In an interview with the French website BasketUSA.com, Golden State Warriors director of basketball operations Kirk Lacob said the franchise had passed on the chance to deal center Andris Biedrins to Houston for a package built around Jordan Hill and Hasheem Thabeet.

With a new ownership group, a new head coach in Mark Jackson and long-time NBA personnel guru Jerry West now in the fold, the fate of many of Golden State's longest-tenured players is still unknown.