HE’S BACK: Warriors’ off-season weapon makes a blockbuster comeback

One name keeps coming up as the Golden State Warriors look for a pivot this offseason to make the most of Stephen Curry’s remaining championship window.

Kevin Cooper.

Zach Lowe of ESPN proposed a deal that would send Durant and the Warriors back to the Bay area, where he saw the most success in his NBA career.On April 29, Lowe stated on his podcast, “The Lowe Post,” that “KD reunited with the Warriors.” “Every young man is a wage padder. Jonathan Kuminga and all the other [young] guys you don’t want to trade with will be involved. Since it’s Kevin Durant, you should trade those people.

In addition, ESPN’s front office insider Bobby Marks included Andrew Wiggins in the hypothetical Golden State-Phoenix Suns trade structure, which has the potential to bring the Warriors back to prominence in the latter stages of Durant and Curry’s careers.

Marks remarked, “Wiggins should be your stand-in.” Isn’t that your huge number? After then, a mix of Kuminga, [Brandin] Podziemski, [Moses] Moody, and anything else you have will be used.Wiggins’s four-year, $109 million contract has three years left on it. The Warriors can trade both of their first-round picks (2025 and 2027 or 2026 and 2028) and the picks that come in between them in order to gain draft equity. They can also choose from two second-round picks.

Unfinished Business

While Warriors owner Joe Lacob indicated that their plan 1A is to get out of the luxury tax, their trade deadline inquiry on Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James suggests they are willing to take a big swing as well.

“You know me, and our fans I hope you know me and us, not just me, we have a culture that is very aggressive,” Lacob told The Athletic on Feb. 15. “We’re always going to try to be aggressive, we’re going to try to put the best team on the court, and if it costs a lot of money, it’s going to cost a lot of money.

It goes without saying that we are willing to invest. We try to perform those things at the appropriate moment rather than the incorrect one. And we will examine every aspect. It was a really bold decision on our part to get Kevin Durant many years ago. In order to achieve that, I believe that half of our roster left. We felt we could do better, and we did, even with a tremendously strong team. We qualified for three finals; while we didn’t win all three, we did win two.

Durant and the Warriors have unresolved matters.

Kevin Durant Unhappy in Phoenix

In the aftermath of the Phoenix’s embarrassing first-round flameout, Shams Charania and Doug Haller of The Athletic reported that Durant was unhappy with his role on Suns’ offense.

“Durant, among the best scorers in NBA history, was not always happy with how he was used,” Charania and Haller wrote. “Sources briefed on the matter told The Athletic that Durant never felt comfortable with his role in Phoenix’s offense alongside [Devin] Booker and [Bradley] Beal this season.

Those sources said Durant had persistent issues with the offense, feeling that he was being relegated to the corner far too often and not having the proper designs to play to his strengths as the offense was built around pick-and-rolls. At the same time, some teammates and people close to the organization believed Durant needed to voice his concerns more adamantly and directly with Vogel and his coaching staff.”