I haven’t checked their pick status, but yes, they might be as good as any team for getting back premium draft picks.
Does Lauri Get Traded?
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I guess that's doable. If WAS are not cowards, they will be getting at least one real first out of this. It would make sense for UTA to send them one of the MIN/CLE (protected in some way) picks to get it done. Small price to pay to open a lot of trade opportunity.
If GSW traded for Lauri they would have to wait to extend him, correct?
It seems possible that they swing for Lauri and then still lose him in free agency next year.
It seems possible that they swing for Lauri and then still lose him in free agency next year.
Bawse Dawg
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So we just don't trade him then.
The only reason our hand should feel forced is if he comes and says he wants to be traded before the season starts. And in that case you get a better offer than that Dubs one.
David Stern
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The argument isn’t that a 39 year old Steph will be incredible, the argument is that the owner has allowed them to flip the roster pretty aggressively because he’s been willing to foot the bill. I’m way more confident that Golden State would be a desirable free agent destination in five years than somewhere like Minnesota, simply due to the resources that ownership has been willing to pour into that roster over the last decade plus.
I don’t know about the idea of anyone further compensating Washington for also making their 2030 GSW pick immensely better. They should just rush to approve the trade before GSW got any smarter.
What GSW can trade if they released protections on their 2030 pick (bearing in mind Stepien):
2025 swap
2026 pick (or swap)
2027 pick (or swap)
2028 pick (or swap)
2029 swap
2031 swap
So they can trade two picks and four swaps. They also have some nice young players, but… yeah, IDK, seems pretty thin to me.
That's correct, they can only give him 5% raise which is not enough. Makes trading him a little more difficult. I'm also pretty sure that only the Jazz can R+E him. Don't think that's available for other teams with space.
You can't just unprotect the pick...you have to take the pick back entirely. If you unprotect the pick, 29 and 31 cannot be traded. GSW must own 30 to make it work.
What?
6 months, timing would take him past the deadline so next summer would be the soonest we can trade him.
It is available but they would have to go into the season with enough cap space to do it.