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2024 NBA Trade Deadline: Shocking Revelation – Warriors’ Best Trade Asset Sparks Intense Debate! Catch Trending News, Essential Updates, and In-depth Trade Market Analysis Now!

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2024 NBA Trade Deadline: Shocking Revelation – Warriors’ Best Trade Asset Sparks Intense Debate! Catch Trending News, Essential Updates, and In-depth Trade Market Analysis Now!

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The NBA trade deadline is 3 p.m. ET Thursday.

And even though the market appears quiet on that front for now, things can change at a moment’s notice as certain teams weigh their long-term hopes with a desire to pursue the play-in tournament or perhaps add reinforcements for playoff contention.

Dejounte Murray remains the biggest name on the market, and D’Angelo Russell, Andrew Wiggins, Kyle Kuzma and Malcolm Brogdon are other players who have been linked to trade chatter.

Follow along with Yahoo Sports as we track all the trade info and moves that will shape the NBA this season and beyond.

Andrew Wiggins could be the ultimate swing piece of the Warriors’ current build. He represented the second fiddle to Curry on a title team not even 20 months ago and did seem to turn around a slow shooting start to this 2023-24 campaign before succumbing to a foot injury in Atlanta. Golden State had found some early success with a frontcourt lineup featuring Wiggins and Kuminga flanking Green. Kuminga’s emergence, scoring 20 points on a near-nightly basis, is the most encouraging sign for internal improvement for Golden State in the West. But Wiggins’ optionality as a trade candidate is the most interesting element of the Warriors pre-deadline decision-making. Kuminga — as Yahoo Sports has previously reported — is not available for trade.

It seems more likely Golden State will find a smaller, less seismic adjustment to their 2022 championship core. If Thompson’s drifting away from critical minutes, veteran center Kevon Looney has seen a dramatic decline in his involvement for the Warriors. Looney’s $7.5 million salary could be exchanged for various options, whether Golden State ultimately determines they require shooting, more defensive wing depth or anything else on the trade market’s current menu. Looney’s deal is only guaranteed for $3 million in 2024-25.

But Wiggins is the Warrior who’s generated the most significant trade chatter around the league. He remains a player in consideration for the Dallas Mavericks and Milwaukee Bucks, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Although in order for Milwaukee to reach Wiggins’ $24.3 million salary, the Bucks would need to include forward Bobby Portis in any outgoing package, and Milwaukee, sources said, is going to think long and hard before sacrificing Portis in any deal at this deadline. Still, it should be noted Portis was one of Kerr’s favorites during this summer’s FIBA World Cup run with Team USA.

Golden State is below .500 and 12th in the West. Klay Thompson wasn’t a part of the team’s closing unit for the second time in three games. And time is running out on making a playoff run this season. Where do the Warriors go from here? With only 48 hours to go before the deadline, Yahoo Sports’ Ben Rohrbach takes a closer look at the franchise’s uncertain future:

“Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green are owed a combined $57.8 million in the 2026-27 season. Chris Paul’s deal expires in June, unless the Warriors commit to paying his non-guaranteed $30 million salary until 2025. Neither overpaying underwhelming veterans nor losing a near-max salary slot is conducive to fielding a contender. Committing the remainder of salary cap projections for the foreseeable future to Wiggins, Green and Thompson feels like a death sentence for [Steph] Curry’s prime. Never mind that Jonathan Kuminga becomes extension eligible this summer. So, something has to give.”

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