What the Golden State Warriors can do this offseason
- ›Minimum deals only for outside free agents — no cap room, and no exception left big enough to use.
- ›Hard-capped at the second apron — triggered by De'Anthony Melton’s taxpayer mid-level, so it can't cross that line the rest of the season.
- ›Over the first apron: capped at 100% salary matching in trades.
- ›Draft capital: 0 extra incoming picks, owes 6.
CapTax1A2A
Minimum$0.8M
Projected record
45-37
Projected net rating
+1.8
Current baseline
45 wins · +1.8 net
Full standings · models the position-aware rotation, a real-age aging curve, perimeter defense, and a bounded penalty for a structural hole; a talent-on-hand projection, not a full-season forecast (no coaching or playoff translation).
Team profile · on-court identity + fit
Offense
B-
55
Defense
B-
57
Spacing
B-
57
Playmaking
D+
35
Rim protection
B+
63
Perimeter D
B
60
Rebounding
C+
48
Spacing +1.5Defensive core +1.4Connectors +1.1Defense +0.7Balanced +0.5Thin playmaking -0.8
InjuredMoses Moody Knee (~30g) · Jimmy Butler Torn ACL (~28g)
Grades are minutes-weighted from the projected rotation; the chips are the fit read — how much each strength or gap is worth in net rating, on top of raw talent. Dimensions come from each player’s real 2025-26 box profile. Injuries are real reported facts, factored into projected minutes.
Projected rotation · minutes by position, best players first
PGPoint
77Stephen CurryST38y31m
52Brandon Williams27y17m
SGShooting
53Brandin PodziemskiST23y29m
55Gary Payton II34y16m
52Brandon Williams27y4m
SFSmall F
46Will RichardST24y17m
48Yaxel Lendeborg20y15m
66Jimmy ButlerINJ37y21m
52Moses MoodyINJ24y3m
PFPower F
61Draymond GreenST36y28m
51Gui Santos24y21m
CCenter
60Kristaps PorziņģisST31y24m
50Al Horford40y12m
51Charles Bassey26y12m
Out of rotation · no projected minutes in the 240-a-night budget
47De'Anthony Melton46Georges Niang
Projected minutes from the position-aware rotation model: five on-court spots share a fixed 240-minute-a-night budget, best players first, with versatile players (their secondary spot shown on hover) sliding to a second position. ST = projected starter. Not a coach’s actual rotation.
Roster (15)
77PGStephen Curry$62.6M
66SFJimmy Butler$56.8M
61PFDraymond GreenNO-TRADE$27.7M
60CKristaps Porziņģis$20.0M
52SGMoses Moody$12.5M
50CAl HorfordNO-TRADE$6.8M
48PFYaxel LendeborgNO-TRADE$6.1M
47PGDe'Anthony MeltonNO-TRADE$6.1M
53SGBrandin Podziemski$5.7M
51PFGui Santos$4.6M
51CCharles BasseyNO-TRADE$2.4M
55SGGary Payton IINO-TRADE$2.4M
52PGBrandon WilliamsNO-TRADE$2.4M
46PFGeorges NiangNO-TRADE$2.4M
46SGWill Richard$2.2M
Draft capital
Own first-rounders
’27 kept’28 kept’29 kept’30 prot 1-20’31 kept’32 kept
Incoming picks & swap rights
None
Full ledger — 0 in, 6 out
out 2027 — second round draft pick to Philadelphia or Washington
out 2028 — second round draft pick to Boston or Philadelphia
out 2029 — second round draft pick to Brooklyn
out 2030 — first round draft pick to Memphis
out 2031 — second round draft pick to Chicago or Detroit
out 2032 — second round draft pick to Memphis