{"id":75048,"date":"2025-08-17T12:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/75048\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T12:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:54:06","slug":"warriors-notes-curry-kuminga-kerr-lacob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/75048\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Notes: Curry, Kuminga, Kerr, Lacob"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warriors star Stephen Curry<\/a> isn\u2019t panicking as the offseason drags along without his team making a roster addition, writes Sam Gordon of The San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>. Personnel moves have been on hold as Golden State\u2019s front office tries to resolve a stalemate with restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga<\/a>. Al Horford<\/a>,\u00a0De\u2019Anthony Melton<\/a> and Gary Payton II<\/a> are reportedly planning to sign with the Warriors as soon as they\u2019re able to, and Curry doesn\u2019t have any anxiety about the situation with training camp still roughly six weeks away.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s different, for sure,\u201d he told reporters on Thursday at his youth basketball camp. \u201cBut my confidence is built on the identity we were able to create over the last third of the regular season last year and the playoff journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curry added, \u201cWe have a really good team,\u201d but acknowledged there\u2019s a \u201cneed for some pieces to help get us to the next level.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

As he prepares for his 17th NBA season, Curry explained that his offseason routine has \u201cevolved drastically\u201d and his workouts now emphasize \u201cchecking off all the boxes of movement and skill set that\u2019s relevant to my game.\u201d He doesn\u2019t seem to have any lingering effects from the strained left hamstring<\/a> that forced him to miss nearly all of the second-round playoff loss to Minnesota.<\/p>\n

\u201cPacing myself nice,\u201d he said. \u201cReady to finish the summer strong. \u2026 When you see me whenever Media Day is, should be primed and ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s more on the Warriors:<\/p>\n

Six of the top eight players selected in the 2021 draft already have lucrative extensions in hand, but Kuminga hasn\u2019t been able to reach an agreement on a modest salary with Golden State, notes Ron Kroichick of The San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>. Landing with an established team, Kuminga didn\u2019t receive the regular rotation role and consistent minutes that top-seven picks usually get. Add that to a depressed market where none of the top restricted free agents have landed an offer sheet, and it\u2019s easy to understand Kuminga\u2019s frustration. \u201cHe apparently thinks he\u2019s at the Cade Cunningham<\/a>\u2013Scottie Barnes<\/a> level, where he should get that type of contract,\u201d a league source told Kroichick. \u201c\u2026 It\u2019s really a quandary. I think it\u2019s bad for the Warriors and bad for him.\u201d
\nAppearing on the Glue Guys Podcast (YouTube link<\/a>) Steve Kerr talked about the frustrations of trying to work with young players in the midst of a hectic NBA schedule. \u201cWe don\u2019t practice anymore,\u201d Kerr said. \u201cSo we have to develop these 19-year-old kids who are coming into the league without much practice time. \u2026 Frankly, I\u2019m not great \u2014 I\u2019m an older coach. \u2026 So I lean on the young (coaches).\u201d
\nAs vice president of basketball development Kent Lacob leaves the organization, Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic<\/a> explores the reasons behind his decision and the stressful journey to break the news to his father, Warriors owner Joe Lacob.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warriors star Stephen Curry isn\u2019t panicking as the offseason drags along without his team making a roster addition,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[5551,64,63,726,20444,58047,7227,58048,85,7903,58049],"class_list":["post-75048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-al-horford","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-gary-payton-ii","tag-joe-lacob","tag-jonathan-kuminga","tag-kent-lacob","tag-sports","tag-stephen-curry","tag-steve-kerr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}