Golden State Warriors: 3 takeaways from 2019 NBA offseason
A Bright Future
The Warriors went significantly younger and won big after retaining the services of their young center Kevon Looney. Looney has shown significant promise the past season, prompting the Warriors to take a chance and bring him back on a three-year deal. He’s only 23 years old, giving him many years to further develop his game and become a promising center for the Warriors far after the exits of Curry and Thompson.
The front office also bought in Jordan Poole with the 28th pick in the 2019 draft, a 20-year old shot creator that will fill a huge gap in the Warriors rotation with Thompson rehabbing. He’ll likely find himself coming off the bench, which could be a plus for the rookie as he looks to carve a role for himself on a team that’s seen a surplus of talent over the last few years and will once again be tasked with finding minutes for players.
Looking at a few other signings such as Glen Robinson III and Omari Spellman, both of whom are in their mid to early 20s, the Warriors are banking on the low-risk-high-reward tactic for the upcoming season.
The younger roster doesn’t seem to phase Warriors captain Curry much, as he said in a statement saying he approved of the upcoming roster via Marcus Thompson of The Athletic:
"“It’s a new challenge. I love the talent we’ve got. We just don’t know what it’s going to look like because we’ve never done it before.”"
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Curry surely will have his hands full trying to integrate the young players into head coach Steve Kerr’s system, but optimism along with the help of fellow backcourt partner in Russell surely should help ease the load.