The Warriors haven’t been involved in many trade rumors in recent weeks, which makes sense, since it’s hard to find many areas the team needs to improve. According to Anthony Slater of The San Jose Mercury News, general manager Bob Myers intends to keep an eye out for possible deals, but is happy to stand pat if nothing materializes.
“We don’t want to disrupt what we have,” the Warriors GM said. “Doesn’t mean we won’t answer the phone, doesn’t mean we won’t explore possibilities. But reality is, we like who we have and, even if we didn’t, our options are somewhat limited. Utah has our first (round pick) this year from the (Andre) Iguodala transaction back in 2013. So we’ll see what happens. If we end up not doing anything, that would be a fine outcome as well.”
Here are a few more trade-related notes and rumors from around the NBA:
- Before the Raptors traded for Serge Ibaka on Tuesday, the team had been engaged in discussions with the Bulls about Taj Gibson. According to Vincent Goodwill of CSNChicago.com, Terrence Ross wasn’t believed to be a part of those talks, though the two sides were discussing a package that included a first-round pick. Having sent Ross and a first-rounder to Orlando, the Raps are now almost certainly out on Gibson, though the veteran power forward acknowledges there will likely be more chatter up until next Thursday.
- Ryan Wolstat of The Toronto Sun wonders if the Raptors are considering a follow-up move after trading for Ibaka. As Wolstat points out, Toronto will have a crowded frontcourt when Patrick Patterson gets healthy, and Cory Joseph might be expendable if the club has confidence in its other point guard options behind Kyle Lowry.
- Having been pulled from the Sixers‘ lineup for the last two games, Jahlil Okafor admits he thought there was a “good chance” he’d be traded to another team by now, as Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer details. However, he’s ready to focus on his return to the court tonight in Boston.
- A handful of ESPN insiders, including Kevin Pelton and Amin Elhassen (Insider link), examine the Pacific division and make a few suggestions for what sort of deals the Clippers, Kings, Lakers, Suns, and Warriors should consider.
What other PG options behind Lowry other than Joseph? VanVleet? He’s a rookie who has played OK in varied amounts of playing time this year. Zero chance a contender like the Raptors would entrust big backup PG minutes to him in the playoffs. Same goes for Delon Wright who hasn’t played at all this season.
Yea but Lowry will be playing at least 40 minutes since it’s the playoffs. Van fleet is solid enough to not lose them the game during that 5-10 minutes he is on the floor.
Yeah I was wondering the same thing. Who would be the other backup PG’s?
They’d need to be pretty confident that at least one of Wright and VanVleet could be consistent and reliable. Wolstat notes that Powell can handle the ball a little too. I’d be surprised if they did anything with Joseph this month — maybe in the summer.
would like the raps to get a wing, move demarre carroll to the bench. he won’t get hurt as often and will be able to shut down opposing offensive bench players. maybe Gallinari?
Do they have that much cap space?
Only the Bulls could overplay their hand so much… Gar Foreman is probably a good enough person, but he sucks at his job