The Golden State Warriors have largely saved their roster intact this summer season, following basic supervisor Mike Dunleavy Jr.’s earlier suggestion that main adjustments may not be mandatory.
Talking after Steve Kerr agreed to return on a brand new two-year contract, Dunleavy argued that Golden State’s disappointing 37-45 season was pushed extra by accidents and avoidable errors than a scarcity of expertise.
“This isn’t in regards to the roster frankly,” Dunleavy mentioned.
“This yr, I don’t suppose we got here up brief due to the expertise on the roster. It was accidents and issues we are able to management. Do we have to get higher roster-wise? I believe so. However we didn’t get to some extent the place we performed a workforce that the roster was higher than ours.”
Dunleavy had additionally repeatedly expressed confidence that the Warriors may retain veteran gamers Draymond Inexperienced, Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis in free company.
Golden State in the end introduced again all three.
The Warriors additionally re-signed De’Anthony Melton, Gary Payton II and Charles Bassey, emphasizing continuity relatively than considerably reshaping the roster.
To this point, Golden State’s solely new addition on a typical contract is Yaxel Lendeborg, whom the franchise chosen with the No. 11 total choose within the 2026 NBA Draft.
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