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Featured Columnist IVJanuary 31, 2024
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The Golden State Warriors are reportedly not a contender to commerce for Dejounte Murray forward of subsequent week’s deadline.
Anthony Slater of The Athletic reported the Warriors’ curiosity in buying and selling for Murray is “tepid at greatest” because the entrance workplace decides the right way to deal with this disappointing season. The Los Angeles Lakers have been mentioned frequently as a possible vacation spot for Murray on the Feb. 8 headline.
Golden State presently sits at 20-24 and is in twelfth place within the Western Convention. The Utah Jazz lead the Warriors by 1.5 video games for the ultimate Play-In Event spot.
Stephen Curry stays one of many sport’s premier gamers as he approaches his thirty sixth birthday, however the group round him has basically fallen aside. Klay Thompson’s efficiency has fallen off a cliff this season, Draymond Inexperienced has spent a lot of his season suspended for acts of on-court violence, and Andrew Wiggins took his $109 million contract extension and become a pumpkin.
With large offseason acquisition Chris Paul lacking time resulting from a hand damage, the Warriors are an costly, veteran-laden disappointment.
That is lent some credence to the concept the Warriors may look to shake issues up forward of the deadline, nevertheless it’s laborious to seek out an avenue to hoisting a championship this season. Possession would doubtless want an method that enables them to maneuver on from Paul’s $30 million contract and sees Thompson return at a reduction subsequent summer time, permitting the Warriors to duck underneath the prohibitive second luxurious tax apron.
Including Murray, even underneath his affordable four-year, $114.1 million, would create an impediment in that path. It will be a significant shock to see the Warriors add long-term wage forward of the deadline given their present trajectory.
