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I imagine the Warriors will try to squeeze one more ring out of this bunch before age and contract obligations close the window.  Plus, I imagine some guys will want to get paid now that they have their championship. So I don’t think there’s much of a remaining runway left.

Then rebuild/reload.  The question is whether you sacrifice some years just to make sure Steph is a lifetime Warrior.  Here’s his projected trajectory.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/202...hen-curry/

BC

I would be a little surprised if they didn't retain the core for '22-'23.  I'm not sure about the role players (Looney, Payton, Porter, etc.), but as indicated above, there will be some ring chasers who'll fill out the roster anyway.  The bigger issue is '23-'24.  If the Warrriors want to extend Poole and re-sign Wiggins, they're going to have a 500mm roster that season (including tax).  Once that season is over, Klay and Dray will come off the books.  At that point, those two will be in their age-34 season, and they should be a lot cheaper to re-sign.  I'm not saying the team will do it, and I'm not saying they'd be likely to win another title in '24-'25 anyway, but it's not absurd to think ownership could keep the band together at that point.  The real problem is '23-'24.  And to make matters worse, they don't hold their own 1st round pick that year, so that's not the ideal time to start a rebuild. Curry is a transcendent player, but he's 34 and he's got 4 more years at 50mm per. That's going to be a problem for the team sooner or later.

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I imagine the Warriors will try to squeeze one more ring out of this bunch before age and contract obligations close the window.  Plus, I imagine some guys will want to get paid now that they have their championship. So I don’t think there’s much of a remaining runway left.

Then rebuild/reload.  The question is whether you sacrifice some years just to make sure Steph is a lifetime Warrior.  Here’s his projected trajectory.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/202...hen-curry/

BC

I would be a little surprised if they didn't retain the core for '22-'23.  I'm not sure about the role players (Looney, Payton, Porter, etc.), but as indicated above, there will be some ring chasers who'll fill out the roster anyway.  The bigger issue is '23-'24.  If the Warrriors want to extend Poole and re-sign Wiggins, they're going to have a 500mm roster that season (including tax).  Once that season is over, Klay and Dray will come off the books.  At that point, those two will be in their age-34 season, and they should be a lot cheaper to re-sign.  I'm not saying the team will do it, and I'm not saying they'd be likely to win another title in '24-'25 anyway, but it's not absurd to think ownership could keep the band together at that point.  The real problem is '23-'24.  And to make matters worse, they don't hold their own 1st round pick that year, so that's not the ideal time to start a rebuild. Curry is a transcendent player, but he's 34 and he's got 4 more years at 50mm per. That's going to be a problem for the team sooner or later.