SAN FRANCISCO – With nine players on the roster, the Warriors are set to begin their pursuit of a fifth title of the Steph Curry era this week.
As contract negotiations between Golden State and restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga drag on, the team remains the only franchise in the NBA to not make an official roster addition since the start of free agency.
However, on Sunday morning, the team reportedly agreed to terms with veteran center Al Horford.
While they have been linked to De’Anthony Melton and a slew of other free agents by multiple outlets, they remain unsigned.
However, it is not as if the team is completely unsettled.
The star trio of Curry, Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green remain, as do supporting pieces Moses Moody, Brandin Podziemski, Buddy Hield, Gui Santos and Quinten Post.
But with familiar faces come new questions as the 2025-26 season begins. Here are four of the most pressing non-Kuminga-related questions.
Can the stars stay healthy?
The Hall of Fame trio can be a dominant force, as proven by a torrid 23-8 regular season record after the trade for Butler. If the three can stay healthy, there is no reason not to believe the Warriors can contend for a Top 4 seed.
Curry averaged 24.5 points per game and made an All-NBA team last season, Green is coming off a third-place finish in Defensive Player of the Year voting and Jimmy Butler played at an All-Star level after arriving from Miami.
However ….. regardless of how great those players have been over the course of illustrious careers, can they really be relied on to all play the majority of the season when their legs collectively have mileage that dates back to the Jurassic period?
Asking a 37-year-old Curry and two 36-year-olds to survive the physical grind of a full 82-game campaign would be asking a whole lot, especially considering Butler has not played more than 70 games in a season since 2016-17, and Curry has long dealt with lower-body injuries.
Athletes, even the best to ever play their sport, do not tend to become more durable as they approach 40.
Who will play center?
OK, maybe not every question is a novel one. For approximately the 100th time of the Steve Kerr era, the big man in the middle is just a huge question mark.
Both Kerr and general manager Mike Dunleavy have expressed a desire to limit Green’s minutes at the five. But even as Horford, 39, joins the team, that hardly makes the interior a point of strength.
Horford was load-managed in Boston last season while averaging 27.7 minutes per game in 60 appearances, and should not be expected to be an iron man at this stage of his career.
Longtime stalwart and rebounding savant Kevon Looney departed for New Orleans in free agency after 10 workmanlike seasons in the Bay Area.
Second-year big Quinten Post shot 40.8% from 3-point distance as a rookie and has been working diligently this offseason, but asking him to become the fulltime starting five could be a tough ask.
Green is the originator of the smallball five archetype and is capable of playing the position even now, but he may need to man the center spot a tad bit more than the coaches want.
Brandin Podziemski breakout?
If there’s any player on the team who has the potential to break out into a more featured role, it is the third-year guard from Santa Clara.
Podziemski averaged 11.7 points per game last season, but that jumped to 15 ppg and a 40.7% mark from 3-point land after Butler joined. The combo guard thrived as an off-ball option, able to make plays when Curry and Butler drew attention.
But his weakness as a creative scorer – albeit exacerbated by a left wrist injury that required offseason surgery – was made obvious in the playoffs.
He shot just 36.4% from the field and averaged 11.3 points per night while playing much of the second round without Curry.
Becoming a more reliable ballhandler would go a long way to shoring up some of Golden State’s offensive issues.
Will there be enough depth?
How can a team accommodate gifted but aging stars? Well, the most common method was popularized by Kerr’s coaching mentor Gregg Popovich, who often rested Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili in the latter part of their San Antonio careers.
For that tactic to work, depth is critical. If the Warriors attempt that method, they will need role players such as Podziemski, Moody and Santos to have big games.
Even if Golden State adds Steph’s younger brother Seth Curry and brings back Gary Payton II, is that a strong enough roster to consistently survive games without one or two of the Big 3?
We will find out starting next Sunday, when the team plays its first preseason contest at Chase Center against the Lakers.
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