2025-26 GSW Lineups, choose your own adventure

Tentatively because of Kuminga negotiations

The current 2025-26 roster stands at 9 players:

• Stephen Curry

• Jimmy Butler III

• Draymond Green

• Moses Moody

• Buddy Hield

• Brandin Podziemski

• Trayce Jackson-Davis

• Gui Santos

• Quinten Post

The expected free agent signings — which are not confirmed because they could be blown up by w Kuminga sign-and-trade or a Kuminga signing of the Qualifying Offer valid until Oct 1 — are as follows:

• Jonathan Kuminga

• Al Horford

• Seth Curry

• Gary Payton II

• De'Anthony Melton

I scouted the new guys for you already.

Your job is to come up with

• Starting Lineup

• End of Q1/Q3 lineup

• Start of Q2/Q4 lineup

• Closing Lineup

Here is my quick stab (less than 10 minutes thought). I am sure you can do a better job. I did not kneel to any political pressures about starting Kuminga or rest lineups to load manage the older veterans. I did try to play JK 24 min per game.

All decent lineup discussions need to be based in reality, so I used this simple Google Sheet I made which you are welcome to duplicate.

It auto-calculates the minutes per game, which helps give you a reality check. I will say that it’s harder than I thought to come up with lineups with Kuminga that also balance the playing time and lets the team go 10 deep.

• Starting Lineup, Great if Not Washed

  • Stephen Curry 7

  • Brandin Podziemski 7

  • Jimmy Butler III 7

  • Draymond Green 7

  • Al Horford 7

• First Bench Unit, If JK Can’t Cook With This Spacing, He Will Never

  • Jonathan Kuminga 5

  • Stephen Curry 5

  • Buddy Hield 5

  • Moses Moody 5

  • Quinten Post 5

• Second Bench Unit, Jimmy Orthodox Three Shooters and a Dunker

  • Jimmy Butler III 5

  • Buddy Hield 5

  • Seth Curry 5

  • Jonathan Kuminga 5

  • Quinten Post 5

• Closers, Great If Not Washed, maybe substitute the hot hand of the day

  • Stephen Curry 7

  • Jimmy Butler III 7

  • Draymond Green 7

  • Brandin Podziemski 7

  • Al Horford 7

• Minutes Per Game

  • Stephen Curry 38 (I know this is too many, this is a rough sketch)

  • Jimmy Butler III 38 (I know this is too many, this is a rough sketch)

  • Draymond Green 28

  • Moses Moody 10

  • Buddy Hield 20

  • Brandin Podziemski 28

  • Trayce Jackson-Davis 0

  • Gui Santos 0

  • Quinten Post 20

  • Jonathan Kuminga 20

  • Al Horford 28

  • Seth Curry 10

  • Gary Payton II 0

  • De'Anthony Melton 0

What kind of lineups are you imagining for next season?