Golden State Warriors
If we’re being realistic, the Golden State Warriors will never trade Stephen Curry, but Curry still has a ton of great basketball left in him, and he deserves another shot at a ring. You never want to punt on a season, but this current version of the Warriors isn’t going anywhere in the West next season, so they’d be better off entering a mini-rebuild to set up for a star hunt next summer. Essentially, they’d just clear their books to open up a max-slate and trade everyone who has some resemblance of value. That may include trading someone like Jonathan Kuminga before he’s due a contract extension. Next summer is their summer, but at the same time, unless someone becomes available on the trade market, looking at the free agent class, the only realistic option seems to be a Kevin Durant reunion. Now, I struggle to see what an old Curry-Durant pairing accomplishes in the West, so if Curry wants to win a championship while still in his prime, he needs to build a superteam elsewhere. The Warriors would allow Curry to pick his next destination, so he should take advantage.
