Former Golden State member DeMarcus Cousins has taken aim at the Warriors’ front office, accusing general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. of failing to build a roster capable of maximising Steph Curry’s remaining years.
Curry continues to lead the Warriors at this later stage of his career, but Cousins believes the organisation has not done enough to give the four-time NBA champion a genuine chance to compete for another title. Particularly after seeing their first few games of the season, where they went 0-3.
“And it’s unfortunate, because I think Steph [Curry] has so much more greatness to give, even at this point in his career,” Cousins said n Run It Back. “I don’t feel like the front office is believing in Steph the way everybody in the world believes in Steph. And I think the evidence is pretty apparent.
“I’ll go on the record and say I think Dunleavy has done a s–t job as far as putting a roster around Steph Curry. Why this guy still has a job? I’ll never know. Obviously, I don’t have that privilege in life.”
Cousins also alluded to the system that the team runs, and labeled it “outdated”, claiming it doesn’t work in today’s modern NBA.
“I think he’s done a horrible job as far as putting a good group around him,” Cousins said. “They’re still running the same outdated system as far as going extremely small. I think the other night Steve Kerr put in a lineup, and the tallest guy on the floor was [6-foot-6]. It doesn’t work anymore. The system is outdated…So, it sucks to see Steph kind of go out on this limb. I feel like he has a lot more greatness to give.”
The most exciting thing the team did was draft Yaxel Lendeborg at No.11 overall, who has showed signs of promise in his opening games of the season.