In today’s Dub Hub:
- Arizona guard Brayden Burries is the latest prospect linked to the Warriors in this week’s NBA mock draft roundup.
- The Athletic’s NBA player tiers for the 2025-26 regular season drops Steph Curry to Tier 2.
- Knicks sweep the Cavs to advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.
As the postseason draws closer to an end, the attention shifts toward the NBA Draft less than a month away. The Golden State Warriors, armed with the No. 11 pick in this year’s draft, have multiple needs to address on their roster. With that in mind, here is a roundup of projected picks for Golden State from draft experts across the web:
- ClutchPoints’ Brett Siegel: Brayden Burries, Arizona, Shooting Guard
- ESPN’s Jeremy Woo: Brayden Burries, Arizona, Shooting Guard
- NBC Sports Bay Area’s Dalton Johnson: Cameron Carr, Baylor, Wing
- Bleacher Report’s Jonathan Wasserman: Brayden Burries, Arizona, Shooting Guard
- The Ringer’s J. Kyle Mann: LaBaron Philon Jr., Alabama, Guard
- NBA’s Ben Couch: Nate Ament, Tennessee, Forward
- Tankathon: Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan, Forward
- Yahoo Sports’ Kevin O’ Connor: Hannes Steinbach, Washington, Power Forward
- CBS Sports’ Adam Finkelstein: Aday Mara, Michigan, Center
- USA Today’s Microsoft Copilot AI: Brayden Burries, Arizona, Shooting Guard
- SB Nation’s Ricko O’Donnell: Hannes Steinbach, Washington, Power Forward
One of the newer names linked to the Warriors is Arizona’s Brayden Burries. The 20-year-old guard averaged 16.1 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game as a freshman
while shooting 49.1% from the field and 39.1% from three-point range. He played in 39 games during his lone college season, helping lead the Wildcats to a Final Four appearance. Here is what ClutchPoints reporter Brett Siegel had to say about his fit with the Warriors: Via ClutchPoints:
If the Dubs do keep this pick, sources said the franchise will be prioritizing talents ready to play immediately during their rookie season. The Warriors do not want to run into another James Wiseman or Jonathan Kuminga situation with this draft pick. Brayden Burries is among several prospects the Warriors have been scouting and gathering more information on since the start of 2026, along with Yaxel Lendeborg, Morez Johnson Jr., Karim Lopez, Nate Ament, Darius Acuff Jr., Hannes Steinbach, and Cameron Carr.
Burries has taken a major step up a lot of teams’ draft boards lately due to his high IQ, versatility on defense, and ability to wear multiple hats alongside star players. Golden State will still look to make a major upgrade this offseason, but sources say the team is comfortable with the idea of keeping this pick and setting up its future. If any player fits this description, it’s Burries, and coming from Arizona would make Steve Kerr happy.
Burries would be an intriguing addition to a Warriors team searching for a guard with reliable scoring and defense alongside Stephen Curry. He would also bring solid size and athleticism to their backcourt while helping Golden State get younger around its veteran core.
For more on this and other news around the NBA, here is our latest news round-up for Tuesday, May 26th:
Warriors News:
2026 NBA Mock Draft 2.0: Latest AJ Dybantsa vs. Darryn Peterson intel, all 60 picks post-combine | ClutchPoints
54. Golden State Warriors – SG Emanuel Sharp – Houston, Senior
Emanuel Sharp was one of a handful of players the Warriors recently got a look at in a pre-draft workout featuring several second-round-rated prospects. At Houston, Sharp knocked down 309 threes in his career. The Warriors have always had a lot of luck drafting experienced collegiate shooters late in the second round, and Sharp could be yet another. Aaron Nkrumah, who was a standout at the NBA Draft Combine, is another player worth keeping an eye on for the Warriors in the second round of this year’s draft.
NBA player tiers 2026: LeBron James, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant slide to Tier 2 | The Athletic
There’s no more appropriate place to start than with point guards Jalen Brunson and Stephen Curry, the latter of whom has been a mainstay in Tier 1 — until now.
Curry posted one of the worst assist-to-turnover ratios among starting point guards (1.68), his team has missed the playoffs two of the last three seasons and Golden State has been a top-five seed in the Western Conference only once since Kevin Durant left in 2019. Much of that has to do with the quality of Curry’s teammates. He is still a top-tier scorer, bending defenses with his movement and shooting threat. He still gets to the free-throw line like a star, averaging 5.1 attempts per game, and he continues to hold up defensively, averaging 1.1 steals per game. But his 3.6 rebounds per game were a 14-year low. If Curry played enough games to qualify, he would have led the NBA in made 3s at 4.4 per game. But he is 38 years old and missed nearly half of this season with a knee issue after suffering a hamstring strain in the 2025 playoffs.
Knicks’ coach Mike Brown compares Jalen Brunson’s leadership to Steph Curry
NBA News:
Knicks sweep Cavs, return to NBA Finals for 1st time since 1999 | ESPN
Not even those 1972-73 Knicks can boast they were on the type of roll these Knicks are on. In the midst of an 11-game winning streak, they’ve outscored their opponents — Atlanta, Philadelphia and Cleveland — by a total of 262 points, the best point differential across 11 games during any point in NBA history, regular season or playoffs.
That’s better than the post-Millennium gold standard, the 2017 Golden State Warriors of Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant, and the 2001 Los Angeles Lakers co-headlined by Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant.
Complete list of All-NBA teams for the 2025-26 regular season
In case you missed it at Golden State of Mind:
Report: Warriors eyeing Anfernee Simons or Collin Sexton in free agency
It’s easy to see how either Simons or Sexton would fit with the Warriors. Both players are excellent scorers who can also space the floor as shooters. They could lead Golden State’s offensive attack when Curry is out and seemingly fit in well alongside him as well. It’s a role that Jordan Poole excelled in with the team, especially in the 2022 championship run, and one that the team has been unable to fill since.
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