Swingman Kelly Oubre Jr. started off his first season with the Golden State Warriors struggling from the field. He has since turned things around and is now seen as a critical part of the team's relative success. For Warriors president of basketball operations Bob Myers, Oubre is part of their long-term plans.

Per Josh Schrock of NBC Sports, Myers confirmed that they would love to have Oubre back for the long-term. Oubre, 25, will become a restricted free agent this season. Analysts expect several teams to court the swingman but the Warriors own his Bird Rights.

“But Kelly has been great. Without him, I know we wouldn't be as good record-wise or as fun or as good of a defense or have as high of a defensive rating. He brings great energy and we've seen his evolvement through the last month or so and it's just been tremendous. So, yeah, we love him. We'd love to have him continue with us and we hope we can figure that out. But, at the same time, it's fun to watch — again, this is the cycle of the NBA. Every game, it's almost like people are day trading, right? It's not rational. So even when he was missing all these shots, it's not like he's going to go 0-for-50. But a lot of people watching and evaluating are probably sitting there going, ‘He's never going to make a shot.'

Myers was referring to Oubre's early-season struggles where he averaged 12.0 points per game on 37.1 percent from the field and 22.7 percent from 3-point range through the first 20 games. However, Oubre turned things around in February and averaged 20.1 points per game while shooting 50.2 percent from the field and 40.3 percent from deep and could be a member of the Warriors in the future.