As the 2022 NBA championship hangovers subsided and gave way to the sober self-analysis every team must perform entering the summer, the Golden State Warriors faced some very important offseason questions. How would they handle the unrestricted free agencies of several contributors to their title run? (The answer: Let Gary Payton II and Otto Porter Jr. walk, but bring back Kevon Looney and Andre Iguodala.) How would they replace whatever talent they lost? (The answer, it seems: Let the kids cook.)
And, perhaps most importantly: What would they do about the four vital pieces who’d just become eligible for contract extensions?