{"id":80136,"date":"2025-07-06T11:33:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T15:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=80136"},"modified":"2025-07-06T11:29:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T15:29:29","slug":"warriors-losing-out-on-centers-while-free-agency-clock-ticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/warriors-losing-out-on-centers-while-free-agency-clock-ticks\/80136\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors losing out on centers while free agency clock ticks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"ace1fcee-a8fc-4b49-80db-ed16eaa079c8\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark\">\n<p data-start=\"82\" data-end=\"413\">The Golden State Warriors have been pretty quiet so far during this NBA free agency period. While there were reports that they were close to signing veteran centre Al Horford, nothing has been made official yet. And now, one more potential backup option is off the table.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"415\" data-end=\"539\">According to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania, free agent center Jock Landale has signed a deal with the Memphis Grizzlies.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"541\" data-end=\"928\">Landale wasn\u2019t necessarily a top priority for the Warriors, but he would\u2019ve added some much-needed size off the bench. He could\u2019ve been a solid backup if the team ends up landing Horford. While his numbers from last season with the Rockets weren\u2019t flashy (just 4.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game), he brought energy and hustle, exactly the kind of spark the Warriors\u2019 bench could use.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"1142\">Unlike Horford, Landale is still young and fresh, and wouldn\u2019t come with the physical limits of a nearly 40-year-old player. Losing out on him highlights a bigger problem: the Warriors are running out of options.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1424\">One reason for the slow decision-making is Jonathan Kuminga\u2019s restricted free agency, which has likely tied up some of the Warriors\u2019 flexibility. But at the same time, every day they wait, more players sign with other teams, and the pool of available centres keeps shrinking.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1426\" data-end=\"1688\">Right now, the Warriors are looking at starting next season with two young, inexperienced centres on the roster. That would put a heavy load on Draymond Green, who already has plenty of responsibilities on both ends of the floor. It\u2019s not an ideal situation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1690\" data-end=\"1869\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Golden State still needs to act fast. If they don\u2019t secure Horford soon, they\u2019ll need to pivot quickly, or risk going into the season with serious depth issues in the frontcourt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Golden State Warriors have been pretty quiet so far during this NBA free agency period. While there were reports\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":80137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[23066],"class_list":["post-80136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-golden-state-warriors"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}