Warriors in danger of losing star player after season?

The Golden State Warriors may find it more difficult than anticipated to keep their championship core together.

Klay Thompson is entering the final season of a five-year, $189.9M max contract extension he signed in 2019. Many have assumed the Warriors will continue to pay their massive luxury tax bill and do what it takes to extend Thompson, but ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski says the two sides are nowhere close to making that happen.

During Sunday’s edition of “NBA Countdown,” Wojnarowski said Thompson and the Warriors have made “absolutely no progress” toward an extension.

“They are both still apart on years and money. There’s a very real possibility that Klay Thompson goes into free agency next summer without a deal,” Wojnarowski said. “I think that’s where it gets complicated for Golden State and becomes something of a high-wire act, especially if Klay Thompson duplicates this year the kind of season he had last year. … I think for Golden State this has the chance to become the first real test of keeping that core of Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson.”