As prices rise, so do the Warriors.
Ultimately, that lack of desperation will likely bring about a quiet trade deadline for the Dubs. Desperation is the driving factor of trades when the clock is ticking. Teams feeling pressure give up that additional first-round pick or toss in that young prospect they want to keep. They overpay, hoping that the short-term gains of any move will seriously outweigh the long-term costs.
But are the Dubs going to part ways with first-round picks — or, in the case of the first two options, multiple — to land those bench upgrades?The likelihood is that they won’t be. Those late first-round picks are cheap labor for a team looking to cut costs on the ends of the roster — lest it pays half a billion dollars in payroll next season.The Dubs’ toughest player to trade — James Wiseman — is also the team’s most likely player to be traded.
They’re selling low on Wiseman, but hoping another team buys into Wiseman’s already expensive contract and allegedly high upside . It will take a true Goldilocks situation for the Warriors to make such a move. If you know a team that could be a partner in a trade, there’s a basketball operations department in San Francisco that would love to hear that feedback.
Since I don’t — and it sounds like the Warriors’ front office doesn’t, either. — as of 12:01 p.m. on Feb. 9, I expect this team to look the same.
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