Outside of Steph, Warriors’ NBA All-Star future looks foggy

Outside of Steph, Warriors’ NBA All-Star future looks foggy originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Not long before they became the biggest bully in the NBA, the Warriors sustained one of the league’s most ignominious streaks, one that extended even beyond their humiliating 13-year playoff drought.

Golden State went a league-record 15 years without an All-Star. No starter, no reserve, no representation in the game.

When the Warriors finally busted that slump, they did so with vengeance. Since David Lee’s streak-snapping selection in 2013 – their first since Latrell Sprewell in 1997 – only once, in the lost season of 2019-20, have they been shut out of the February extravaganza.

A glance at the current roster makes it conceivable there could be more shutouts once Stephen Curry leaves the room.

The 2025 All-Star game will be played at Chase Center next Feb. 16 and the only Warrior assured of participating is, health permitting, Curry. He was the team’s only representative in each of the last two seasons. The days of the Warriors dominating the All-Star roster, with multiple players in five consecutive games – twice sending four players – are over.

Curry, a 10-time All-Star turns 37 next season. Draymond Green, a four-time All-Star, turns 35. Andrew Wiggins, a one-time All-Star, turns 30. No one else on the roster has played a second in the game.

Which brings us to the four players that, for now, project to lead the Warriors at the end of this decade: Trayce-Jackson Davis, Jonathan Kuminga, Moses Moody and Brandin Podziemski.

Here is a look at where each stands a few days before 2024 training camp:

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At 24, he’s the eldest of the four. The 6-foot-9 center, a four-year starter at Indiana University, brings solid rim protection, adequate rebounding, and the ability to make smart and even clever passes out of the post. He’s a sound defender, in general, but his switching ability on the perimeter needs development. The 2023 second-round draft pick (No. 57) is an inviting lob threat but must work on his scoring outside the paint.

All-Star chances: 15 percent. This could rise if the Warriors are…

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Publish date : 2024-09-25 22:20:20

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