Rich reacts to the buzz after the Spurs-Thunder thriller — and what it means for Warriors fans watching Wembanyama, OKC, and San Antonio look like the future of the West.
If the Warriors are far away from that level, is there any creative path back into the conversation?
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This video essay revisits Rich’s cap-sheet thought experiment around Kawhi Leonard, LeBron James, Draymond Green, De’Anthony Melton, the 11th pick, and how Golden State might build a roster that can at least compete on the fringes of the OKC/Spurs stratosphere.
Topics include:
- What Warriors fans can learn from Spurs vs OKC
- Why downhill ball-handling matters more than ever
- How the 11th pick could signal Golden State’s direction
- Yaxel Lendeborg vs combo guard options like Labaron Philon or Brayden Burries
- Why Kawhi + LeBron only makes sense as a paired swing
- How De’Anthony Melton could fit as the non-taxpayer mid-level target
- Why keeping the 11th pick still matters for the future
- The cap-sheet logic behind a bold, low-probability Warriors makeover
- Why Steve Kerr would still be the right coach for either path
Bottom line: the most likely outcome is probably a quieter offseason — but if the Warriors want one more swing near Steph Curry’s timeline, this is the kind of imagination it may require.
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