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GM Mike Dunleavy Names Warriors' Top Trade Assets Heading Into Critical Summer

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Max Dible | Last updated Jun 27, 2025 6:09 PM ET

The Golden State Warriors have at least three future Hall of Fame players returning to a team that won a playoff series this year and may have gone further were it not for a hamstring injury that sidelined Stephen Curry for essentially the entirety of the second round.

But how close the aging group of Warriors stars is to true title contention in a Western Conference that features the Oklahoma City Thunder -- the second-youngest NBA championship roster in 50 years -- remains a pertinent question.

Golden State doesn't have much to work with in free agency beyond the midlevel taxpayer's exception (worth $5.7 million) and veteran's minimum contracts. As such, it's the trade market the Warriors must navigate if they hope to considerably improve this summer.

General manager Mike Dunleavy spoke with Tim Kawakami of The San Francisco Standard following the conclusion of the NBA draft on Thursday, June 26, and openly named the team's top trade assets. Notably, none of them actually have names, just timeline designations, as they are all future players currently holding the form of upcoming draft picks.

"Other teams are very interested in talking to the Warriors about their available future first-round picks, Dunleavy said, for obvious and sobering reasons," Kawakami wrote.

Dunleavy said Golden State will be "protective" of those assets in trade discussions this summer.

"We’re probably more protective of them than most teams just because not knowing after a few years what our roster is … the uncertainty of putting those picks out there," Dunleavy continued. "The good news is if there’s a player you can call on or reach out or is available, we’re gonna be in the game because the rest of the league sees picks way out as pretty valuable. Because, look, the reality is Steph and Draymond [Green], Jimmy [Butler] -- those guys probably aren’t going to be playing for the Warriors in 2032."

Golden State's best trade chip in the form of a current player is Jonathan Kuminga, who becomes a restricted free agent on June 30.

Dunleavy said the team intends to make Kuminga a $7.9 million qualifying offer by Sunday. Doing so will allow the Warriors to retain their right to match any offer Kuminga gets and keep open the possibilities of either retaining him or moving forward with a sign-and-trade deal they can utilize to add new talent to the roster.

"Kuminga’s restricted free agency means he has a major say in how this goes, which also will be decided by bidding from other teams, and what the Warriors want to pay Kuminga or want to accept in a potential sign-and-trade," Kawakami wrote.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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