Forbes Sports analyst Patrick Murray on Warriors trade deadline options
Forbes Sports analyst Patrick Murray on Warriors trade deadline options
Mind on their money, money on their mind
Hey folks, we’re back with another LGW Vidcast, this time discussing the trade deadline possibilities with Forbes Sports analyst Patrick Murray. That deadline is right around the corner on March 25th.
Our old friend Patrick called in from London to chat with Duby Dub Dubs and I to flesh out some of the tricky details around the Golden State Warriors potential paths to contention via roster moves. There’s a lottt of financial concerns for the franchise to weigh alongside their goals to rebuild the dynasty, but the Dubs have deep pockets and big dreams.
Timestamps:
02:18 - Are the Warriors performing up to preseason expectations?
07:11 - Identifying current roster concerns
15:11 - Breaking down some decision paths the Dubs could use if trade hunting
20:04 - Examining how the exorbitant salary tax penalties could shape/restrict GSW’s front office moves
27:37 - Analyzing the Bradley Beal trade talk
34:12 - Wait do the Dubs HAVE to make a trade?
My big Question about the Ownership group:
Did they identify the first championship and the 73 win season as their main breadwinner or the Durant years?
With Bogut, Barnes, and Iguodala they had a combination of passing and defense that led to the Splash explosions leading to buzzsaw runs that were amazing and Steph had rockstar status touring the country. The term weaponized joy was bandied about.
Since then the Warriors have steadily valued chasing a superstar, and added non-passing bigs and wings over high IQ passers and have not found nearly as much joy.
Is it the Joy of movement and success or the power of overwhelming talent that will bring the Ownership group more $?
The main reason Wiggins will be a Warrior next year if Wiseman and the Minn pick are also Warriors is ego. There is no way the FO is going to be willing to take the heat of they have to give up draft picks to move off of Wiggins to save $. It would mean they traded Iguodala and a first, threw the team into a trash 15 win season that was awful even when Steph was on the floor, and had to eventually give up additional 1st round picks just to get off of the knee jerk DLo signing. They won’t be able to claim lightyears status based on doing all that for a 4-6 range pick from Minn. It would clearly be a massive L. And it would be locking in an L when winning a title the next couple years would turn it into a massive Win.