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Joe Lacob and Bob Myers’ Golden State Warriors timeline

By William Spencer

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 06: Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers (left) and owner Joe Lacob watch their team play the Denver Nuggets at Chase Center on October 06, 2021 in San Francisco, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 06: Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers (left) and owner Joe Lacob watch their team play the Denver Nuggets at Chase Center on October 06, 2021 in San Francisco, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /
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Golden State Warriors’ majority owner Joe Lacob, and general manager Bob Myers, have a hypothetical deadline for their young players drafted in the last three years. The pairs’ goal is to bridge the championship dynasty and a future dynasty comprised of their young core. Lacob made a long-term contractual commitment to Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole this offseason, with both players are vital to completing the bridge between the two dynasties.

Will Joe Lacob and Bob Myers’ ‘a bridge too far’ approach eventually run out of time for the Golden State Warriors?

Vital structural pieces are missing from the completion of their bridge to another Golden State Warriors dynasty. If they should fail to repeat this year and waste a year of Stephen Curry’s remaining years, Lacob and Myers will reevaluate the futures of James Wiseman, Moses Moody and Jonathan Kuminga. The former has shown flashes of what he could become but is currently plying his trade in the G League during the third year of his rookie deal.

James Wiseman had a slow start to the season for the Golden State Warriors. (Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images)
James Wiseman had a slow start to the season for the Golden State Warriors. (Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images) /

While the second overall pick in 2020 continues to work on his game with the Santa Cruz Warriors, Kuminga and Moody have failed to find consistent minutes with Golden State, even if they too have shown signs of why they were selected with the seventh and 14th picks in last year’s NBA draft.

It’s likely Myers will wait until the offseason to make structural changes to his bridge, that is unless they can find a significant player that will make a decisive difference in Stephen Curry and the Warriors’ hopes for a fifth Larry O’Brien Trophy in eight years.

Kerr has taken responsibility for not showing patience with his young draftees and not allowing them to play through their mistakes. It’s been easier for Kerr to do in the past, throughout the Warriors’ championship years, thanks to their generally impressive records. Golden State started last season 18-2, allowing them the leeway to play the youngsters more throughout the season.

With a slow start to this season and struggling to get to a .500 record, Kerr has juggled his rotation and struggled to find correct combinations. In doing so he’s limited the minutes and the potential mistakes of Wiseman, Moody and Kuminga.

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A win over the Los Angeles Clippers has moved the Warriors to an 9-10 record and 11th in the West, although a tightly-packed conference sees them just three games back from the first-placed Phoenix Suns.

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