Everything hasn’t gone exactly according to plan for Joe Lacob’s Warriors this offseason, but it’s been close enough to keep him in a good mood this summer and cheerily plotting out more things to come. A few months ago, Lacob assumed that Klay Thompson would still be part of this whole endeavor, but Klay bolted for the Dallas Mavericks in early July. The Warriors first tried to land Paul George in a mega-trade (unsuccessfully) and currently are, we can safely assume, still quite interested in talking to the Utah Jazz about Lauri Markkanen .
Advertisement The Warriors have adjusted. They’ve worked around the edges. They’ve dropped their payroll significantly by losing Klay and Chris Paul and they’ve added three solid veterans to their guard/wing rotation.
They’re waiting to see about Markkanen and also contemplating how much more they want to add into any trade offer for the 27-year-old 3-point shooter and scorer. And they’re also watching Stephen Curry , at 36, look quite energized as one of the leaders of Team USA in the Paris Olympics. So while it hasn’t been ideal for the Warriors this offseason or, really, since their roaring run to the 2022 championship, it isn’t crazy for Lacob to feel that his franchise’s long championship-winning window might still be cracked open.
Pending other moves that might open it wider. And the Warriors are always looking ahead to other moves. “I do view that our window is a little longer than people think,” Lacob tol.
