Brian Windhorst Reveals Warriors’ Biggest Problem Right Now

The Golden State Warriors are 38-34 and currently sit 10^th in the Western Conference.

Regardless of how the rest of the season goes for them, whether they advance deep into the playoffs or lose at the play-in level, uncertainty lays ahead for the organization.

This week, ESPN NBA insider Brian Windhorst did a deep dive into the Warriors’ short-term and long-term futures.

In the process, he identified the franchise’s biggest problem: breaking up the current roster is inevitable.

“You know Joe Lacob, their owner, gave a very interesting interview in February,” Windhorst said.

“Now when he gave this interview they were really rolling and it looked like they had their stuff together, and I think that’s important context, but he said in this interview with The Athletic, our plan, I think he said either plan 1 or plan 1A, I think those were his words, is to get under the luxury tax next season.

“And I don’t blame him, they have paid hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes over the last decade. This year’s roster is costing them over $380 million including the taxes. I don’t mind him saying we got to get out of this because it’s not just the actual money being that far into the tax affects what you can do as a team. The only way to do that guys is to break this team up.”

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Windhorst didn’t stop there, though.

“If they’re going to get under that tax, and that’s truly plan 1A as he says on the record, they have to be broken up,” he added.

“There’s no way to functionally, massively improve their roster, and you’re going to be negotiating with Klay in some sort of pay cut situation that potentially he’s going to have other bidders on. So I don’t even think it’s a question mark I think it’s a statement of fact.”

The Warriors have a very brutal offseason ahead of them. What will the future hold in stock for arguably the most dominant franchise in all of Sports from the past decade? Time will tell.

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