Moses Moody is concentrating on September for a return to operating and on-court work as he continues recovering from the left patellar tendon tear that ended his 2025-26 season, in accordance with Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic.
Moody has been rehabbing within the Bay Space after struggling the harm on March 23 in the course of the Warriors’ 137-131 overtime win over the Dallas Mavericks. The harm occurred with out contact late within the recreation, and medical analysis confirmed a torn left patellar tendon that required an prolonged restoration course of.
The Warriors entered the offseason relying closely on the eventual returns of Moody and Jimmy Butler to stabilize their wing rotation. Butler suffered a torn ACL in January and is predicted to overlook a good portion of the 2026-27 season, leaving Stephen Curry to hold a bigger offensive burden early within the yr.
Earlier than his harm, Moody was having the very best season of his NBA profession. The 24-year-old averaged 12.1 factors, 3.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 60 video games whereas taking pictures 44.0% from the sphere and 40.1% from three-point vary.
Moody’s improvement right into a dependable perimeter shooter had turn out to be an essential a part of Golden State’s rotation. His 2.5 made three-pointers per recreation ranked among the many Warriors’ prime marks in the course of the 2025-26 season, whereas his 6.3 three-point makes an attempt per recreation confirmed an elevated offensive position.
The previous No. 14 total choose additionally grew to become a daily starter, making 49 begins in 60 appearances. His 25.7 minutes per recreation have been a profession excessive, almost matching the expanded position Golden State had been constructing towards after a number of seasons of gradual improvement.
Golden State completed the 2025-26 common season with a 37-45 document, incomes the No. 10 seed within the Western Convention and a Play-In Match look. The Warriors missed the playoffs after a season by which accidents restricted their continuity, together with Curry lacking time and Butler showing in solely 38 video games earlier than his ACL harm.
Curry remained the centerpiece of the roster, averaging 26.6 factors, 4.7 assists and three.6 rebounds in 43 video games whereas taking pictures 46.8% from the sphere and 39.3% from three. Nonetheless, Golden State’s offseason method centered on sustaining veteran assist round him, together with re-signing Draymond Green.
The Warriors additionally retained their core round Curry, Inexperienced, Butler and Kristaps Porzingis whereas including rookie ahead Yaxel Lendeborg with the eleventh total choose within the 2026 NBA Draft. The workforce is predicted to depend on inner improvement and improved well being relatively than main roster modifications.
