Golden State Warriors: Complete 2018 offseason grades

Adding Jonas Jerebko

In a perfect world, wings are the player types who would have been squeezed this summer. The Warriors, as the most attractive destination in the league, would have been able to grab a veteran 3-and-D guy at a discount and fixed the depth issue we talked about in the Cousins section.

This isn’t a perfect world, though. It’s a cruel, cold one for the Golden State Warriors, who were forced instead to commit minimum resources to a 6’10” guy who shoots 40 percent from 3-point range.

It isn’t all bad for Golden State. The team lacked shooting depth last season, and its best shooting reserves — Young and Quinn Cook — created major defensive holes. While Jonas Jerebko is not a plus-defender, he’s far better relative to his position (he’ll mostly play the 4), and is easier to hide against traditional lineups. He’ll likely struggle against quicker, five-out units, but as the team’s ninth-best player at best, this is not a huge issue.

While it’s hard not to feel deeply for the Warriors’ inability to sign Avery Bradley for the minimum, it’s important to keep things in perspective. It could be worse.

Grade: A-