A bombshell report came from The Athletic’s Shams Charania today that the four team deal between the Warriors, Pistons, Trail Blazers, and Hawks may not hold up due to a failed physical from inbound Warriors returner, Gary Payton II. The trade, which moves James Wiseman to Detroit and a myriad of picks around between the other two teams, was finalized during Thursday’s deadline but was still pending the success of the physical.
Read MoreThe Golden State Warriors have to get a pulse on every available player on their radar, big or small. So when chatter grew of Damian Lillard’s possible displeasure with the Portland Trail Blazers, it’d be foolish if all 29 other NBA teams didn’t at least look into acquiring the star point guard. For some franchises there’s groundwork for a deal, and for others it’s a longshot. For Golden State, they fall into the latter scenario.
And yet they wouldn’t be doing themselves justice if they didn’t at least ponder the possibility of acquiring Damian Lillard, which was recently reported. Per The Athletic’s Anthony Slater:
Read MoreOne of the problems that comes with the territory of bad teams is the difficulty of doing everything right. Teams struggling to win games, such as the current Golden State Warriors, can’t afford to struggle in stat categories if they expect to pull out wins.
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