Will the Warriors' Bob Myers era come to an end Tuesday? - San Francisco Chronicle

This could be the week speculation regarding the future of Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers comes to an end.

Along with his tenure with the team.

Longtime NBA reporter Marc Stein said on Monday that he believes Myers — scheduled to speak to the media Tuesday — will state his intention to walk away from the franchise.

“I think this is it,” Stein wrote in his Substack column on Monday. “I sense Myers is poised to walk away from the lucrative offer Warriors owner Joe Lacob has put on the table. As we’ve covered in multiple recent pieces: Myers wouldn’t be exiting over money. It’s because he wants a break.”

Myers has led the Warriors’ front office since 2012. His contract expires June 30.

The Chronicle reported that the Myers, 48, has been extended multiple contract offers. League sources believe Lacob is willing to make Myers the highest-paid GM in the NBA.

Myers’ decision is the biggest among many the Warriors are facing this offseason. Draymond Green ($27.6 million) and Donte DiVincenzo ($4.7 million) have player options. Andre Iguodala, 39, has yet to retire after saying after the season that he intended to do so. JaMychal Green is an unrestricted free agent, while two-way-contract players Ty Jerome, Lester Quiñones and Anthony Lamb (who had his two-way deal converted before the playoffs) are restricted free agents.

Stephen Curry will turn 36 next season. He is the timeline. Although the Warriors fell two wins short of a Western Conference finals berth this season, anything short of a championship is considered a failure for the franchise. Continuing to build strong rosters around an aging Curry, maximizing his prime and continuing to stay in the championship conversation should be Golden State’s main objective. 

However, without Myers in the fold, making the right roster construction could become increasingly difficult.

The Warriors are anticipating a steep luxury-tax bill on top of payroll next season, combining for well over $400 million, with extensions for Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins taking effect. The league’s new CBA has potentially handcuffed Golden State, as the luxury cap apron is now set at $17.5 million above the luxury-tax line of $162 million. Teams that surpass that number lose their ability to sign free agents using the taxpayer mid-level exception. That’s how the Warriors were able to sign DiVincenzo last summer.

If the Warriors can’t find ways to trim salary, they will be limited to signing players via veteran-minimum deals. That’s a difficult spot to be in.

Managing an NBA team is an inexact science, but Myers’ ability to get it right more often than not has defined his tenure with Golden State and has placed him on a pedestal well above most general managers in the NBA. However, moves made by Myers last season leave more to be desired.

A commitment to Gary Payton II and the signings of Otto Porter Jr. and Nemanja Bjelica helped propel the Warriors to their fourth championship under Myers a year ago. However, the Warriors simply weren’t able to re-create that success this season. 

The plan to have Iguodala healthy and available come playoff time didn’t happen. The veteran forward was limited to eight regular-season games because of injuries and missed the postseason. He ate up the Warriors’ 15th roster spot, one that could’ve been used to convert Jerome — who was a productive backup point guard running the team’s second unit — to a standard NBA deal.

Lamb’s deal was converted ahead of the playoffs, but he averaged just 5.2 minutes per game in six postseason appearances. Kevin Love, Nerlens Noel, Patrick Beverly and Terrence Ross were all potential buyout candidates who could’ve helped the Warriors. Myers didn’t pull the trigger and decided to stand pat with the roster he had. 

Outside of Payton being re-acquired from Portland and shipping James Wiseman to Detroit, no significant roster moves were made. The team was too young, and Kevon Looney — at 6-foot-9 — was its tallest player. Both issues came into play in the postseason. 

Perhaps Myers will retain the responsibility of building Golden State’s roster into next season and beyond. There’s also a chance this is the end of the road for him. However, whether he stays, the team has to improve in order to reach its perennial goal of a championship. And doing so won’t get any easier. 

Reach C.J. Holmes: cj.holmes@sfchronicle.com

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