Once Draymond Green officially signs his new one-year contract with the Warriors, he’ll join Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler as veterans on sizable expiring deals in Golden State. If the team simply lets those three contracts expire next summer, it would clear $147MM in salary from the books.

However, ESPN’s Shams Charania reiterated this week during an appearance on The Stephen A. Smith Show (YouTube link) that the Warriors and Curry have interest in working out an extension.

“I fully expect there to be contract extension talks when he’s eligible. I believe it’s in late August,” Charania said (hat tip to RealGM). “They’re going to discuss an extension, whether it’s a one-year or two-year extension that he’s eligible for. They’re going to give him one if he wants one. To my knowledge, I think there’s going to be a desire on his part. So there’s mutual interest there.”

Charania went on to say that Curry recognizes the Warriors are an organization “at a crossroads.” The team has pursued high-level role players like OG Anunoby and Alex Caruso and stars like Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Durant in the past few years, but the only one it succeeded in landing (Butler) is expected to miss most of next season while recovering from an ACL tear. That puts Curry and the Warriors in a difficult spot as he enters his 18th NBA season.

“I don’t know what move they can make without gutting their future,” Charania said. “… It must be tough, if you’re Stephen Curry, it must be tough that you want to compete for a championship – like a LeBron James – in the later years of your career, but you want to do it in Golden State. I’ve not sensed any feel that he wants to leave Golden State. And if he is going to stay in Golden State, which I fully expect, then you’re going to have to deal with the lumps that come with it.”

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In the process of debunking rumors about co-owner Joe Lacob looking to sell his stake in the franchise, Tim Kawakami of The San Francisco Standard suggested on The TK Show (Spotify link) that the Warriors governor is looking forward to proving that the team is capable of building a winner in the post-Curry era as well. “What Lacob wants to do – and this might get Warriors fans mad – is he wants to build the next team after Steph Curry,” Kawakami said (Twitter audio link). “I don’t know how possible that is, but Lacob has a very keen interest in, ‘This organization’s going to show what it can do with Steph Curry and then after Steph Curry.’ I don’t think it’s going to be as good, myself, but that’s what he wants to do.” As RealGM notes, that doesn’t mean Lacob is looking to move on from Curry anytime soon — just that he’ll welcome the challenge of trying to maintain a contending roster after the future Hall of Famer retires.
Appearing on NBA Today on Tuesday to discuss Green’s new deal (Twitter video link), Charania stated that Draymond might’ve received a three-year contract worth roughly $20MM per year if LeBron had decided to play for Golden State. Charania also reported during that segment that the Celtics approached the Warriors around the time of last month’s draft about a trade that would’ve sent Jaylen Brown to Golden State in exchange for four first-round picks, but Golden State passed. A previous report indicated that the Warriors instigated those talks and were rebuffed by Boston.
During that same NBA Today appearance, Charania touched on Golden State’s offseason interest in Anthony Davis. While the Wizards and Warriors never seriously engaged in talks about the big man, Charania suggests the asking price for Davis would’ve been “astronomical” and would’ve included multiple first-round picks and swaps, far exceeding the price Washington paid for him in February. The thinking is that the Warriors would’ve only pushed hard for AD if they knew trading for him would secure James’ commitment, so the Wizards would’ve had significant leverage in those negotiations.
Green said on the latest episode of his podcast that he wasn’t surprised by James’ decision and that he believes LeBron’s history of facing the Warriors in multiple NBA Finals was one factor that worked against Golden State in the process, as Tristi Rodriguez of NBC Sports Bay Area writes.
After battling injuries over the course of his rookie season, Warriors two-way player LJ Cryer says he has changed his diet and started tracking his sleep this offseason in the hopes of being more available in 2026/27. Dalton Johnson of NBC Sports Bay Area has the details.