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Let's play a game... Ranking the Warriors assets- Countdown to #1 (a series). Part 1: the idea (and the first cut)



In my boredom waiting for the season to begin, I began visiting other teams' SB Nation pages, and I found this idea on Brew Hoop. It seems like a fun exercise, and I hope it will lead to some intriguing discussion.

The idea is to cut players/assets from the roster until we are left with only our most valuable asset. I say assets because I am including the 2015 first round pick in the exercise. We don't have a second round pick this year (or any year until 2019, for those keeping track), so that's not an available asset. Salary, years left, skill, potential, injury history, projected draft order, and whatever else you want to use to make your selections are all part of the consideration.

I am also only including players with guaranteed contracts, meaning Watt, McAdoo, and Craft are left out of the conversation. As of today, we have 14 players and a first round pick to consider.

Those players are (in no particular order):

Curry, Thompson, Livingston, Barbosa, Nedovic, Rush, Iguodala, Green, Barnes, Lee, Speights, Bogut, Ezeli, Kuzmic... and don't forget our 2015 first round pick!

So pick your LEAST valuable asset, and I'll do a follow up in a day or two with an updated poll.

This FanPost is a submission from a member of the mighty Golden State of Mind community. While we're all here to throw up that W, these words do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSoM Crew. Still, chances are the preceding post is Unstoppable Baby!