{"id":1995988,"date":"2026-06-17T21:10:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1995988"},"modified":"2026-06-17T21:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:10:49","slug":"warriors-gm-mike-dunleavy-optimistic-about-talks-with-draymond-green-kristaps-porzingis-on-returning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1995988","title":{"rendered":"Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy optimistic about talks with Draymond Green, Kristaps Porzingis on returning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Article_ContentContainer__jBNW3 article-content-container bodytext1\">\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Golden State Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy said talks about bringing back veteran stalwart Draymond Green and Kristaps Porzingis are ongoing, but sounded optimistic about how the conversations are going heading into free agency next month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had conversations with kind of all of our free agents,\u201d Dunleavy said during a Wednesday news conference. \u201cTheir representatives. I think we\u2019re in a good place with all of them \u2026 as far as Draymond and KP, Draymond has the player option, but we\u2019re in communication with his group. Then same thing with KP. Both guys, I think, we value, we want here, and we see them as a kind of (a) piece of the puzzle next season.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container\">\n<div class=\"ad-wrapper article-treatment\">\n<div class=\"ad-slug-container\">\n<p class=\"ad-slug\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mid1\" data-position=\"mid1\" class=\"ad place-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Green, 36, has to decide whether or not to pick up a player option worth almost $28 million for next season. He has said repeatedly throughout the year that he is hoping to return to the Warriors next year, but Dunleavy has been clear that the ball remains in Green\u2019s court. 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Porzingis, who will be 31 in August, was acquired from the Atlanta Hawks just before February\u2019s trade deadline. He is an unrestricted free agent. He made almost $31 million last year, and it remains unclear exactly what the rest of his market will be this summer across the league.<\/p>\n<div id=\"top-league-content-root\"><\/div>\n<p>    {&#8220;endpoint&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/api-prd-nyt.theathletic.com\/graphql&#8221;}<\/p>\n<p>As Dunleavy waits to set up the rest of his roster, what\u2019s clear is that he seems confident in making the 11th pick and not moving it as part of another, larger deal. While he noted several times Wednesday that \u201ceverything\u2019s on the table,\u201d he was clear in his desire that the Warriors get younger this summer in their moves, not older.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a sliding scale,\u201d Dunleavy said. \u201cWe\u2019re okay with it if we\u2019re going to get older. Frankly, it\u2019s not the best thing, but if it\u2019s going to make us better, like significantly better, I think we have to look at that, because that\u2019s really our thought process and (the) job right now is to make this team better. So if it means doing older, then we\u2019ll do it, but that\u2019s pretty unlikely. There\u2019s only so many guys I feel like we could bring in that are older. We\u2019ve got some guys on the back end of it already, and to add to that, there would definitely be some risk. Maybe there\u2019s a situation we do that and go for it \u2014 we obviously would prefer to get younger.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container\">\n<div class=\"ad-wrapper article-treatment\">\n<div class=\"ad-slug-container\">\n<p class=\"ad-slug\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mid2\" data-position=\"mid2\" class=\"ad place-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dunleavy acknowledged, while answering a question about what, if anything, he would use from watching the finals in his draft evaluation process, that the league itself is more \u201cwide open\u201d than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you\u2019ve got to be careful about overreacting, but the playoffs are the ultimate test,\u201d Dunleavy said. \u201cIt\u2019s a good place to see and view kind of where the league is at, where it\u2019s going. We\u2019ve had, what, eight different champions in eight years. Is that right? I\u2019d say the big-picture thing is it\u2019s as wide open as it\u2019s ever been. We can\u2019t make any assumptions that this team is going to do it for the next 10 years. They\u2019re going to be here. You know, injuries, salary cap issues, all those things. I think we\u2019ve got to be careful of that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than anything, it teaches you just to focus in on yourself and what you can do to be better. Don\u2019t worry about we have to beat this team or we\u2019ve got to be better than this at this position. I think it just reinforces we need to be better and let\u2019s focus on ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dunleavy also noted that there is no update to the Warriors\u2019 assistant coaching search for the time being. Former assistants Terry Stotts and Jerry Stackhouse left the organization earlier this summer in hopes of landing head coaching jobs somewhere else.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re still working through that,\u201d Dunleavy said. \u201cObviously, getting the main thing done with Steve was huge. With Terry and Jerry leaving, there obviously will be some changes, so we\u2019re working through that. But nothing imminent. 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