It was a relatively quiet offseason for the Golden State Warriors, even though the chatter was loud coming out of the playoffs.

The Warriors ended up re-signing Draymond Green, who declined his player option to give the Warriors cap flexibility, but signed for the same amount as his player option after the team failed to make any significant moves.

They also re-signed Kristaps Porzingis, who was acquired at the trade deadline from Atlanta, Al Horford, De’Anthony Melton, and Gary Payton II.

Despite being linked to LeBron James and trade rumors swirling around the names Anthony Davis and Jaylen Brown, the Warriors failed to make a major splash in free agency or via trade.

That left Kendrick Perkins miffed and peeved.

Speaking on ESPN, the former Boston Celtic exclaimed that Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy “has a damn job to do,” and implored him to sign Steph Curry to a contract extension and add talent around him.

Curry is eligible to sign a two-year, $137 million extension. He is in the final year of his contract, which pays him $62 million. Curry has publicly stated multiple times that he wants to remain in Golden State, the only team he’s played for as he goes into his 18th season.

Perkins said that the Warriors don’t have the option to wait on anything with Curry as he is in the twilight of his career and has been loyal to the Warriors. He said that he didn’t want to hear that the Warriors are “in the hunt” for top players, he wants Dunleavy to go out and get those players so the Warriors can compete with Curry, Draymond Green, and Steve Kerr.

It’s very easy to say that the Warriors need to go out and get players that help Curry. It’s more difficult to pull it off.

The Warriors had a deal to acquire Kevin Durant at the 2025 trade deadline. Durant nixed the deal.

They nearly acquired Paul George in the 2024 offseason, but the Clippers valued financial flexibility and opted to let George walk for nothing rather than take back contracts the Warriors were trying to give, which may or may not have included Jonathan Kuminga.

They pushed hard to acquire Kawhi Leonard over the past year, but the Clippers turned down their advances before sending Kawhi to Toronto, which was his preferred destination.

They did end up with Jimmy Butler in 2025, and results have been strong when he and Curry have been healthy.

Maybe they could’ve tried harder to get Anthony Davis this offseason, and maybe that would’ve led to LeBron signing with them. Would that have been a championship roster? No, and it would’ve limited their cap flexibility moving forward with Davis’ requested contract extension.

It’s easy to say “they should do this.” It’s tougher when other teams don’t want to do business or you have to think about the team past one season.