Warriors Trades #3: Klay for Bradley Beal; Poole for Chris Paul; Cole Anthony and Jonathan Isaac; Jordan Clarkson

warning: I do not endorse the trades I poll.

Warning: I do not endorse any trade I poll.

• Trade Grab Bag #1: LeBron James, Jrue Holiday, Deandre Ayton

• Trade Grab Bag #2: Pascal Siakam, Wendall Carter Jr and Gary Harris, HOU #4 pick

Trade Poll 2023.11. Klay for Beal

• GSW gets Bradley Beal

• WAS gets Klay Thompson

via Jay Williams and others

Apricot says: I object to this on emotional grounds, but… WAS gets an expiring Klay Thompson contract to get off the Beal mega-contract. GSW gets a dynamic shot creator that on offense fits nicely in a Steph - Beal - Wiggins - Dray - Looney lineup. Certainly some questions about Beal’s defense, but perhaps it would improve when he’s not having to create all the offense.

If GSW really wanted this deal, they would likely have to add in pick(s) and young guy(s).

Trade Poll 2023.08. Chris Paul

• PHX gets Jordan Poole

• GSW gets Chris Paul

Who says no?

Twitter says:

• GSW says NO

  68.7%

• PHX says NO

  8.6%

• Both say NO

  16.2%

• Both say YES DEAL ON

  6.6%

Apricot says: This one might stir up some emotions, but it does make some sense on paper. CP3 would become the veteran backup point guard. He has somewhere between 2 and negative 1 years left in the tank. He is a basketball genius and usually gets an upwards spike in performance when he arrives on a team (he wears out his welcome over the next 2+ years). He also has a lot of scammy ingredients to his game.

CP3 is owed 1 year of $30.8M but only $15.8M is guaranteed. This is one way to get off Poole’s contract without giving up hope for next season.

Woj was free-associating a PHX waiving CP3 scenario, but I cannot understand why PHX would do that. In that scenario, CP3 would join GSW as a free agent.

Trade Poll 2023.09. Cole Anthony and Jonathan Isaac

GSW gets

• Cole Anthony

• Jonathan Isaac

• 2023 CHI 1st #11

ORL gets

• Jordan Poole

• 2023 GSW 1st #19

from https://twitter.com/fanspo/status/1664027682651226112?s=20

The Warriors send Jordan Poole to the Magic for Cole Anthony & Jon Isaac and a swap in the 2023 Draft 🔥

Should the Magic buy low on Jordan Poole? 🤔

Who says no?

Apricot says: ORL gets their PG of the future, GSW gets a cheap backup point guard and a perpetually injured (and polarizing) big. In this draft #11 doesn’t get you into the star tier, but the second tier has some pretty enticing players that won’t make it to #19.

Twitter says:

• GSW says NO

  50%

• ORL says NO

  22.2%

• Both say NO

  15.7%

• Both say YES DEAL ON

  12%

Trade Poll 2023.10. Jordan Clarkson

GSW gets

• Jordan Clarkson

• 2025 MIN 1st

UTA gets

• Jordan Poole

The trade was proposed by DNHQ commenter Alas, who says:

Trading Places: Jordan Poole to Utah for Jordan Clarkson + 2025 1st Rd pick via MIN. Same player, but Clarkson a little more consistent and hasn't been punched by Dray .... yet. Utah does it because they liked the fit with Clarkson and they can have that for the next 4 years with Poole. They have a ton of picks, so letting one go to take a chance on Poole as a building block is a good play. GS does it because we get the same player who would be a little more reliable/predictable, also has made a living coming off the bench which has proved problematic with Poole. 1 year rental, Lester should take his spot in the lineup after that. It's also 14.4 million off the cap.

Twitter says:

• GSW says NO

  53.8%

• UTA says NO

  23.1%

• Both say NO

  12.5%

• Both say YES DEAL ON

  10.6%