Outside of Steph, the future of the Warriors' NBA All-Stars is unclear. Originally published on NBC Sports Bay Area
Shortly before becoming the NBA's biggest threat, the Warriors were on the cusp of one of the league's most ignoble losing streaks, stretching beyond a humiliating 13-year playoff drought.
Golden State had a league-record 15 years without an All-Star player, no starters, no reserves and no players to play in games.
When the Warriors finally snapped out of that slump, they did so with a vengeance. Since David Lee was selected to end a streak in 2013 (the first Warriors to be selected since Latrell Sprewell in 1997), they had only been shut out of the February festivities once, during a losing season in 2019-20.
Looking at the current roster, the possibility of even more shutouts is likely if Stephen Curry is sidelined.
The 2025 All-Star Game will be held at Chase Center on Feb. 16 next year, but Curry is the only Warriors player guaranteed to participate, if his health permits. He has been the team's only representative for the past two seasons. Gone are the days when the Warriors dominated the All-Star roster, sending multiple players to five consecutive games and sending four players to two.
Curry, a 10-time All-Star, will be 37 next season. Draymond Green, a four-time All-Star, will be 35. Andrew Wiggins, a one-time All-Star, will be 30. No other player on the roster has played as a second lineman in the game.
So for now, we move on to the four players projected to lead the Warriors at the end of this decade: Trayce Jackson-Davis, Jonathan Kuminga, Moses Moody and Brandin Podziemski.
Here's where each team stands just days before 2024 training camp begins.
Jackson Davis
At 24 years old, he is the oldest of the four. A four-year starter at Indiana University, the 6-foot-9 center has solid rim protection, good rebounding and smart, crafty passing ability out of the post. He's a generally solid defender, but needs to improve on his switching ability on the perimeter. The 2023 second-round draft pick (No. 57) is an intriguing lob-passing threat, but needs to improve on his scoring outside the paint.
Chances of All-Star appearance: 15%. That could increase if the Warriors are bona fide championship contenders. They have deep West depth. Veterans include Nikola Jokic, Anthony Davis, Domantas Sabonis and Karl-Anthony Towns. And 20-year-old Victor Wembanyama is a future MVP candidate.
Kuminga
The 6'7″ forward, the No. 7 pick in the 2021 draft, has had some nice highlight moments. He's not built to be a power forward, he'll need to settle in and be a small forward. His skills at the position are still a work in progress. It's a shame he hasn't yet emerged from the intense instability that has sometimes painted him as a project. It's encouraging that he's still only 21 and many years away from peaking.
All-Star Chance: 55 percent. He took a big leap last season, but he needs another leap next season. That'll add another 15 percent. At his age, he has plenty of time to get there.
Moody
His sporadic playing time makes the 2021 No. 14 pick the team's biggest enigma. The 6-foot-6 wing out of Arkansas does a little bit of everything and is good at most of it, but he's not going to wow the masses. His overall skill set seems better suited to work within the framework of a team, much like fellow Razorback Daniel Gafford, rather than as a max-level star. That kind of player is necessary to succeed, but he's rarely in the All-Star discussion.
All-Star Chance: 10%. Moody is still not yet firmly established as a part of Golden State's starting rotation at 22 years old, but we've only seen glimpses of that. Once he establishes himself or starts getting playing time elsewhere, it will be much easier to evaluate his future.
Podziemski
The 6'5″ guard from Santa Clara University was a valuable addition as a rookie, setting screens, making slick passes, scoring a few times, drawing a lot of charges and running the floor like a jackrabbit. He can be too impulsive at times, but his good play has earned him a spot in the rotation. Though he's only 21, he needs to improve his free throw percentage (63.3%) and make more 3-pointers.
All-Star Chance: 40%: The West is loaded with talented young guards — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luka Doncic, Anthony Edwards, De'Aaron Fox, Jalen Green and Austin Reaves to name just a half-dozen — but if the Warriors become a perennial winner, BP has a chance to follow the blueprint laid out by Manu Ginobili in San Antonio.
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