The Golden State Warriors entered the 2023–24 NBA season with hopes of winning a championship.
However, those hopes are now absurd as the squad has fallen all the way to 12th place in the Western Conference standings halfway through the season. Their defence is horrible, their offence isn’t very good, and they never seem to be able to get their whole team on the court.
This is the moment for the Dubs to make a change if they are ever going to turn things around. This is their chance to receive an external boost, even though they clearly need to improve internally—that is, if they believe this season can still be salvaged.
They have until the trade deadline of February 8th to make that decision. Even though this front office might appear to take any action at all or move in either way by the deadline, we’ll try our best to outline the current situation and forecast what might occur over the next week.
The availability of Jonathan Kuminga is the single most important factor determining the calibre of Golden State’s asset accumulation.
For a time now, the third-year swingman has hinted at having a very high ceiling, but he has never been any closer to reaching that potential. He is already an all-around defender and has scored double figures in the last 24 games. In fact, he has scored twenty points or more in each of the previous seven games. During this scorching run, he averaged 25.1 points and had an absurd 61.9/54.5/77.4 shooting slash.
According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, the Warriors are “reluctant” to part with Kuminga even though Stephen Curry is their only untouchable. Given Kuminga’s age (21), ascent, and potential, that’s a reasonable position to take, but excluding him from consideration significantly reduces the allure of Golden State’s possible offer.
In every draft between 2027 and 2030, the Warriors have the option to provide swap rights or trade two future first picks (2026 and 2028). They can choose from three second-round selections. Trayce Jackson-Davis, Moses Moody, and Brandin Podziemski are some of their other promising young players; nevertheless, all of them have occasionally been on the rotation this season. Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins are two more disappointing veterans they have, but who’s want to trade for high-priced disappointments?
