The ultimate super deadline dealings!
TRADE ONE: PJ Tucker, 2030 UTA swap rights second, 2031 second in exchange for Chris Boucher
One of my more well-received trades (a former post)! See the explanation there!
TRADE TWO: Jeff Green, 2026 LAC/BOS/IND/MIA second, 2027 MEM second in exchange for Davion Mitchell
Rockets move off of Unc Green (yes, i'm sorry rockets fans) in exchange for a temporary backup point guard who can add to the rockets amazing defense and some second round picks! I chose to give the raptors the 2027 MEM unprotected instead of one of the worse ones because the 2026 second isn't great and the rockets have a ton of capital in 2027.
TRADE THREE: Gary Payton II, Lindy Waters III, 2025 MIA second, 2030 second in exchange for Kelly Olynyk
(This is for you kickasspro1)
Warriors are shopping for a center - scouts, executives and media have made that clear - and vucevic's asking price may be "too high" (Anthony Slater, The Athletic), so why not get a veteran center with good floor-stretching skills for a much cheaper deal, not just in assets but contract? Clearly, the warriors aren't going to be a playoff contender this year, so why not get a center you can train to get experience with the team for the remainder of their bad season and make finalizing offseason moves so that you can make one final curry push the next season? This trade would normally put them over the salary cap, but the following, final trade fixes that.
TRADE FOUR: Kevon Looney in exchange for Jalen Hood-Schfino, Christian Wood, Cam Reddish, 2025 LAC second
Post-Olynyk trade, the warriors will have 3 centers, and the one with clearly the least value to them will be Kevon Looney, the expiring 28 year old who's playing a bench spot behind a 57th overall pick drafted in 2023 (TJD). They also conveniently need to shed some salary to acquire olynyk. Lakers are rumored to want a center to acquire, so why not dump a second year player they've clearly given up on, an expiring 29 year old and a project player with an extremely low-value second in exchange for a pretty good center, even if it is for a one year deal. They could choose to resign him in the offseason, or let him walk knowing that at least they used barely any assets to take a small risk with a high reward if it had succeeded. (Plus, for the warriors, they have a chance to try and hit in the second round in a deep draft because apparently according to their track record they are pretty good at that.)
Let me know what you think below!