Explain: A complete guide to the 2025 Warriors off-season | with Perks GSWCBA

aprons, trade exceptions, trades, Kuminga and more

Join Eric Apricot and guest expert Perks from GSW Reddit r/warriors @gswcba.bsky.social‬ as they dive into the Golden State Warriors' challenging offseason plans. They cover a comprehensive overview of the current roster situation, potential trades, and free-agent possibilities. They also discuss the implications of salary caps, base year compensation, and trade exceptions, alongside intriguing sign-and-trade options for Jonathan Kuminga.

• 00:00 Introduction

• 00:20 Warriors' Roster Overview

• Free Agents

  • 00:52 Gui Santos, Quinten Post, Pat Spencer, JK QO

  • 01:56 What are Cap Holds?

  • 04:03 Re-signing Kevon Looney and Gary Payton II

  • 06:32 How do one-year and multi-year minimums count against salary cap?

  • 07:27 What is a qualifying offer in restricted free agency? Case of Pat Spencer

  • 08:33 Taren Armstrong, Jackson Rowe, Kevin Knox II and Braxton Key

• The Draft and The Aprons

  • 10:04 #41 pick and why it's an extra weak second round draft

  • 12:35 Not a cap space team

  • 13:04 Staying under the second apron

  • 14:27 Staying under the first apron

  • 15:22 How hard is it to stay under the first apron?

• Trades and Trade Exceptions

  • 15:42 How do you create and use trade exceptions?

  • 17:14 How are you hard-capped using a trade exception from the previous season?

  • 18:43 Can GSW trade for Giannis? It's hard.

  • 20:53 The Boston fire sale?

  • 21:31 Free agency needs

  • 22:58 Can we use the big Nontax Midlevel Exception? Not unless we let JK leave or trade other players.

  • 24:14 Who can GSW get for the smaller Taxpayer Midlevel Exception?

  • 25:36 Could they sign guys with the Biannual Exception?

• Jonathan Kuminga

  • 26:54 Re-signing JK

  • 28:23 Shawn Marion would be a great outcome for JK

  • 29:11 Could JK take the Qualifying Offer and become an unrestricted free agent?

  • 31:11 What will the Warriors offer JK?

  • 32:01 What is JK's market value?

  • 33:39 Brooklyn is the only team right now that can sign JK as a free agent

  • 35:46 What sign-and-trades might happen with JK?

  • 37:14 What is Base Year Compensation and how does it complicate JK sign-and-trades?

  • 39:26 Possible sign and trades for JK

  • 40:03 Chicago

  • 41:14 How does salary matching work?

  • 42:15 The gory details on salary matching for trades

  • 43:21 Potential Sign-and-Trade Targets, Quick Hit Around

  • 44:13 Exploring Trade Options with Utah and Detroit

  • 45:05 Washington and Miami Trade Possibilities

  • 49:58 Cleveland and Sacramento Trade Ideas

• 54:08 Final Thoughts and Offseason Plans