The Golden State Warriors are interested in re-signing free agent Gary Payton II, a key piece of their 2022 championship-winning team. However, the Warriors are reportedly in a bidding war with four other teams — the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns and Miami Heat — for Payton’s services.

As the "staring contest" between the Golden State Warriors and restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga continues to drag on, there doesn't appear to be an end in sight despite interest from multiple other clubs.

San Francisco Standard reporter Tim Kawakami broke the news on Friday morning, indicating that the team wants to maintain its assets just in case The Greek Freak winds up wanting out of Milwaukee. Of course, Antetokounmpo is planning to stay in Milwaukee, where he's spent the entirety of his career.

As the Warriors weigh their next steps, a new trade pitch offers a high-scoring guard in exchange for Kuminga.

The NBA Draft was a month ago, most major free-agent deals have been done for three weeks and summer league is in the books. (Congratulations to Kon Knueppel, K.J. Simpson and the rest of the Summer Hornets by the way -- those rings are pretty nice.

Free-agent guard De'Anthony Melton is being linked to the Golden State Warriors after previous reports connected him to the Los Angeles Lakers, The Athletic's <a href=" Aldridge, Josh Robbins and Dan Woike reported on Saturday.