Dunleavy details tough balancing act as Warriors’ timeline shrinks

Dunleavy details tough balancing act as Warriors’ timeline shrinks originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO – Mike Dunleavy swung for the fences in his first act as Warriors general manager last offseason, trading Jordan Poole to the Washington Wizards for Chris Paul in a win-now move that wound up with Golden State taking a sad bus ride back home after being embarrassed by their Northern California counterparts, the Sacramento Kings, in the NBA Play-In Tournament.

One summer later the storylines surrounding the Warriors were all about what Dunleavy didn’t do as opposed to the creative moves he completed, all while the entire basketball world watched his 36-year-old superstar Steph Curry save Team USA men’s basketball to win gold at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics playing for coach Steve Kerr.

Paul now is in San Antonio feeding lobs to Victor Wembanyama. Franchise icon Klay Thompson contentiously darted for Dallas to join the reigning Western Conference champions. Paul George isn’t a Warrior, and neither is Lauri Markkanen or any other established star to play alongside Curry. Dunleavy and the front office went after both, but the other parties weren’t willing to happily join hands in holy matrimony.

The front office also steered clear of high-risk decisions, doing everything they could to not teeter too far one way or another in Dunleavy’s balancing act of doing right by Curry and making the smartest financial and basketball choices for the team.

The timeline for Curry, Kerr and Draymond Green isn’t lost on Golden State’s general manager. Neither are all the other conclusions someone in his position must come to.

“We’re probably as impatient as a franchise as you can be right now given our time horizon and all that,” Dunleavy said Thursday at Chase Center. “But there’s a fine line between impatience and undisciplined. I think I feel good about the discipline that we held this summer and the roster we built and the growth from within that we’re going to have.

“We’re in a good spot headed into this year. I know everybody is always looking for big headline breaking news and all…

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Publish date : 2024-09-27 14:40:00

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