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Called Shots →Brandin Podziemski, Gui Santos and Will Richard combine for more total regular-season minutes for the Golden State Warriors in 2026-27 than Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler and Kristaps Porzingis do.
Will Richard starts at least 30 regular-season games for the Golden State Warriors in 2026-27.
Stephen Curry plays in three or fewer of the second games of the 15 back-to-backs on Golden State's 2026-27 regular-season schedule as dated on October 16, 2026 (October 24, November 2, November 19, December 23, December 28, January 7, January 13, January 22, January 28, February 10, March 2, March 10, March 17, March 25 and April 9). 'Plays' means any regular-season minutes in ESPN's box score. A back-to-back created later by the two undated games does not count.
Will Richard is in Golden State's starting five against the Miami Heat at Chase Center on Thursday, November 5, 2026, by ESPN's box score for event 401909937. If the game is not played that night, VOID.
Georges Niang plays at least 110 total minutes in Golden State's five games from New Orleans on Monday, November 9, 2026, through Dallas on Wednesday, November 18, 2026 (vs NOP, at HOU, at SAS, at NOP, at DAL), summing the whole-number minutes in ESPN's box score for each game. A game he does not play counts as zero. If any of the five is postponed past November 18, VOID.
On December 16, 2026, Basketball-Reference's 2026-27 on-off page for Yaxel Lendeborg shows an On-Off figure in the Difference block's ORtg column (the +/- per 100 possessions On minus Off value, which read -33.1 on November 9) better than -15.0, that is, a value greater than -15.0, covering Golden State's games played through December 15, 2026. If the page is not updated through December 15 when read on December 16, read it on the first later day it is, through December 20; if still not, VOID. If Lendeborg has not played in at least 10 of Golden State's games from November 9 through December 15, VOID.
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Richard's thumb opens a starting job, and Niang keeps winning from the bench
Golden State beat Phoenix, Miami and Orlando from November 2 to November 7 by a combined 30 points. Georges Niang came off the bench in all three, played just under 70 minutes and was plus 49, tied with Stephen Curry for the team's best. The starting five of Curry, Draymond Green, Yaxel Lendeborg, Brandin Podziemski and Will Richard was outscored by 25 in 13.5 minutes across Richard's two starts. Richard has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb and is out against New Orleans on Monday, November 9, with no timetable; Gui Santos is listed as probable.
The Warriors Are Counting On The Three Men Who Played The Most Minutes On A 37-45 Team
Steve Kerr told the Tom Tolbert Show on Friday that Golden State tried to get younger this offseason and could not, that nothing offered to the club made sense to him, and that depth is now the answer. He said the back end of the roster, including the two-way players, has to hold the fort until Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody return in the second half. Golden State's published schedule lists 80 regular-season games with dates, and 47 of them fall before February. The men Kerr named already carried the largest share of last season's minutes: Brandin Podziemski led the team at 2,333, and Gui Santos and Will Richard were fourth and fifth. Stephen Curry was sixth and Butler eighth. That arrangement produced 37 wins and 45 losses. Butler turns 37 on September 14 and is listed OUT. Two takes filed, on minutes and on Richard's starts.
Stephen Curry Played Ten Games Without Jimmy Butler Last Season. Golden State Went 4-6.
Golden State's 37-45 season splits four ways by who was available. With Curry and Butler both playing, the Warriors were 20-13 across 33 games. With neither, they were 10-24 across 34. The condition they open the 2026-27 season in, Curry available and Butler not, happened ten times last season and produced a 4-6 record. Butler is not expected back before early 2027 and Moody has no club timeline, which leaves 31.1 minutes a night at small forward and 25.7 at guard to be covered by Gui Santos, Will Richard, Brandin Podziemski, De'Anthony Melton and a rookie the club drafted eleventh. Two takes filed, on Yaxel Lendeborg's opening-night role and on how much of the season Butler plays.