Been a lot of AD to Warriors noise lately, so I tried building a 3-team deal that actually feels realistic if GSW is willing to make the tough call.

Anthony Davis basically fixes the Warriors’ 2 biggest issues: they need an athletic big with real rim presence and a real 3rd scoring option next to Steph and Jimmy. Only real risk is the obvious one: availability, because a hurt AD helps nobody. So it’s a high risk, high reward move because you’re giving up multiple young guys and a lot of your depth to make it happen. But I’d still like it for GSW because it’s a rare “buy-low” superstar swing (similar to the Butler situation). You’re not fully shipping out your whole future with multiple 1sts + every young guy. Even Kerr has recently talked about how those “empty the cupboard” superstar trades can get ugly later (like Clippers, Suns or Bucks) and this AD move doesn’t really fall into that category. And yeah… moving Draymond would be brutal. He’s still huge for GSW as a facilitator on offense, anchor on defense, mentor and leader, plus there is also the emotional side, after all the time, success and titles, the dream would obviously be that he retires with Steph. But for a true superstar move (like a Giannis/AD), I can still see it being the right move.

If Dray ever actually leaves Golden State, I honestly think LA is the best landing spot, not just basketball-wise, but emotionally too. He and LeBron have been good friends forever and Draymond literally talked about how it’d be a dream to play with him. On the court it helps a lot too: Lakers are stacked offensively, but their biggest issue is the defense, especially in the starting group and Green gives them that instantly. The offense fit won’t look like Golden State (Luka won't play off-ball like Steph), but with all that offensive power around him, Draymond can just lean into the IQ stuff and defense.

From a Mavs standpoint reports say they want at least one impactful young talent and Kuminga keeps popping up. Add a starter-level wing with Rui, a young upside piece with Knecht, plus rotation/salary filler with Buddy + Hayes and a 1st, that’s a pretty fair haul for an injury-prone AD, especially if Dallas is thinking longer-term and wants to build around Flagg.

What do y’all think of this trade, fair for all 3 teams? I’m also not 100% sure on the picks, so if you’d change anything let me know...