Which teams are ready to take the next step in their rebuilds? Which have massive draft and trade decisions ahead? Could stars such as Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ja Morant be on the move this summer?

We're breaking down the potential moves for each eliminated franchise, including a look at the state of the roster, finances, front office priorities, extension candidates to watch, team needs and future draft assets. (Note: 2026 draft picks are based on current league standings.)

Jump to a team:
ATL | BOS | BKN | CHA | CHI | CLE
DAL | DEN | DET | GS | HOU | IND
LAC| LAL | MEM | MIA | MIL | MIN
NO | NY | OKC | ORL | PHI | PHX
POR | SAC | SA | TOR | UTAH | WAS

2025-26 record: 37-45
Draft picks in June: No. 11, No. 54 (via LAL)
Odds at the No. 1 pick: 2%

Draymond Green ($27.7 million, player)

  • Kristaps Porzingis (unrestricted, Bird)

  • De'Anthony Melton ($3.5 million, player)

  • Gary Payton II (unrestricted, Bird)

  • Pat Spencer (restricted, Bird)

  • Quinten Post (restricted, early Bird)

  • Al Horford ($6 million, player)

  • Seth Curry (unrestricted, non-Bird)

  • Nate Williams (restricted, non-Bird)

  • Charles Bassey (unrestricted, non-Bird)

    • State of the roster: There is no team in the league that faces as many questions and decisions as the Warriors do this offseason.

    For the second time in three seasons, Golden State finds itself in the lottery. The Warriors have been a play-in team three out of four seasons since their 2022 championship and finished no higher than seventh in the Western Conference standings in three straight seasons..

    While missing the playoffs can be attributed mostly to Jimmy Butler's season-ending injury and Stephen Curry playing his fewest games since 2019-20, the window to compete for a championship is closing if this roster is not healthy.

    Butler will be out for an extended period of time to start next season, recovering from a torn right ACL. He underwent surgery on Feb. 19. Before returning for the final three games of the regular season, Curry had been out since Jan. 24 with a right knee injury.

    Kerr has led Golden State to four NBA championships since taking over in 2014-15, and his contract expires at the end of this season.

    Despite all of the uncertainty, expect GM Mike Dunleavy Jr. to explore every option on how to improve the roster. The Warriors traded for Butler last February when they were 25-25.

    "We're willing to do whatever it takes to improve this team, whether it's young players, first-round picks," Dunleavy said after the trade deadline. "We always have been, we always will be, as long as we're in this win-now window."

    The Warriors have the 11th pick in this draft and can trade three additional first-round picks; 2028, 2030 (if 1-20) and 2032. They are allowed to swap firsts in all seven years, as well.

    What could present a challenge in the Warriors' roster reconstruction is their inability to cobble together enough salary for a major acquisition, should a player like Giannis Antetokounmpo become available, and still have flexibility adding to the roster.

    Because of the lack of sizable contracts on the roster outside of Curry's and Butler's, Green's $27.7 million salary would be required if Antetokounmpo or another All-Star became available.

    Curry, Butler and Green constitute 79% of the Warriors' payroll next season. That leaves them with six players (Moses Moody, Brandin Podziemski, Gui Santos, Horford, Will Richard and Melton) each earning less than $13 million.

    Green, Horford and Melton have a player option and cannot be traded, unless they opt in to their contract.

    For the first time since the 2019-20 season, Golden State is projected to be under the luxury tax. Including the player options of Green, Horford, Melton and their 2026 first-round pick, the Warriors are $14.5 million under the tax, $22 million below the first apron and $35 million under the second apron.

    The three with player options have until June 29 to opt in. Because of the first apron hard cap, it is unlikely Golden State can use the $15 million non-tax midlevel exception and still have flexibility to remain under once the roster is filled out.

    Building a roster that can compete for a championship around a 38-year old franchise player in Curry. But can Golden State take a win-now approach and still build the roster for when Curry, Butler and Green are no longer around? The delicate balancing act starts with Kerr.

    Kerr has proved that he can win with a veteran-laden roster. But is he willing to take on the arduous challenge of coaching a roster when Curry is no longer on it?

    Before the season, Kerr told the media that he was comfortable playing out this season and dealing with his future in the offseason.

    "I'm very comfortable just going into this season with a year left [on the deal]," Kerr said. "I'm so aligned with [GM] Mike [Dunleavy] and [owner] Joe [Lacob]. There's no reason for discussion [or] concern. This is kind of a point in our relationship where it's like, let's just see how it is at the end of the year."

    Curry is eligible, starting on Aug. 29, to sign a two-year $136.7 million extension. The new contract would pay him the highest per-year salary in his career ($65.7 million and $71 million) for his age-39 and age-40 seasons.

    Other than breaking his left hand in the 2019-20 season and missing 58 games, Curry hasn't suffered a significant injury that cost him more than 12 games until the right knee injury this year.

    "You'd start running and doing your normal [rehab] workout," Curry told ESPN's Anthony Slater, describing the problem. "[Then] toward the end of however long the session was, you'd start to feel the pain creep back in and the next day it'd be awful. Played that song and dance so many times over the last two months."