Warriors have ‘everyone but Steph’ trade deadline approach
Report: Warriors have ‘everyone but Steph’ trade deadline approach originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
As the Warriors continue to be tied to several trade rumors, NBA fans often have the same reaction: “Who are they willing to trade?”
Well, apparently, everyone — except Steph Curry, of course.
“The mindset in Golden State right now is everyone but Steph Curry is on the table,” The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported Thursday morning on FanDuel’s “Run it Back.” “That’s their mindset. Now, realistically, there’s an asterisk, right? Klay Thompson, would they want to keep him long-term and keep him in Golden State? I think that’s been their hope. They have not been able to reach a contract extension with him. And Draymond Green just got back from a [suspension]. Those have been the three core guys in the front office.
“They’re big fans of Jonathan Kuminga, big fans of Brandin Podziemski, they’re big fans of Trayce Jackson-Davis. But [Andrew] Wiggins and everyone else on that roster has to be in play for this team. Two blowout losses in a row. They haven’t even been close in those games. So they’re going to be looking to make moves.”
Two days after being booed by Chase Center fans in its loss to the Toronto Raptors, Golden State once again received the same reaction from Dub Nation on Wednesday night after a 141-105 blowout loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.
After Wednesday’s shameful loss, Curry hinted at the idea of change and, per Charania, the Warriors are willing to clean house. But Charania also reported a few setbacks are keeping the Warriors from just trading for anybody, and these are some looming decisions around Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who’s in the final year of his contract.
“The problem also is you want to make moves, you want to be aggressive, but from what I’m told, they don’t want to take long-term money back,” Charania said. “They don’t want to take another massive contract back. So you think about a guy like [Chicago Bulls guard] Zach Lavine…
