{"id":70943,"date":"2025-06-18T07:58:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=70943"},"modified":"2025-06-18T07:58:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:58:20","slug":"warriors-named-among-favorites-to-sign-former-thunder-lakers-guard-in-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=70943","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Named Among Favorites to Sign Former Thunder, Lakers Guard in Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjEzNjA1Njc1MDYwNzAxMDIx\/russell-westbrook.jpg\" alt=\"Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook (4)\" \/>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/\">Golden State Warriors<\/a>\u00a0enter the offseason looking to build around their veteran trio as they try to become championship contenders next season.<\/p>\n<p>Golden State\u2019s season ended in disappointment in the second round of the playoffs as they lost to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/minnesota-timberwolves\/\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>\u00a0in fie games after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/player\/stephen-curry\">Stephen Curry<\/a>\u00a0suffered a hamstring injury in Game 1.<\/p>\n<p>Now the Warriors will look to upgrade their roster around their aging trio of Curry,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/player\/jimmy-butler\">Jimmy Butler<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/player\/draymond-green\">Draymond Green<\/a>\u00a0as they try to compete for another championship next season.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Golden State has a limited amount of cap space to use to sign players in free agency and they also have to decide on what to do with restricted free agent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/player\/jonathan-kuminga\">Jonathan Kuminga<\/a>, especially after he fell out of Steve Kerr\u2019s rotation at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"4\">\n<div data-google-query-id=\"CIeYuMC_-o0DFbJEwgUdJXoBrw\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">\n<p>One area the Warriors do need to improve on is the backup point guard position to upgrade their second unit and they have been named as a favorite to land a former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/los-angeles-lakers\/\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>\u00a0guard in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bovada, the Warriors have the fourth-best odds (+750) to sign\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/player\/russell-westbrook\">Russell Westbrook<\/a>\u00a0in free agency this offseason.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Miami Heat are the favorites to land Russell Westbrook, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BovadaOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BovadaOfficial<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Miami Heat +260<br \/>Dallas Mavericks +325<br \/>Sacramento Kings +500<br \/>Golden State Warriors +750<br \/>Orlando Magic +750<br \/>Oklahoma City Thunder +900<br \/>Hapoel Tel Aviv +900<br \/>Toronto Raptors +1000 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v967Ik6ggJ\">pic.twitter.com\/v967Ik6ggJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1934279742339027207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/miami-heat\/\">Miami Heat<\/a>\u00a0are the favorite (+260) to land the former MVP winner and they are followed by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/dallas-mavericks\/\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a>\u00a0(+325) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/sacramento-kings\/\">Sacramento Kings<\/a>\u00a0(+500).<\/p>\n<p>Westbrook is coming off a solid season with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/denver-nuggets\/\">Denver Nuggets<\/a>\u00a0as he was able to bounce back after a couple of disappointing seasons with both the Lakers and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/los-angeles-clippers\">Los Angeles Clippers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This season, the 36-year-old guard averaged 13.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game while shooting 44.9% from the field and 32.3% from three.<\/p>\n<p>With the Warriors needing a backup point guard, Westbrook would be a great addition to their second unit and they also may be able to sign him to a cheap contract.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, there should be multiple teams interested in adding the former MVP winner this offseason that could also offer Westbrook a larger contract than Golden State.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Golden State Warriors\u00a0enter the offseason looking to build around their veteran trio as they try to become championship contenders next season. 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