Overview

• The Warriors halted sign-and-trade talks after rejecting proposals from Sacramento and Phoenix as too low in value.
• Rejected packages featured players like Malik Monk and Devin Carter alongside protected picks, reflecting Golden State’s high return demands.
• The franchise will not include Moses Moody or Buddy Hield in any deal to avoid hard-cap apron constraints.
• Verbal free-agency agreements with Al Horford, De’Anthony Melton and Gary Payton II remain frozen until Kuminga commits to an extension or opts into his $7.9 million qualifying offer.
• The team faces an October 1 deadline for Kuminga to decide, a move that will dictate the resumption of its free-agent signings and multi-team trade concepts.