A new piece of league chatter is trying to connect two very different pursuits under one Golden State umbrella: the Warriors’ long-standing interest in Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo, and the WNBA’s Golden State Valkyries potentially taking a swing at four-time MVP A’ja Wilson in free agency.
Brett Siegel reported that Golden State’s WNBA franchise plans to pursue Wilson and that Adebayo remains a player the Warriors have tracked, adding that the idea is worth monitoring because Wilson and Adebayo are a high-profile couple.
The most important context is contractual. Wilson is indeed a record four-time WNBA MVP, with her fourth award coming in 2025. She has also been widely covered as a top-name free agent in the WNBA’s current offseason, which has been complicated by labor uncertainty and timing around the league’s CBA negotiations and free-agency mechanics. In other words: it’s plausible that the Valkyries would want to chase a franchise-defining star; the question is what free agency will actually look like and when it will truly open.
Adebayo’s side is different. Whatever “interest” exists would almost certainly be trade-based, because Adebayo has been under long-term contract with Miami and is the sort of player teams rarely move without a major reset. So even if the Warriors are intrigued, and Siegel’s report suggests they are, the realistic pathway is far more complicated than simply “signing him.”
That’s why the coupling angle is doing extra work here. Wilson and Adebayo have been publicly linked as a couple, and stories around them have circulated since at least 2025. The report essentially frames Golden State’s dual interest as a potential two-franchise recruitment pitch: one superstar for the WNBA team, one star-level big for the NBA team, both in the same market.
Right now, though, it remains what it is: a report worth tracking, not an outcome. The Valkyries’ ability to chase a headliner like Wilson depends on the evolving WNBA offseason structure and labor timeline. The Warriors’ ability to get Adebayo would depend on Miami’s direction and Golden State’s willingness to build a trade offer around a core piece. Until those conditions change, the “Bay Area power couple takeover” is less prediction than conversation starter, one that just happens to combine two of basketball’s biggest names across two leagues.
