Warriors GM: We'll be 'good partners' with NBA if season resumes

The Golden State Warriors will be full and willing participants if there's still a regular season to play.

Contrary to comments made by head coach Steve Kerr, who said in April that it felt like the Warriors' season was already over, general manager Bob Myers said Friday the team will cooperate thoroughly with any plan to return to action despite having little left to play for this year.

"The truth is we have the worst record in the league. That's a fact," he said, according to ESPN's Ramona Shelburne. "It's hard to motivate in our unique position. But that doesn't mean players don't have pride and won't come back and play and care about the league as a whole. We want to be good partners and we will be good partners."

The Warriors were already mathematically eliminated from the postseason when the league suspended the 2019-20 campaign in March. They are the only team guaranteed to miss the playoffs this year, marking the first time they won't appear since 2012. As a result, Kerr mentioned last month that he and his coaching staff had already shifted their focus toward the offseason.

Myers said he's had conversations with Kerr about how the Warriors intend to change their game ahead of next season.

"So as we wait, we're taking a step back and analyzing, 'What are we doing right?" he said. "What are we doing wrong? How do we want to play offensively? How do we want to play defensively?'

"That's been a breath of fresh air, just to talk to Steve, in some space."

Myers cited a desire to see star Stephen Curry share the floor with Andrew Wiggins as a reason for the team to play out the rest of its schedule. Golden State acquired Wiggins in February in exchange for D'Angelo Russell, but he played in just one game alongside Curry before the hiatus began.