In sports, nothing is left off the table.
Anything can happen at any time, and Channing Frye believes that could be the case for the Warriors during the 2025-26 NBA season.
When “Road Trippin’ ” host Allie Clifton asked Frye for a hot take for the upcoming season — anything at all — he shared an extremely bold prediction about Golden State.
“I hate doing this. I’m not being a troll. The Warriors blow it up halfway through the season,” Frye said. “I do think that team will be good. But look at the trend of where the NBA is going. OKC is a very tall team. The Cleveland Cavaliers are a tall team. Boston is a big team. Denver’s a big team. Minnesota’s a tall team. Houston is extremely tall. Golden State is still playing small ball — and I don’t know if that works anymore.
“They have to make another move for me to be confident. [The Jonathan Kuminga situation] lingers. And who’s their starting center? I just don’t think you can be successful playing small ball anymore. You need to have a legit big man. Maybe they go get [Nikola Vučević]. Maybe they get somebody. But who’s their shot blocker? Who’s their rim threat? Who’s their lob threat? They used to have those things.”
Frye and the rest of the “Road Trippin’ ” crew mentioned Golden State’s quiet offseason, which has left the Warriors as the only NBA team yet to add or re-sign a player in free agency thus far.
The Warriors have been tied to 39-year-old center Al Horford and a reunion with guard De’Anthony Melton, per multiple reports, but they remain at a standstill as they await a solution to the Jonathan Kuminga situation.
While the Warriors fully plan to move forward with their core around Steph Curry, 37, Jimmy Butler, 35, and Draymond Green, 35, Frye could see them taking a different direction halfway through the season.
Crazier things have happened.
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