For the Golden State Warriors, losers of eight of their last 11 games and a team in danger of falling out of the West’s playoff picture altogether, the time has come to recognize that if the organization wants to rescue the last remaining good years of Stephen Curry’s career, something drastic will need to be done.
Curry turns 36 in March, after all, and the Warriors are 12th in the West, two spots away from even making the play-in tournament.
Plenty of names have been tossed around in connection with the Warriors ahead of next month’s NBA trade deadline, but one might make the most sense for a team in need of playmaking: Dejounte Murray of the Hawks.
At The Athletic, Murray is linked to the Warriors as a “best fit” ahead of the trade deadline.
He won’t come cheap. The Warriors would have to give up two first-round picks to get him, as Atlanta is asking.
Perhaps that price could be negotiated downward, especially considering that Murray already has an unwieldy four-year, $114 million extension in place. But the Warriors need to do something to rescue this year, and Murray might be the guy who could accomplish that.
A Kings vs Warriors game is on the horizon, scheduled for Thursday, January 25. Usually, I feel pumped for these games.
It might not be fair to call it a rivalry, but the matchups between these two NorCal teams are often some of the most exciting contests of the season. The Round 1 series in the 2022-23 NBA Playoffs definitely made this clear to a broader audience of fans. But this time is different.
The Golden State Warriors seem to be falling apart, heralding the end of their dynastic era. The big question is how close the Warriors are to cleaning house and trading away everyone not named Stephen Curry.
So, as a Kings fan with soft spot for the Warriors, I’m going to take a stab at making some (soft) Kings Warriors trade predictions here.
The Sacramento Kings can clearly use a bit of a makeover as well. They suffered a mortifying late-game collapse against the Phoenix Suns on January 16 as part of their first 4-game losing streak since the start of the 2022-23 regular season.
They don’t look like the same team that finished 3rd in the West just a season ago. A number of players on the team have suffered from shooting slumps at various points this year.
And with a notoriously weak defense, this is a team that cannot afford to shoot poorly. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what the Kings’ problems are this year, but they just seem to lack grit. So let’s talk Kings Warriors trade predictions.
