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Consideration all 76ers followers: If you happen to’re sitting round and establishing pretend Ben Simmons trades, you might wish to cross one touchdown spot off the listing.
With the beginning of coaching camp quick approaching, the Warriors look like content material with their present roster and are extremely unlikely to pursue a blockbuster commerce, whether or not for Simmons or one other veteran participant. The Athletic’s Anthony Slater reported this week that there has by no means been a “reasonable” supply from Philadelphia, and Golden State proprietor Joe Lacob would not wish to commerce second-year heart James Wiseman or rookie ahead Jonathan Kuminga.
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From Slater:
[Lacob] envisions Wiseman and Kuminga as supplementary, cheaper rotation items round an costly core throughout their first NBA contract and the franchise’s famous person successors by the point they hit their second NBA contracts, ushering within the Warriors’ subsequent period. … Lacob has known as Kuminga and Wiseman (and Jordan Poole and Moses Moody) the group’s “bridge” to the longer term and he would not appear intent on burning it, even for a mid-tier star like Simmons who instantly upgrades the crew, however is already on his second contract, a max, and comes hooked up to legit questions on his recreation and match.
Lacob and Warriors common supervisor Bob Myers have been per their messaging. They wish to comply with the Spurs’ mannequin and will not mortgage the longer term once they aren’t even certain if Simmons can be a perfect match. Two-time MVP Stephen Curry additionally accepted of the crew’s picks within the 2021 NBA Draft, and it is a lot simpler for the entrance workplace to stay to its plan when the franchise’s largest star is totally on board.
Golden State is banking on Curry and Draymond Inexperienced persevering with to carry out at a excessive stage and Klay Thompson returning to type as soon as he’s totally wholesome. That trio alone makes the Warriors a harmful crew within the Western Convention and takes stress off the children.
Stances can at all times change, after all. Myers as soon as stated that the Warriors did not signal D’Angelo Russell “with the intention of simply buying and selling him,” however Russell solely lasted a couple of months with Golden State earlier than being despatched to Minnesota.
May the Warriors be extra aggressive on the commerce market in the course of the 2021-22 season? Certain. For now, although, Golden State goes to roll with Curry and Co.
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