The Warriors have left themselves without any choice — they have to go all-in.
Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen, left, and Brooklyn Nets forward Dorian Finney-Smith battle for the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, April 2, 2023, in New York. If you squint and look at just the right angle, you can see a Warriors team that improved this offseason.
In crude, but simple terms, the Warriors traded Thompson and Paul for Melton, Anderson, and Hield .Sure. You can easily say the Warriors are now better on defense and just about equivalent on offense. I know it’s fashionable to say the Golden State was not, actually, far off in 2023-24. I get it: It’s fun to revise history. And folks are having a ton of fun noting that they won 46 games amidst Draymond Green’s suspensions.The Warriors were the No. 10 seed in the Western Conference. They didn’t even sniff the real playoffs. And the West is only improving.
Of all the reasonable trade possibilities, only Markkanen provides bonafide secondary scoring, scheme, and temperament fit, as well as the possibility of keeping the rest of the team’s roster relatively intact.Klay Thompson is gone and the Warriors’ situation has gone from bad to worse And unless the Warriors want to jettison Jonathan Kuminga , they won’t have any power to tell him “no.”
But Markkanen is the best No. 2 option the Warriors can reasonably land. He’d fit right in next to Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins, Jonathan Kuminga, and the team’s new cast of role players.
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