Warriors Roll Out Absurd Starting Lineup Featuring Curry, Green, and the Unknowns

Steve Kerr is throwing out a starting five on Wednesday that sounds like a randomly generated 2K Summer League roster. According to Underdog NBA, the Golden State Warriors will start Stephen Curry, De'Anthony Melton, Gui Santos, Lendeborg, and Draymond Green against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Seeing Curry and Green starting alongside Santos and Lendeborg is the kind of lineup you usually only get when a team is resting everyone for the playoffs or actively trying to get a front office fired. In this case, it is just the 2026 Warriors trying to survive their own depth chart.

"Underdog NBA reported the lineup alert: 'Warriors will start Curry, Melton, Santos, Lendeborg, Green on Wednesday.'"

De'Anthony Melton being back in the mix is a minor miracle considering his medical chart reads like a medieval battle casualty list. He has missed massive chunks of the last few seasons dealing with back, knee, and ACL issues. If he can actually stay on the floor, he gives Golden State some desperately needed NBA-level guard depth.

The reality of this rotation is grim but necessary. Yahoo Sports recently noted that Curry, Santos, and Lendeborg are somehow the best healthy offensive options this team has right now. Let that sink in. The franchise that broke basketball with the Hamptons Five is now relying on Gui Santos to space the floor for Draymond's dribble handoffs.

For anyone looking at player props or fantasy lineups, this chaotic rotation is a goldmine of usage rate spikes. Curry is going to have to shoot 30 times just to keep this offense afloat against Los Angeles, and Green's assist numbers might entirely depend on whether Lendeborg can finish at the rim.

We will see if this experiment actually works when they tip off against the Lakers. If the offense completely stalls out, expect Kerr to shuffle the deck yet again before the Memphis Grizzlies come to town this weekend.