Golden State is approaching its final opportunity to contend<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cI hate to say this is the last big push, because you can make some deals and change some people. Had they gotten LeBron everyone would have been talking completely differently. When Jimmy gets healthy, when their guys are healthy including Steph and Draymond, it\u2019s still a very good team. A lot of people keep saying, well, the time\u2019s running out. What are they going to do?\u201d<\/p>\n
Carlesimo also remains confident in Curry’s ability to perform at an elite level despite his age.<\/p>\n
\u201cSteph hasn\u2019t lost anything. I don\u2019t want to say Draymond\u2019s lost anything, but OK, you\u2019ve got a couple guys that are veterans. Jimmy, when he\u2019s healthy, is still one of the best players in the league. Steph is one of the best players ever. I don\u2019t think they are as far away (as people think).\u201d<\/p>\n
Those comments help explain why Carlesimo believes another move from Dunleavy could significantly change Golden State’s outlook.<\/p>\n
The Warriors’ challenge is balancing their urgency to contend with Curry against the realities of an aging core and the financial restrictions involved in reshaping the roster. Golden State already explored a major swing with its reported Davis interest, suggesting the front office has considered aggressive avenues to add another star.<\/p>\n
Carlesimo expects that approach to continue into the season. If Golden State remains competitive and has an avenue to improve its roster, he believes Dunleavy could make another significant push before the trade deadline to give Curry and the Warriors another chance at a championship.<\/p>\n
Former NBA head coach PJ Carlesimo expects Golden State Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. to make a significant move during the 2026-27 season as the franchise continues trying to maximize its championship window around Stephen Curry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former NBA head coach made a major Golden State Warriors trade prediction for Mike Dunleavy Jr. ahead…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[7,479,164,4025,4024,11592,6,573,255],"class_list":["post-843141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golden-state-warriors","tag-basketball","tag-golden-state","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-goldenstate","tag-goldenstatewarriors","tag-mike-dunleavy-jr","tag-nba","tag-stephen-curry","tag-warriors"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117328695126887861","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843141","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=843141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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