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OAKLAND – As they sat together and chatted, Warriors majority owner Joe Lacob and Warriors forward Draymond Green also kept their eyes fixated on the court.

The reason for their attentiveness: the Warriors finished another pre-draft workout on Tuesday in hopes that gives them clarity on who they will select No. 28 in the NBA Draft on Thursday. Green’s presence offered a reminder to those prospects that the former No. 35 pick in 2012 bloomed into an All-Star. Lacob’s presence conveyed the importance that the team holds this pick even if it already has a sturdy championship foundation.

“It’s the best chance to build a team and try to shore up needs,” Warriors general manager Bob Myers said. “It has youth. It has potential. That’s how you keep your window open longer. It’s harder to do, though, when you’re drafting late first or in the second [round]. But you may get lucky and get a Draymond. You never know. These picks matter. We take it very seriously.”

The Warriors might already have enough All-Star talent in Green, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson. But they have limited resources to upgrade their roster this offseason, including a mid-level exception ($5.2 million), a biannual exception ($3.3 million) and veteran’s minimum deals. Therefore, the Warriors’ No. 28 pick might mark their best chance to add more bench depth. To subscribe to the Planet Dubs podcast click here.

With a draft class that Myers considered “pretty deep,” the Warriors will have to weigh if they want to add more wing players after fielding six players last season that played at center.

“Our philosophy is usually just to take the best guy we can. But we probably have more bigs than wings, at least young bigs on our roster,” Myers said. “That doesn’t mean it will go that direction. Some of it depends at 28, you’re at the mercy at what happens above you. What we’ve always done is we think whoever rates the highest on our board, we’ll take. If we don’t get the position we want, we’ll try to shore that up in free agency.”

The Warriors hosted pre-draft workouts on Tuesday, which included Xavier senior forward Trevon Bluiett, Cincinnati senior forward Gary Clark, Notre Dame senior forward Bonzie Colson, Oregon senior forward MiKyle McIntosh, Kansas senior guard Svi Mykhailuk and Seton Hall senior forward Desi Rodriguez. The Warriors will then have one last workout on Wednesday with Kentucky shooting guard Hamidou Diallo, Cincinnati shooting guard Jacob Evans, North Carolina State shooting guard Allerik Freeman, Virginia shooting guard Devon Hall, Duke shooting guard Gary Trent Jr. and Central Arkansas point guard Jordan Howard.

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Then, the Warriors’ work will only get busier.

After the Warriors bought the No. 38 pick for two consecutive years, Myers said “that’s something we certainly would look at” and joked he wanted to buy three or four of them. Warriors assistant general manager Larry Harris added, “our job in the next 48 hours is trying to find who the first 27 picks are.”

“We’re a championship team and are looking for players that can come in and help us play,” Harris said. “That’s not to say we wouldn’t take a guy who has upside or maybe a little bit younger. When it comes down to it, character and IQ are very important for us.”

The Warriors also consider it important that the No. 28 pick can provide a few other qualities, too.

“We need a guy who is committed on the defensive end. We can’t have just a matador defender. We need a guy who at least knows in order to get on the floor with us, we can find ways to score the basketball, but you need to be able to defend your position,” Harris said. “The way the NBA game is being played right now with so much switching and everything, one of the things we factor in looking at a guy is to determine what position he’s going to play and can he switch onto point guards.”

The Warriors have implemented defensive drills in their pre-draft workouts for two reasons.

Myers hinted the Warriors will select a pick assuming they will lose any combination of their pending free agents, including centers Zaza Pachulia, JaVale McGee and David West as well as forwards Nick Young, Kevon Looney and Patrick McCaw. The Warriors also have plenty of star players who can score, including Curry, Durant and Thompson.

“I’m the first to say we don’t get a lot of bench scoring. But we have a lot of scoring in our main guys,” Myers said. “I’d love to have both. But if a player can score and defend his position, usually they’re gone before we pick or in free agency and should get paid for what they get paid. If you can defend and you’re surrounded by scoring, you can play.”

Hence, the Warriors, including Lacob and Green, observed closely on which prospects could do that. It might influence whom the Warriors select at No. 28.

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