Kevin O’Connor Calls The Golden State Warriors An “Incomplete Team” Following A Quiet Offseason

While the 2025 offseason rages on, the Golden State Warriors have remained mostly silent, as there are no high-profile acquisitions announced just yet. For one NBA analyst, this inactivity in the Bay Area points to yet another lackluster finish in the upcoming season.

Speaking on "The Kevin O'Connor Show" earlier this week, insider Kevin O'Connor wondered out loud how far the Warriors could go, given that they have yet to make significant tweaks to their roster.

"They haven't added anybody, they lost Kevon Looney, they still have Jonathan Kuminga and the limbo he's in right now," O'Connor said on his show. "They haven't done anything."

On the one hand, the 6-foot-9 Looney had been a staple of the Golden State dynasty, winning three rings as a hardworking bruiser for the Warriors. Though the team still has promising bigs like Quinten Post and Trayce Jackson-Davis, these young centers have yet to adapt to Steve Kerr's system as effectively as Looney has over the years.

On the other hand, O'Connor's use of the word "limbo" isn't entirely inaccurate, as Kuminga still hasn't come to terms with the front office regarding a new deal. According to a Sept. 4 piece by reporter Brett Siegel, the Warriors aren't budging on their two-year, $45 million offer to Kuminga while the 22-year-old forward has been asking for a long-term deal with a higher salary per year.

Given this lack of significant movement from multiple fronts, O'Connor gave his pronouncement for Golden State.  "The Warriors are still an incomplete team," he stated. "I don't see them as a true contender. I think they're just a fun and solid team."

While the Warriors' status as a title contender was also questionable last season, they were able to fend off the Memphis Grizzlies in the play-in tournament and win a highly physical seven-game series against the upstart Houston Rockets in the first round. Though that Rockets team was brimming with potential, thanks to young studs like Alperen Sengun and Amen Thompson, many pundits chose the Warriors to advance to the conference semifinals.

Ultimately, the Warriors' playoff run came to a halt in the second round when they ran into an Anthony Edwards-led Minnesota Timberwolves. It has been four months since the Wolves exposed Golden State's weaknesses (such as gaps on defense and a lack of size), but GM Mike Dunleavy and the Warriors front office have yet to pull the trigger on corresponding roster adjustments.

The Warriors can still engage in trades and free agent acquisitions during the season, but unless they make a serious moves soon, analysts like O'Connor will hardly see any reason to consider them a title favorite this year.