The Warriors’ starting five remains in place from its championship run, but there are a few new faces on the bench.
Despite losing two key off-the-bench contributors from their championship run in free agency, the Warriors find themselves in pretty good shape heading into training camp.
Golden State has 13 players signed for their upcoming title defense. The team is welcoming back the entire starting unit and has loads of up-and-coming talent. The Warriors’ current “Big Three” isn’t getting any younger. Stephen Curry is 34; Klay Thompson and Draymond Green are 32. Meanwhile, the median age of Golden State’s bench is 22, and that includes 32-year-old offseason pick-up JaMychal Green. And the Warriors have good reason to believe their championship window could be open for years to come.
One of the more exciting moments from the Warriors’ summer league was seeing Jonathan Kuminga, James Wiseman and Moses Moody share the court for the very first time. It was a mixed bag of sorts as it’ll take time for those three players — along with 23-year-old Jordan Poole — to build chemistry and develop their games. But those four could be the cornerstones of the next generation of Warriors players to eventually fill the inevitable void left by Curry, Green and Thompson as they age out of their prime.is a rising star in the league and played his best basketball in the final weeks of the regular season, carrying his offensive production into the playoffs.