Warriors Front Office Announces Major Changes as Troubling Media Day Looms

Shannon Stabler (senior manager, player development), Cody Hamane (performance coach), and Mark Tollefsen (video coordinator, player development) are the rest of the names joining the Warriors from their G League affiliate this season. So, these are all of the changes within the coaching staff, but there were plenty of promotions and new hires within the other departments of the front office. There’s no doubt that the management has made these changes, hoping that they’ll make a positive impact.

However, no one can tell that for sure, given that there is still a lot of uncertainty in and around the franchise regarding the Jonathan Kuminga situation. As for now, the Warriors head into the media day set to take place on September 29th, with several changes to their front office and coaching staff, but with a lot of questions surrounding their unusual roster situation.

Trouble looms over the Warriors ahead of their media day

Although the Golden State Warriors seem to have covered all bases on their executive end, the same cannot be said for their roster. For starters, the Dubs only have nine players on their roster. However, that isn’t even the team’s biggest concern right now. That’s because with the training camp right over the horizon and an NBA Insider has dropped a massive update on Jonathan Kuminga. Jake Fischer of the Stein Line reported that “Jonathan Kuminga and the Warriors have had no discussions about pushing back his deadline to accept the qualifying offer.”

As of now, the deadline for Kuminga’s $7.9 million qualifying offer is October 1st, and once that expires, he’ll have to ink a deal. While that might mark the end of the saga between him and the team, this has left the free agents, whom the Warriors want to pursue a deal with, hanging. This includes several big names such as Al Horford, De’Anthony Melton, Gary Payton II, and Seth Curry. This means that if Kuminga’s talks stretch until October 1st, the Dubs will have to begin camp without several players.

This also means that the storied franchise will enter the media day with just nine players. As expected, there will be a lot of questions thrown towards the front office and the superstars. Of course, a lot of them will be around Jonathan Kuminga. However, there will also be a fair share of questions about what the team expects from this upcoming campaign, and also about how they will approach it. Now, how will they handle it? That’ll be something we’ll have to wait and watch.