{"id":65074,"date":"2025-05-28T07:50:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T07:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=65074"},"modified":"2025-05-28T07:52:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T07:52:27","slug":"warriors-reuniting-with-key-playmaker-after-trade-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=65074","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Reuniting With Key Playmaker After Trade Fallout?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207715433-e1743545014800.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207715433-e1743545014800.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207715433-e1743545014800.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2207715433-e1743545014800.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Warriors Reuniting With Key Playmaker After Trade Fallout?\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr looks on from the bench.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Golden State Warriors could reunite with De\u2019Anthony Melton this offseason, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>The two-way guard is an unrestricted free agent. After tearing his ACL in November, Slater believes he will not get more than the veteran\u2019s minimum as a risky flier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I think Melton\u2019s a veteran minimum target,\u201d\u00a0Slater said on the\u00a0Warriors Plus-Minus podcast.\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s intriguing for the Warriors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Melton, 26, is coming off an ACL injury, which he sustained in November last year. The veteran guard is expected to make a full recovery ahead of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Before the injury, Melton averaged 10.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.2 steals in six games, including two starts, for the Warriors. He played next to Stephen Curry in the backcourt and helped the Warriors get off to a 12-2 start.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Hurt Feelings?<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5164855\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2175721878-e1748398398272.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Warriors Reuniting With Key Playmaker After Trade Fallout?\" width=\"782\" height=\"441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5164855\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5164855\">Getty Will De\u2019Anthony Melton reunite with the Golden State Warriors?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Melton\u2019s injury derailed the Warriors, who stumbled to 11th in the Western Conference until they made the big swing on Jimmy Butler that lifted them back to the playoffs. The Warriors quickly shipped Melton to Brooklyn for Dennis Schr\u00f6der in a move that fizzled out. They subsequently included Schr\u00f6der in the Butler deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am curious what he thinks about the way the Warriors just traded his contract right away,\u201d Slater said. \u201cBut to me, especially because I don\u2019t, if he tore his ACL, are we sure he\u2019s going to be ready for the opener? He\u2019s got question marks body-wise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors will have competition for Melton.<\/p>\n<p>Jovan Buha, Slater\u2019s colleague at The Athletic, floated Melton as a potential depth piece for the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really like Melton as a flier,\u201d Buha said on his \u201cBuha\u2019s Block\u201d podcast. \u201cAt this point, he\u2019s gonna be a vet-minimum guy. I think he\u2019s a guy who, for a vet minimum contract, you could do a lot worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>The Jonathan Kuminga Conundrum<\/h2>\n<p>The Warriors\u2019 offseason begins with their restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga.<\/p>\n<p>Despite averaging 24.3 points on 55.4% overall shooting and 38.9% from the 3-point line in his last four games in the playoffs,\u00a0Golden State coach Steve Kerr made it clear that he will not have a significant role for the Warriors if he returns next season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been asked to win,\u201d\u00a0Kerr told The San Francisco Standard\u2019s Tim Kawakami on \u201cThe TK Show\u201d on May 21. \u201cAnd right now, he\u2019s not a guy who I can say, I\u2019m going to play 38 minutes with the roster we have, Steph, Jimmy, and\u00a0Draymond [Green], and put the puzzle together that way and expect to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a separate interview, Kerr believes Kuminga also wants no part of this roller-coaster ride in Golden State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the number one thing is that, JK and I have a very good relationship,\u201d\u00a0Kerr said on \u201cWillard and Dibs\u201d\u00a0on 95.7 The Game on May 22. \u201cWe talk all the time. We like each other. This is all just basketball. This is not a case of JK coming in saying, \u2018Hey, I got to get out of here.\u2019 I want this. I want that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just trying to make this fit and trying to make this work. But every player, every young player, even the older guys, they want to fit in well with what\u2019s happening. And so I think there\u2019s got to be part of JK that thinks about going elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alder Almo is a basketball journalist covering the NBA for Heavy.com. He has more than 15 years of experience in local and international media, including broadcast, print and digital. He previously covered the Knicks for Empire Sports Media and the NBA for Off the Glass. Alder is from the Philippines and is now based in Jersey City, New Jersey. More about Alder Almo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could the Golden State Warriors bring back De&#8217;Anthony Melton? 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