NOWHERE CLOSE TO HANGING IT UP? >> NO, OF COURSE NOT. IT’S THE LAST THING YOU LOSE AS YOU AGE. NOT A COINCIDENCE HE MENTIONED THE TWO YEAR WINDOW. TWO YEARS LEFT ON THE INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE CONTRACT. AMONG THE HIGHEST PAID PLAYERS IN THAT INDUSTRY. THE QUESTION IS HOW LONG CAN HE — THE THING THAT MAKES THEM SPECIAL OUTSIDE THE SHOOTING IS ALL THE MOVING HE DOES AROUND THE FLOOR. HE’S AN OFF BALLPLAYER, HE MAKES DEFENDERS CHASE THEM AROUND THE COURT. AS LONG AS HE’S CAPABLE OF DOING THAT, I SEE NO REASON HE SHOULD RETIRE. THE WARRIORS WILL PAY HIM FOREVER. HE’LL KEEP MAKING 50, 60, $70 MILLION A YEAR SO WHY NOT? IF YOU CAN KEEP SHOOTING, HE CAN KEEP PLAYING. >> 37 IS THE NEW 32? YOU’RE ONLY AS OLD AS YOU FEEL. AGE IS JUST A NUMBER. HE LOOKED GREAT LAST YEAR. THIS IS A SELFISH COMPONENT FROM MY STANDPOINT. I WANT LeBRON AND STEPH CURRY TO BE OUT THERE IN THE MID 40s PLAYING OLD MAN YMCA GAMES. OF I ONLY WATCH THE PHILLIES, THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH RAM AFTER BASKETBALL SEASON. I THINK YOU’LL MAYBE I DON’T KNOW, JORDAN, YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THIS IS WHAT I WANT FROM STEPH CURRY. THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS LAST YEAR AFTER THEY GOT A FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH FOR THE WARRIORS, THEY LOOKED FANTASTIC. HE’S GOT PLENTY OF TIME. LET’S NOT RUSH THIS. >> HE’S WATCHING THE PHILLIES, NOT LOVE ISLAND. THIS TEAM OF COURSE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONTENDER WITH STEPH CURRY ON THE COURT. YESTERDAY WE HEADED OFF OUT SEASON GRADES TO VARIOUS NBA TEAMS. THERE’S A BIG QUESTION MARK WHEN IT COMES TO THE WARRIORS BECAUSE IN TERMS OF MOVES, THEY TRY TO GET BRADLEY BEAL WHO OF COURSE LATER SIGNED WITH THE CLIPPERS. THEY DON’T SEEM TO BE IN A HURRY TO FIGURE THINGS OUT WITH JONATHAN DOMINGO. WHAT ARE THE WARRIORS WAITING ON? >> IT’S A BYPRODUCT OF THE NEW CBA WHERE A LOT OF THE RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS HAVEN’T SIGNED. IT’S NOT JUST THE WARRIORS. JONATHAN KUMINGA ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH HIM. THAT’S A SITUATION FRANKLY AS LONG AS JONATHAN HAS BEEN ON THE TEAM. BUT HE’S A RESTRICTED FREE AGENT. HE HASN’T SIGNED YET SO NEITHER HAVE QUENTIN GRIMES AND PHILADELPHIA. THE CHICAGO BULLS, CAM THOMAS WITH THE NETS. THEY ARE RUMORED THE WARRIORS ARE LINKED TO AL HORFORD. WAITING ON THAT. I THINK AL HORFORD WILL BE A PERFECT FIT FOR THEM AND THEY ARE LINKED TO POTENTIALLY IN THE MOUNTAIN BEING THERE. YEAH, IT’S LIKE HURRY UP AND WAIT THIS OFF-SEASON BUT IT’S NOT JUST THEM. IN TERMS OF THE GRADE IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GRADES, I WOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM IN A ALMOST ACCIDENTALLY FOR SIGNING AND TRAINING FOR JIMMY BUTLER. IF THEY LOOKED INTO THIS MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE WITH THE JIMMY WHERE HE FITS PERFECTLY. IF HE GETS THE BUSINESS DONE WITH THE TWO, BUT RIGHT NOW IT’S INCOMPLETE. >> IT’S COMPLICATED. IF THEY DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE. THEY ARE HOPING THEY CAN SIGN AND TRADE JONATHAN KUMINGA OUT BUT WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE THEM? WHAT HARD CAP WILL THEY BE WORKING WITH? IS THIS DEF THE THIRD OR SECOND? IT ALL DEPENDS ON JONATHAN KUMINGA. RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE