2021-2022 AROUND the NBA: GSW Champs [ARCHIVED]

[SleepingHero]

Would you do KP for Wiggins and both of those picks? I think I probably would. Don't think the Warriors do that, but (shrug).

I absolutely wouldn't. The logic behind it doesn't make sense to me. Warriors are a western conference rival that are trying to get back to where they were in the playoffs.

If they targeted KP for that package then that means 
1) they don't think there is anyone at 7 & 14 that can help them next year. 
2) they don't think they can be competitive with Wiggins.
3) they DO think that KP is good enough to make them contenders again with their core thus vaulting them from 8th to out of the play-in.

Which means the Mavs (who were BETTER than the warriors this year), has a player that is GOOD for winning basketball games. It makes ZERO sense to take a step back and trade KP for a rebuilding package. 

And before you say we can use 7 and 14 to trade for another impact player.... 

If that was the case then why didn't the Warriors do it themselves? If they didn't it means that KP was the best they could get. Which means the Mavs would be taking back probably a worse player than KP in any 7&14 trade. 

KP isn't getting traded. His value is too nebulous right now around the league. And what I think is really the nail in the coffin in any potential KP deal is that his role with the Mavs is also up in the air. Can't trade when you don't know what you have.