The Warriors are winless to start the regular season. They lost at the Lakers 105-127 on October 21 and then lost at home to the Grizzlies 108-111 on October 23. The West standings had them 13th as of October 25, down from 10th a day earlier. Their power ranking fell from 20th to 27th in a week.
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Stephen Curry led the scoring in both games. He had 23 points against the Lakers, with Brandon Williams adding 14. Against Memphis he scored 24, and Yaxel Lendeborg had 18 points and 13 rebounds. The Grizzlies game was decided by three.
The injury list has grown fast. Brandin Podziemski was listed day-to-day with a back issue on October 19 and moved to Out on October 20. He went back to day-to-day on October 22. He was cleared October 23, listed day-to-day again the same day, and put back to Out with the back issue on October 24. Charles Bassey's knee has gone back and forth. He was day-to-day October 19, Out October 21, day-to-day October 22, Out October 23, cleared October 24, then listed Out and moved to day-to-day again that day.
October 24 also brought three new names. Al Horford was listed Out with a back issue. Draymond Green went from not listed to day-to-day, then Out, with a back issue. Curry was listed day-to-day for rest and then Out for rest. Curry had an ankle issue and a knee issue listed on October 18. Steve Kerr said afterward that Curry was "fine" after an injury scare at practice. Curry was cleared October 21 and played that night.
Kristaps Porziņģis remains Out. His listing was changed October 21 from Undisclosed to illness. That same day, HoopsRumors reported the Warriors are exploring trade avenues for him and that the Bucks are among the teams they have contacted.
Roster business closed out. On October 18, Alex Toohey, Dalen Terry and Tyler Burton all left the team. That settles the Terry waiver plan reported October 16. Burton had joined only on October 12.
Two items have not moved. Gui Santos has no new listing since his left knee issue on October 16. Curry's two-year deal, finalized September 25, and Podziemski's five-year extension, agreed October 10, still have no reported salary or option figures.
Open storylines
as of Sun, Oct 25Golden State has lost both games it has played, and the West standings have it 13th.
Podziemski, Horford and Green were all listed Out with back issues, the latter two on October 24.
HoopsRumors reported October 21 that the Warriors are exploring trades and have contacted the Bucks.
He was listed Out for rest on October 24 after an ankle and knee scare October 18.
Listed Out, then day-to-day, repeatedly since October 19, and again day-to-day October 24.
The projection
all 30 teams →The season depends most on Jimmy Butler III (8.0 wins without him), Moses Moody (4.4 wins without him), Stephen Curry (4.2 wins without him), Kristaps Porzingis (3.1 wins without him) and Gui Santos (1.9 wins without him): on/off from 2026-27, details under Injuries. Computed Sun, Oct 25; the method is on the methods page.
The race
Western Conference · 79 games leftNext 5: at Nuggets50%at Timberwolves100%vs Lakers100%vs Clippers50%vs Suns50%opponents win 70% of their games on average
Standings and games back are from the official table; the pace is the current record carried over 82 games, nothing more.
Day by day
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The franchise
Every season since the start →Public record →Nowupdated 2026-10-19
Steve Kerr enters his twelfth season as head coach, the only one the Warriors have had since 2014, with a core still built around Stephen Curry (38, his 17th year) and Draymond Green (36, his 14th), joined by Jimmy Butler III, Kristaps Porziņģis, Brandin Podziemski, Moses Moody and De'Anthony Melton. Last season the team went 37-45, finishing 20th in net rating at -0.5, 19th on offense and 16th on defense, playing at a pace of 100.05. Golden State sits at $223.3 million in payroll across 17 contracts, above the $221.7 million second apron and past the $200.4 million luxury tax line and the $165.0 million salary cap, which limits what the front office can do in trades or free agency. The Warriors hold their own first-round picks in 2027, 2028 and 2029, but owe a 2029 second-rounder to Brooklyn and a protected 2030 first and conditional second to Memphis. The summer's biggest move was retention, not change: the Warriors locked up Stephen Curry and Brandin Podziemski on new extensions rather than making outside additions. Roster movement otherwise stayed at the margins — Tyler Burton, Miles Kelly, Graham Ike and others cycling on and off two-way deals, with Dalen Terry reportedly set to be waived. The preseason record is 4-2 entering the year.
Identity and rivalries139 words
The Warriors still carry themselves like the team that won four titles in eight years under Kerr, built on ball movement and three-point shooting out of the Curry-Thompson-Green era, and capped by a seventh championship in 2022 over the Celtics. The Cleveland Cavaliers remain the measuring stick from three straight Finals meetings between 2015 and 2017, including the 3-1 collapse in 2016 and the sweep that followed in 2018. The Lakers have become the newer rival, from the 2021 play-in loss that ended that season to the 2023 conference semifinal defeat; Golden State beat Los Angeles 101-89 in this preseason, with Podziemski scoring 17. With Curry and Green now in their late 30s and Butler, Porziņģis and the Podziemski-Moody group representing the next phase, every one of these games carries the question of how much contending window is left.
