{"id":89122,"date":"2024-08-06T18:32:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T22:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=89122"},"modified":"2024-08-06T18:32:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T22:32:54","slug":"warriors-have-no-appetite-for-stars-on-trade-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/06\/warriors-have-no-appetite-for-stars-on-trade-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Have \u2018No Appetite\u2019 For Stars On Trade Block"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen<\/a> waiting until after Aug. 6 to sign his contract extension<\/a>, the Golden State Warriors have now missed out on another star trade target.<\/p>\n

First, it was Mikal Bridges<\/a>, who had underwhelmed as the Brooklyn Nets\u2019 go-to player. Bridges is now heading to the New York Knicks thanks to a pick-heavy trade package<\/a>. Then it was Paul George<\/a>, who the team pushed for<\/a> after it became clear that he wouldn\u2019t get the extension he wanted from the Los Angeles Clippers. George has left the West Coast altogether, choosing to sign a contract<\/a> with the Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n

The Warriors are also rumored to have interest<\/a> in Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler<\/a>. Minnesota Timberwolves forward-center Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> has been linked to Golden State for a while. There hasn\u2019t been any indication that offers for Butler or Towns have been made. Nonetheless, the Warriors have insisted that signing Buddy Hield<\/a> wouldn\u2019t be their only big move.<\/p>\n

As a result, there\u2019s a thought that Golden State could target one of perhaps the two most talented players on the trade block: Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine<\/a> and New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yet, they\u2019ve \u201cshown no appetite<\/a> to enter the (LaVine) or (Ingram) market,\u201d per The Athletic\u2019s Shams Charania, Anthony Slater, and Tony Jones.<\/p>\n

Both LaVine and Ingram have averaged over 23 points per game while shooting over 37 percent from 3 since 2019-20.<\/p>\n

Warriors Have \u2018No Appetite\u2019 For Stars On Trade Block<\/h2>\n

Zach LaVine<\/h3>\n

At some point, the discourse surrounding LaVine changed from positive to negative. Once heralded for his insane athleticism and superb shot-making, he\u2019s now viewed as a player with empty stats.<\/p>\n

This is largely due to the fact that LaVine\u2019s teams have rarely been in postseason contention. To that point, the 10-year veteran has only played four playoff games. As a player who holds the ball a touch too long on offense and doesn\u2019t play with consistent effort defensively, there\u2019s some truth to the idea that LaVine doesn\u2019t have optimal winning habits.<\/p>\n

Yet, the Warriors are the only team he would\u2019ve been on with an in-built winning culture. Meanwhile, the Timberwolves and Bulls are often characterized as dysfunctional. Similar to the change in focus seen in Andrew Wiggins<\/a>, playing for a title-contending team could\u2019ve brought out the best in him.<\/p>\n

That being said, LaVine isn\u2019t coming off the trade block anytime soon. With the Bulls shifting to a rebuild, they would rather move the 29-year-old. If the Warriors do ever take a flyer on the high-flyer, he\u2019ll be available. Furthermore, though Klay Thompson<\/a>\u2019s departure has made fans want to retire the \u2018Splash Brother\u2019 nickname, LaVine would give Golden State \u2018Splash Triplets.\u2019<\/p>\n

Brandon Ingram<\/h3>\n

The commonality between Ingram and LaVine is that teams don\u2019t want to pay them at a premium. The two stars want A-List contracts but are B-List players. The result is them being discussed like C-Listers; players who are good but not good enough to take them over the top.<\/p>\n

As with LaVine, there\u2019s a bit of truth to the concept. An eight-year veteran, Ingram has just 10 playoff games under his belt. This is partially due to him playing for weaker teams. However, Ingram\u2019s inconsistency on the perimeter \u2014offensively and defensively \u2014was also a factor.<\/p>\n

As it relates to the Warriors\u2019 disinterest in an Ingram trade, the biggest problem may have been his play style<\/em> though. Ingram, thriving in the midrange, is somewhat of a throwback scorer. The Warriors, the face of basketball analytics, like to limit as many of those shots as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen waiting until after Aug. 6 to sign his contract extension, the Golden State Warriors have now missed out on another star trade target. First, it was Mikal Bridges, who had underwhelmed as the Brooklyn Nets\u2019 go-to player. Bridges is now heading to the New York Knicks thanks to a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":89150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1608,8,62,33,4721],"tags":[308,4774,457],"class_list":["post-89122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-warriors","category-basketball","category-bulls","category-nba","category-pelicans","category-trade-rumors","tag-brandon-ingram","tag-rumors","tag-zach-lavine"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}