The Warriors are currently entering a very important off-season. You could say that just about any year, but this is the off-season that the Warriors need to nail if they want to rejoin the NBA’s elite and compete for a title next year.
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After the ping pong balls fell it’s now official: the Golden State Warriors own the seventh and fourteenth overall picks in the coming 2021 NBA Draft. Golden State headed into the lottery with the possibility of taking the Timberwolves’ 2021 first-round pick, should it have fallen outside of the top three. Now after dealing away D’Angelo Russell to Minnesota at the 2020 NBA trade deadline, Golden State officially received Andrew Wiggins and two first-round picks in the 2021 draft in return. The question ahead remains: will the Warriors actually use those two selections come July 29?
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Warriors President Rick Welts will be at Tuesday’s NBA Draft Lottery, calling in via Zoom. Golden State is in the Lottery – it missed the postseason, after all – following its loss to Memphis in the inaugural play-in.
But a key acquisition from the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 2020 trade involving D’Angelo Russell and Andrew Wiggins means Welts’ trip might not just be ceremonial, as he could see the Warriors reap a major reward of the deal.
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It has literally been 2 years since Klay Thompson has stepped on the court in a Golden State Warriors jersey. Let that sink in.
The Warriors have been a completely different team after Thompson went down with a torn ACL in the 2019 NBA Finals. The year following his injury, Golden State also lost Kevin Durant to free agency and Stephen Curry to a broken hand, which caused the team to post a league worst 15-50 record during the year of the coronavirus.
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While everyone is extremely excited for the (potentially) two first round picks heading to Golden State, let's not forget about the studs that Bob Myers and the rest of the front office have found late in the draft. Draymond Green with the 35th pick in 2012 and Eric Paschall with the 41st pick in 2019 are absolute hidden gems.
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The NBA playoffs continue on, but the Warriors focus is past that now. Although missing the playoffs was disappointing, it did give the Warriors the chance to end up with two lottery picks in this year’s draft. Their own pick will be given the 14th-best odds to be granted the #1 overall selection, and the Timberwolves pick that they own (as long as it isn’t in the top 3) is projected as the #6 overall pick.
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