Home, owners and numbers99 words
The Warriors play at Chase Center, an arena planned to seat about 18,000 that opened October 24, 2019, in Mission Bay, San Francisco, after a purchase process that began in 2014. Naming rights went to JPMorgan Chase. The move to San Francisco ended 47 seasons across the bay in Oakland, home of the "We Believe" era the team still honors in its uniforms. Ownership has included Chamath Palihapitiya, a part-owner who drew public criticism from the team in January 2022 after comments about the persecution of Uyghurs in China, with the Warriors saying his views don't reflect the organization's.
What they are chasing108 words
The Warriors are chasing a return to the contention that produced their 2022 title, even as the roster ages around Curry and Green. The most pressing question is Kristaps Porziņģis, out indefinitely since September 28 and officially listed Out on October 16 with the cause marked Undisclosed/Other — fans are left guessing what the issue even is. The other open argument is money: Curry's two-year extension, finalized September 25, and Podziemski's five-year extension, agreed October 10, are signed but still carry no reported salary or option terms. Steve Kerr says Curry is "fine" after an injury scare at practice, but with this group, every scare raises the stakes.
The long view577 words
The Warriors were founded in 1946 in Philadelphia as a charter member of the Basketball Association of America, owned by Peter A. Tyrrell and run by coach and general manager Eddie Gottlieb, who bought the team outright in 1951. They won the league's first championship in 1946-47 over the Chicago Stags, four games to one, behind Joe Fulks, and won again in 1955-56 over the Fort Wayne Pistons, four games to one, led by Hall of Famers Paul Arizin, Tom Gola, and Neil Johnston.
In 1959 the team signed Wilt Chamberlain, who scored 100 points against the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962, in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Later that year Franklin Mieuli bought a majority stake and moved the team to the Bay Area as the San Francisco Warriors, playing at the Cow Palace and then the San Francisco Civic Auditorium. After drafting Nate Thurmond, they lost the 1964 Finals to the Boston Celtics, four games to one, then traded Chamberlain to the Philadelphia 76ers for Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer, Paul Neumann, and $150,000, finishing 17-63.
The 1965 draft brought Rookie of the Year Rick Barry, who led the team to a Finals loss to the 76ers in 1967, four games to two. Barry left for the ABA's Oakland Oaks in 1967-68 and returned in 1972. The franchise became the Golden State Warriors before the 1971-72 season and settled at Oakland Arena. In 1974-75, coached by Al Attles and led by Finals MVP Barry and Jamaal Wilkes, they swept the Washington Bullets, four games to none, for the title. The next season they went 59-23, the league's best record, but lost to the 42-40 Phoenix Suns in seven games.
The team struggled from 1978 to 1987 despite drafting Purvis Short, Joe Barry Carroll, and Robert Parish, and trading for Bernard King, Micheal Ray Richardson, and Eric "Sleepy" Floyd. Floyd's 51-point second half against the Lakers in the 1987 playoffs set NBA records of 29 points in a quarter and 39 in a half. Under Don Nelson, Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, and Chris Mullin formed "Run TMC," and Chris Webber won Rookie of the Year in 1993-94 alongside Latrell Sprewell before a rift with Nelson broke up the roster. Owner Chris Cohan took over in 1994-95; the team drafted Joe Smith, endured the Sprewell-P. J. Carlesimo choking incident, and rebuilt around Jason Richardson, Antawn Jamison, and Gilbert Arenas, losing Arenas after 2002-03. Robert Rowell became president in 2003, Chris Mullin became executive vice president, and the team drafted Andris Biedriņš and traded for Baron Davis in 2005.
Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green brought the title back in 2015. In 2016 the Warriors went 73-9, the best regular-season record ever, but lost the Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers in seven games after leading three games to one. Kevin Durant joined and the team won back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018, lost the 2019 Finals to the Toronto Raptors, and Durant departed. After two years out of the playoffs, they beat the Boston Celtics in the 2022 Finals.
Known as the "Dubs," the Warriors hold records for best regular season, most combined regular-season and postseason wins, and best postseason run. Curry and Thompson are regarded as one of the greatest backcourts ever, and the franchise ranks third in championships and Finals appearances behind the Lakers and Celtics. Chamberlain and Curry are the only Warriors to win MVP, combining for three awards. The team now plays at Chase Center.