This season hasn’t been what the Golden State Warriors were hoping for. After winning the NBA title last season, they were likely looking to repeat as champions when the year began. Unfortunately, struggles on the road and a less-than-stellar bench unit caused them to falter.
However, they didn’t struggle as much as the Dallas Mavericks. And because of Dallas’ struggles, there are some rumblings Luka Doncic could request a trade as soon as next offseason. Sam Quinn of CBS Sports ranked all 29 teams in terms of potential landing spots for Doncic in a trade, and he placed the Warriors at 19th.
According to Quinn, a Stephen Curry-Doncic pairing is intriguing, and guys like Jordan Poole and Jonathan Kuminga could act as trade pieces, but as a whole, it just doesn’t make much sense.
“The young Warriors have lost a lot of their trade luster over the past year. Jordan Poole and Jonathan Kuminga are still appealing in a vacuum, but probably not as centerpieces of this sort of deal,” Quinn wrote. “The Warriors have all of their own picks except their 2024 selection, so they could sweeten the deal there, but their offer would still be based on quantity more than quality. Besides, as much fun as a Doncic-Stephen Curry duo would be, it’s worth pointing out that Curry will turn 37 during the 2025 playoffs. Would Doncic really want to join the Warriors for what might be their last few years of contention?”
Trading Poole could potentially be an option for the Warriors if they fumble their way through the playoffs, and the same goes for Kuminga, but a deal for Doncic would be absolutely earth-shattering. (And extremely unlikely.)
