Rumored Warriors Trades, Yes or No? #1. LeBron James, Jrue Holiday, Deandre Ayton

warning: I do not endorse the trades I poll.

Warning: I do not endorse the trades I poll.

Trade Poll 2023.04. LeBron

If LeBron demands a trade and LAL agrees, would you do this deal as GSW?

• GSW gets LeBron James

• LAL gets Jordan Poole, Kuminga, Moody, 2023 #19

Via @KevinOConnorNBA

(As of 2023.05.23.2pm) Twitter results:

https://twitter.com/EricApricot/status/1661089817126420480?s=20

• NO WAY

  35.2%

• No but I’m tempted

  24.1%

• Yes but I’m conflicted

  21.3%

• YES

  19.4%

Apricot says: No, but I’m tempted. Big time Win Now move. LeBron could coast for most of the year, GSW cruises into the playoffs ideally at the 6 seed, and LBJ turns it up for one last playoff run. The basketball fit for any other aging low-defense non-shooter power forward would be very questionable. But I think LBJ would somehow figure it out, probably by moving to point guard.

However, LeBron has started to show some health fragility so there’s a pretty good chance he’ll just be injured and hobbled and you sold your future for nothing.

Also, from a fan perspective, I just prefer pulling for Poole, JK and MM and against LeBron.

Trade Poll 2023.02. Jrue Holiday

• MIL gets Jordan Poole, Moses Moody, Jonathan Kuminga

• GSW gets Jrue Holiday

via @JonesOnTheNBA

(yes it works for cap)

Who says no?

Twitter Poll results

• GSW says NO

  46.8%

• MIL says NO

  26.6%

• Both say NO

  14.3%

• BOTH SAY YES, DEAL ON

  12.3%

203 votes

Apricot says: YES but MIL would never do this. Steph / Jrue / Klay / Wiggs / Dray. Chef’s kiss.

Trade Poll 2023.01. Deandre Ayton

• PHX gets Jordan Poole

• GSW gets Deandre Ayton. No picks attached.

Who says no?

Twitter poll results:

• GSW says NO

  20.5%

• PHX says NO

  38.9%

• Both say NO

  24.9%

• Both say YES, DEAL ON

  15.7%

337 votes

Apricot says: NO. Ayton is good, but is he SO good that he would contribute more than Looney in a playoff setting? And he’s not better than Draymond. He’s an athletic guy who ended up benched down the stretch of PHX do-or-die playoff games. And if he’s going to be the third center, that’s a lot of salary and ego to be managing.

Your trade ideas?

I’m willing to poll your plausible trade ideas, but my one condition is that the trades be specific and cap-legal (try it out at fanspo.com). So, no vague concepts like “Poole and picks and young guys for a veteran big”.