“It Would Feel Like a Summer League”: Golden State Warriors’ Coach Updates on Team’s Plans for NBA’s Second Bubble in Chicago

When the NBA announced their 22-team format for the return in Orlando, the other eight teams were dejected. But later, talks of another bubble in Chicago emerged. This would be exclusively for the eight teams who didn’t qualify for Orlando. The details haven’t been finalized yet, but the Golden State Warriors have already planned for it.

On The Athletic’s “Hoops, Adjacent” podcast, David Aldridge asked Coach Steve Kerr if the Warriors team would feature just the younger players. Kerr replied, “We really haven’t had a chance to talk about it, but I think those are pretty good assumptions to make. It would feel like a summer league. If we go to Chicago, it’s purely for development.”

Golden State Warriors expected training camps

Kerr said that the team expected training camps when they were not picked for the Orlando bubble. “Originally when it was announced that the 22 teams would go to Orlando, we felt like the other eight of us would probably be allowed to do some kind of an in-market training camp. And that is the most preferable scenario for us and, frankly, for most of the teams. But like everything else in the world, there are just so many factors here.

“I respect where the NBA is coming from, where the Players Association is coming from, where the guidelines are coming from, so this is really complex. We’re going to do whatever the league asks us to do. If that means going to Chicago for a bubble, then we’ll do it.”

This season, the Warriors have given a chance to many youngsters, in the absence of their star players. Jordan Poole, Eric Paschall, and Marquese Chriss are three youngsters who made the most out of the opportunities they got this season.

A bench is what the Warriors have lacked for a long time. Coach Kerr will be hoping these youngsters can carry their form into next season and be crucial role players. The Warriors will be determined to get their fear factor back after having the worst record this season. After losing the 2019 NBA Finals, Steph Curry and Klay Thompson will return, hungry for silverware, next year.