SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors’ play-in loss in Sacramento was the story of Moses Moody’s season, and really the story of his career to this point. Moody was out of Golden State’s rotation heading into the single-elimination Kings game. The 10th man in a nine-man playoff rotation, he’d been just edged out because of the matchup: The Warriors wanted Kevon Looney to play more than usual because of his defense against Domantas Sabonis. Rotations tighten in the postseason as star players ramp up their minutes, and Moody got squeezed out. He’d been the odd man out all year. At one point this year, th ..read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors have an aging roster that just finished a middling season. They just paid a ludicrously large luxury tax bill with a team icon hitting free agency. They have a responsibility to compete for titles as long as Steph Curry remains great and a moral obligation to keep their dynastic core intact — possibly contradicting needs. That sounds like a summer of migraines for Mike Dunleavy Jr. The Warriors’ general manager was disappointed to be sitting at a podium on April 18 rather than, say, June 18 for his end-of-season debrief. After a quick opening statement, Dunleavy re ..read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Inside a Chase Center already turned over for a quiet summer, Klay Thompson sat down at the podium with a fat lip and a twinkle in his eye. A smirk formed around the corner of his lips as he batted down the first question about his future. He’d be naive if he didn’t expect to be asked about his pending free agency. But he wanted to get what seemed like a planned routine off his chest. “You don’t want to talk about the season first?” Thompson asked rhetorically. “You want to talk about the future? That was a lot of games played, man. That was a pretty big accomplishment. What’s ..read more

Where do the Warriors go from here? Their champion core is now aged and embarrassed. Their young players are not good enough to protract the dynasty. The Warriors are stuck in between stations. Add the NBA’s new, increasingly punitive (some could argue vindictive) luxury tax rules and a standard of excellence that won’t be compromised (not so long as Joe Lacob runs the team and Steph Curry is on it), and Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. might have the most challenging job in basketball. There are a million directions he can go. But balancing all the Warriors’ needs, there’s one route ..read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Gary Payton II, the oft-injured defensive specialist, expressed an interest in ripping up his current agreement with his employer and starting fresh with a newer, longer deal. In his preferred posture — sitting on, not at the podium — Payton said he sees himself as a big part of the Warriors’ mix next year at his postmortem exit interview. “I hope so, yeah,” Payton said. “I would love to come back and run it back. Better yet, just redo my whole deal and stay here for a little bit longer. We’ll figure it out.” Payton has a $9.1 million player option that anyone in his position w ..read more

SACRAMENTO — Any season can be defined by its moments, the everlasting split-seconds burned into memories. For the Warriors — the historically expensive club desperate to lay more tracks for its dynastic train — too many of those moments were self-inflicted damage. Draymond Green saw red too many times — a headlock here, a flail there — costing him a quarter of the season. Game-winning prayers from Nikola Jokic and Malik Monk rattled in instead of out, putting the Warriors on the wrong side of the blown-lead ledger. They stuck with their starting lineup from last year too long, and didn’t add ..read more

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SACRAMENTO — Steph Curry, master of focus, sipped a beer with a 10,000-yard stare. The loquacious Draymond Green seemed to be at a loss for words. The ever-positive Klay Thompson was downright despondent. The Warriors’ season ended Tuesday night at the hot hands of the Sacramento Kings, and the bout left the once-great champions dazed. The question was plastered across each of the greats’ faces before the final buzzer sounded and well after as well: What just happened? Let me tell you: The No. 10 seed in the Western Conference—the worst team in the Western Conference postseason—was jumped from ..read more

SACRAMENTO — Only six players have gone scoreless in a postseason game while attempting at least 10 field goals in the shot clock era. The list spans from 1978 to the NBA Finals last year: Bob Wilkerson, Nate Robinson, Marvin Williams, Trevor Ariza, Reggie Bullock and Max Strus. The only reason Klay Thompson won’t join them is because play-in round stats curiously don’t count towards official records. Thompson doesn’t belong in the same sentence as those players, anyway. He’s a five-time All-Star and a four-time NBA champion. He has a legitimate claim as the second-greatest 3-point ever. He’s ..read more

The Warriors lost to the Kings 118-94 on Tuesday night in the play-in tournament, ending their season without a playoff appearance. Big questions loom for the Warriors this offseason. Here are the key dates fans should know about. NBA Draft Lottery: May 15 The Warriors don’t have a first-round pick in this year’s draft, but the result of the lottery could impact which teams might be a viable trade partner for Golden State around the draft. Contract decision dates The Warriors have a chance to clear a number of big contracts off the books after the highest-paid roster in league history failed t ..read more