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Paccal Siakam and Christian Wood are my top two realistic trade targets tbh. Wood is a trade target that I don't really see many people talking about, but he would fit us perfectly giving us a stretch 5 next to Draymond thats also pretty young.

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https://youtu.be/CvVt43nCGuY

Wise reacting to some highlights. Pretty funny

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Oubre S/T + 14th to Portland for Covington/nurkic then go for batum/howard/Lou Williams

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Nope, nope and nope.

My working assumption is a 9-man rotation of Steph, Klay, Wiggins, Dray, Chris, Poole, JTA, Looney and Wiseman.

That’s taking the rotation that finished the season so strong, but with four big upgrades:

1. Klay instead of Bazemore

2. Lee instead of Mulder

3. Add Chriss (assuming vet min)

4. Add Wiseman

Let’s draft two of Barnes, Bouknight, Kispert, Mitchell, Wagner (Warrior-types who can provide immediate returns and grow their games over time) and round out the roster with Mills (who joins the rotation) on the MLE and vet minimums to Bazemore, GR3 or Burks. We’ll let Jessup, GP2, Paschall and Mannion battle for the final roster spots.

My presumptive “run it back” team is built to play Kerr-ball. It’s a team that’s likable, full of hustle and almost entirely home grown (or adopted as “our guys”). It’s a deep 10-man rotation with plenty of playable non-rotation players, so built to survive a normal amount of injuries. While they may not be a super team and overwhelming favorites, it’s a team that’s built to contend. Honestly, that checks all my boxes as a Warriors fan. Knowing that it will be a $400 million payroll obligation (by far the largest of any team), I won’t question ownership’s commitment to winning and I don’t think Curry will either.

Really importantly, it’s a team with a lot of youth and a bright future. Wiggins, Looney, JTA, Poole, Wiseman, #7 and #14 are all guys with a lot of potential to grow and become stars as the core guys play less minutes. They all have value in being guys the team can keep re-signing. Trading them away means only MLE and vet minimum guys for the foreseeable future given the salary commitments.

None of the proposed trades have shaken me off my position.

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Jul 2, 2021Liked by Duby Dub Dubs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjQVsJi6tM4

I know we're all eager to trade Wiggins away for a star but watching this makes me think "Wow, that's a pretty ideal starting SF for this team"

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Jul 2, 2021Liked by Duby Dub Dubs

That Siakam trade can't be real, there's no way the Raptors would do that. Complete no brainer if they throw in the #4 pick imo.

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I'd do either of the Dame trades. And I would consider the Siakam one mostly because of pick #4, but Toronto hangs up on the offer.

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No to all of these. Dame would be nice, but giving up all depth and all future prospects (Wise, Wigg, 2 picks) for him (or Siakam), just a bad idea.

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I'd pass on the TOR trade. The Warriors can just buy a fidget spinner instead of trading for Siakam. Same thing.

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Jul 2, 2021Liked by Duby Dub Dubs

FWIW, I don't think Lillard is ever coming to the Warriors because he just signed an extension a couple of years ago and is due a whole bunch of money over the next 4 years. Assuming Steph signs an extension, even if you toss in Wiggins and Wiseman to match his current salary, you would have about $150m tied up in Curry, Lillard, Thompson, and Green and end up paying the repeaters luxury tax for 11 players at the veteran minimum. Somehow this doesn't sound like a recipe for success.

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Any trade that include Siakam is 💩

In the other hand if we can get Dame, wow, best shooting team ever.

Poole to me is untouchable ( and my amigo Juanito) , but we gonna need bigs, we need to get rebounds , what about Poole’s friend, Marjanovic? Maybe Chris, or make a good sign and trade with Oubre ( or maybe keep him) .

I don’t know man, Lillard, Steph and Klay, unstoppable ...

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Give me that Dame trade with Covington instead of Nurkic. And keep Poole, cos he’s not gonna be a deal-breaker either way, and I love him. And we need at least one young’un.

Then get Dame’s old mates Batum (MLE) and Robin Lopez (min), plus Chriss (min) to fill out the bench.

Closing unit: Steph, Dame, Klay, RoCo, Dray

Bench: Loon, JTA, Poole, Batum, Lee, RoLo, Chriss.

Unstoppable, Baby!

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Giving up anything for Nurkic? No.

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Those trades look brutal on the face of it. But, Lillard + Curry + Klay + Dray = The most fun team to watch… Ever? No on Nurk thanks. Hell no on the Raptors negative contract trade.

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