{"id":261165,"date":"2025-09-01T12:02:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/261165\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T12:02:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:02:46","slug":"warriors-commit-to-elite-shooter-after-down-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/261165\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors commit to elite shooter after down year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/empiresportsmedia.com\/category\/warriors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Golden State Warriors;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Golden State Warriors<\/a> don\u2019t intend to let Buddy Hield switch teams before the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Warriors take Buddy Hield off the sign-and-trade table<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/warriors-reportedly-buddy-hield-sign-174504353.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News\u2019 Caleb Hightower;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Sporting News\u2019 Caleb Hightower<\/a> accentuated how they have kept Hield out of sign-and-trade discussions this offseason.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Nov 2, 2024; Houston, Texas, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Buddy Hield (7) leaves the court following the game against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Erik Williams-Imagn Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2c2ab75ff2567039b5c75b3a095ea743.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Erik Williams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Hield was one of the most effective shooting guards in the NBA to commence the previous campaign. The 32-year-old averaged 14.9 points per game on a tremendous 43.8 percent shooting from three through the Dubs\u2019 first 20 games.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Though, Hield fizzled out, regressing to 11.1 PPG for the year. Nevertheless, given his track record as one of the best three-point talents in the Association, his importance on the team remains vital.<\/p>\n<p>Can Hield bounce back in 2025-26 for the Warriors?<\/p>\n<p>The question now is whether or not Hield can be the player for Golden State that they invested in. The Oklahoma product may not be beyond his days as a 20-plus point-per-game scorer.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Nov 18, 2024; Inglewood, California, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Buddy Hield (7) gestures in the first half against the LA Clippers at Intuit Dome. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/582dc4048e10ccde497b874f414a1b94.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Further, it is likely that he will connect on three-pointers at a greater measure than the 37 percent he hit a year ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/still-gold-standard-stephen-curry-183141903.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Warriors;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Warriors<\/a> are likely to see their stance on Hield yield positive production next time out, thus making their decision a good one.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Related Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Golden State Warriors don\u2019t intend to let Buddy Hield switch teams before the start of the season.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3792],"tags":[7,1328,160,164,4056,4164,6,986,477,4055,43815,3209],"class_list":{"0":"post-261165","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento-kings","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-buddy-hield","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-golden-state-warriors","12":"tag-kings","13":"tag-mandatory-credit","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-sacramento","16":"tag-sacramento-kings","17":"tag-sacramentokings","18":"tag-sergio-estrada-imagn","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115128942234926590","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}