NBA Trade Deadline 2023: What to expect from the Warriors as revealed that step…
We are one week from the NBA’s trade deadline for the 2022-23 season, the last moment teams can make deals to make or break their playoff rosters. And just like most Golden State Warriors trade deadlines in the Bob Myers era, the odds are that they won’t make much of a move. They’re far more likely to promote a two-way player like Anthony Lamb to the roster than bring in reinforcements.
The “two timelines’ construction of the roster has left a roster split between high-priced veterans in their thirties and low-priced young players just out of their teens. That means that even if the heavily-taxed Warriors wanted to add another veteran, they don’t have a lot of useful contracts for matching salaries.
NBA Trade Deadline 2023: What to expect from the Warriors as revealed that step…
There’s really just one useful contract for that purpose: James Wiseman’s $9.6 million deal. It goes up to $12.1 million for 2023-24, and at this point, Wiseman can’t even get on the court for the Warriors, due to injury and roster fit issues – it’s hard to play Wiseman with other non-shooting big men like Draymond Green and Kevon Looney.
Still, there’s no indication that the Warriors are ready to give up on the No. 2 pick from the 2020 draft, even though he’s played only 58 games in his three-year career. Wiseman’s trade value couldn’t be lower. Compounding the difficulty is that it’s unlikely Wiseman can contribute to a contender, and many rebuilding teams that would take a flyer on him already have centers: Houston has Alperen Sengun and Jabari Smith Junior, Orlando has Bol Bol, Mo Bamba, and Wendell Carter Jr., Oklahoma City has Chet Holmgren returning next year, and the Detroit Pistons drafted Jalen Duren last year, while already having Isaiah Stewart.
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Oh, and all the tanking teams are also targeting a French center named Victor Wembanyama, who may not be a classic back-to-basket center, but he is 7’2”.
Who matches up? We see three trade partners, and none are exciting. First is the San Antonio Spurs, who are likely moving center Jakob Poeltl before he becomes a free agent. They also have a surplus of first-round picks, which if included, would make dumping Wiseman for a wing player like Josh Richardson more palatable.
There’s the Charlotte Hornets, who haven’t found a big man pairing for LaMelo Ball yet. Their roster is in flux, with Miles Bridges and P.J. Washington facing uncertain futures with the Hornets. A deal for Washington, a restricted free agent this summer, would work in terms of matching salaries, but would Charlotte want to block this year’s No. 15 pick, Mark Williams, already? The salaries of Mason Plumlee or Kelly Oubre Jr. might work, but that possibility is too depressing to consider.
NBA Trade Deadline 2023: What to expect from the Warriors as revealed that step…
We are one week from the NBA’s trade deadline for the 2022-23 season, the last moment teams can make deals to make or break their playoff rosters. And just like most Golden State Warriors trade deadlines in the Bob Myers era, the odds are that they won’t make much of a move. They’re far more likely to promote a two-way player like Anthony Lamb to the roster than bring in reinforcements.
The “two timelines’ construction of the roster has left a roster split between high-priced veterans in their thirties and low-priced young players just out of their teens. That means that even if the heavily-taxed Warriors wanted to add another veteran, they don’t have a lot of useful contracts for matching salaries.
NBA Trade Deadline 2023: What to expect from the Warriors as revealed that step…
There’s really just one useful contract for that purpose: James Wiseman’s $9.6 million deal. It goes up to $12.1 million for 2023-24, and at this point, Wiseman can’t even get on the court for the Warriors, due to injury and roster fit issues – it’s hard to play Wiseman with other non-shooting big men like Draymond Green and Kevon Looney.
Still, there’s no indication that the Warriors are ready to give up on the No. 2 pick from the 2020 draft, even though he’s played only 58 games in his three-year career. Wiseman’s trade value couldn’t be lower. Compounding the difficulty is that it’s unlikely Wiseman can contribute to a contender, and many rebuilding teams that would take a flyer on him already have centers: Houston has Alperen Sengun and Jabari Smith Junior, Orlando has Bol Bol, Mo Bamba, and Wendell Carter Jr., Oklahoma City has Chet Holmgren returning next year, and the Detroit Pistons drafted Jalen Duren last year, while already having Isaiah Stewart.
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Oh, and all the tanking teams are also targeting a French center named Victor Wembanyama, who may not be a classic back-to-basket center, but he is 7’2”.
Who matches up? We see three trade partners, and none are exciting. First is the San Antonio Spurs, who are likely moving center Jakob Poeltl before he becomes a free agent. They also have a surplus of first-round picks, which if included, would make dumping Wiseman for a wing player like Josh Richardson more palatable.
There’s the Charlotte Hornets, who haven’t found a big man pairing for LaMelo Ball yet. Their roster is in flux, with Miles Bridges and P.J. Washington facing uncertain futures with the Hornets. A deal for Washington, a restricted free agent this summer, would work in terms of matching salaries, but would Charlotte want to block this year’s No. 15 pick, Mark Williams, already? The salaries of Mason Plumlee or Kelly Oubre Jr. might work, but that possibility is too depressing to consider.
