Warriors Have Glaring Weakness on Roster Next Season, Can They Overcome it?

The Golden State Warriors can officially field a basketball team next season. After one of the weirdest offseasons in the franchise’s history, the Warriors went from having nine players on the roster a couple of days before training camp to having a full roster, ready to take on the 2025–26 NBA season. 

Now that a Jonathan Kuminga contract extension has been agreed upon, the Warriors were able to sign Al Horford, De’Anthony Melton, Gary Payton II, and Seth Curry to contracts. 

While adding those guys certainly strengthens the Warriors' 2025-26 roster, the team still has one glaring weakness: they are too small. 

Right now, the Warriors have a total of seven players who are expected to get playing time and are listed at 6’5” or less. While Steve Kerr and the Warriors coaching staff are known for playing deep rotations, this is still too many undersized guys. 

Especially in the Western Conference, the Warriors are going to have difficulty keeping up with the biggest and strongest teams. 

Not only are the Warriors rostering probably too many guards, but their big men are going to have trouble banging with the best bigs in the West as well. Al Horford is old. Draymond Green is still elite, but he can’t be expected to battle with guys like Nikola Jokić all game, either. Quinten Post and Trayce Jackson-Davis are still inexperienced. 

Can the Warriors survive in the Western Conference with an undersized roster? It likely will come down to four key players. Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green are historically elite defenders, but they are getting up there in age. They will need to continue being elite defensively for the Warriors to survive. The other two key guys are Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody. 

Kuminga and Moody need to be able to play heavy minutes guarding the best wings around the league. If they can hold their own, the Warriors will have a chance.