SACRAMENTO AND PHOENIX ARE THE TWO TEAMS IN ON THEM. THUS FAR THEY HAVE NOT MADE A COMPETITIVE OFFER FOR THE WAR YEARS AT LEAST. WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE CONTRACT OFFER WILL LOOK LIKE EITHER. THIS MIGHT DRAG ON A WILD. SEEKING FREE AGENCY, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT TENDS TO END IN JULY. IT CAN DRAG INTO AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. WE’LL SEE YOU BUT UNTIL JONATHAN KUMINGA GET SETTLED, IT’LL BE INCOMPLETE. >> IT’LL BE AN INCOMPLETE BUT I SEE SEE THAT YOU ARE GIVING THE C. >> I LIKE AL HORFORD, HE MAKES A LOT OF SENSE IF THEY CAN GET IT DONE. HE FITS THE BILL PERFECTLY. >> SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. WE WILL WAIT AND SEE ON THAT FRONT. I MENTIONED EARLIER HOW THINGS ENDED FOR GOLDEN STATE LAST SEASON. GOLDEN STATE ELIMINATED FIVE GAMES AGAINST THE TIMBERWOLVES AND THE SECOND ROUND. WHAT’S YOUR PREDICTION THIS SEASON, SAM? >> I’M HAVING THEM AS A PLAY IN TEAM FOR NOW. IT’S TOUGH BECAUSE WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE DEPTH CHART WILL BE. MY ISSUE IS HOW OLD THEY ARE. STUFF CURRY, DREAM ON BUTLER, GREEN. I DON’T KNOW HOW WELL THEY’LL HOLD UP. THEY PLAYED WELL WHEN THEY GOT JIMMY BUTLER AT THE DEADLINE BUT WHEN IT’S A RACE TO THE FINISH, THAT’S HARD TO OVER THE COURSE OF 82 GAMES. THEY ARE DANGEROUS IN THE SMALL SETTING WHETHER IT’S ONE GAME IN A PLAY IN SETTING OR A SEVEN-GAME SERIES. OVER THE COURSE OF 82 RIGHT NOW I LOOK AT THEM AS A PLAY IN TEAM. I THINK THERE’S MORE UPSIDE THAN THAT. IF YOU MAKE THE RIGHT TRADE AND DOES WELL, I THINK THERE IS UPSIDE. BUT FOR NOW I CANNOT EXPECT THE TEAM TO HOLD UP ACROSS 82. >> IT’S A REASONABLE POSITION. I AM SLIGHTLY MORE BULLISH. THEY LOOKED REALLY GOOD AND LET’S NOT FORGET THEY KNOCKED OUT THE NUMBER 2 SEED WHEN THEY GOT TO THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE HOUSTON ROCKETS. YES, THEY’RE A LITTLE BIT OLDER AND IT’S A LONG SEASON BUT IF THINGS BREAK RIGHT AND THEY STAY HEALTHY I’VE GOT THEM PROJECTED TO BE A PLAYOFF TEAM PROPER AS A 5 SEED. THERE ARE THREE TEAMS TOP BUT I LIKE WHAT THE CLIPPERS DID WITH ANOTHER OLD TEAM. I GOT THEM AS THE 4 SEED AND THREE TEAMS I THINK ARE FIGHTING FOR THE LAST PLAYOFF SPOT PROPER WHICH IS THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS. THE LAST TWO RATHER. THE WOLVES IN THE WARRIORS ARE SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF THE LAKERS ALTHOUGH THE LAKERS GOT BETTER. I DON’T KNOW WHY I HAVE THE WARRIORS AHEAD OF THE WOLVES BECAUSE THE WOLVES MADE IT TO TWO STRAIGHT WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS. THAT’S A LITTLE BIT DISRESPECT ON MY PART FOR THE WOLVES AND THE WARRIORS, I’VE GOT THEM AS A 5 SEED WINNING A ROUND. THE PREVIOUS PREDICTION SEGMENT, I HAD THE CLIPPERS WINNING THE D CHECK THE CARFAX ON THIS. BUT IN A VACUUM HERE RIGHT NOW ON “HQ,” THE WARRIORS IS THE 5 SEED. >> YOU GET A PASS JUST THIS ONE TIME. A LOT OF QUESTION MARK SURROUNDING THE FRANCHISE, THAT’S FOR SURE FOR THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS. GENTLE MAN, GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE ON “HQ SPOTLIGHT.” GOLDEN STATE POISED TO CONTEND UP PLUS 1600 HOWEVER NO SURPRISE TH THUENDER AT THE TOP WITH THE BEST
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Jimmy Butler got the warriors back to the playoffs