So there’s no guarantee of anything, and letting Green walk to roll over their cap space feels a lot like wasting a year of Curry’s prime. At this point, it should be stressed that the Milwaukee Bucks are doing everything right to build a contender around him, with a genuine shot at reaching the NBA Finals, and Antetokuonmpo reportedly loves Milwaukee. Marcus Thompson of the Athletic recently wrote that Antetokuonmpo is indeed in the Warriors sights. That could influence how willing the Warriors are to roll the dice, let Green walk, and then enter free agency in 2021 when Giannis Antetokuonmpo potentially headlines the free agent class. If the Warriors want to keep Green they will probably have to pay him handsomely. One thing worth noting is that Green is apparently signing with Rich Paul and Klutch Sports, which does not feel like a move that a man looking to give back a discount would make. The most likely outcome is that Davis re-signs there in the summer of 2020 but if the Warriors have cap space they will certainly make a run at him.īeyond that though, there aren’t the kinds of big targets that would make it worth the Warriors while to move on from Draymond Green, who has been such a central part of their dynasty. The current headliner would be Anthony Davis, but he will be presumably traded somewhere this summer, probably Boston. The issue for the Warriors is that the 2020 class is not really shaping up to be a stellar class, though that may change if one of the stars of this year’s class takes a one-year deal. That was the path Durant took, though there are risks in this scenario as the Warriors are seeing now.

It’s not quite enough for a max player, but it’s not far off and the Warriors could try to entice someone on a slightly discounted one-year deal and then re-sign them the following year. If the Warriors renounced all other free agents and dumped Jacob Evans, they would have a total cap hit of around $90m including the minimum roster spot charges that are included when teams have fewer than 12 players. Curry will be in the penultimate year of his big deal paying out $43m for the 2020/21 season, and Thompson (if he signs a max deal) would be on the books for around $35m. The NBA salary cap is projected to be $118m in 2020. Depending on what they do in the summer of 2019, the Warriors could only have Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Jacob Evans, and their 20 first round picks on the roster. Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala will both become free agents. Both paths would see the Warriors enter another pivotal offseason in 2020, potentially armed with significant cap space.

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