The Golden State Warriors have been linked to every superstar on the trade market these days.
Are the Dubs going to land LeBron James? How about Jimmy Butler?
Realistically, Golden State has a slim to zero chance of landing either player or another max-contract superstar, for that matter. This was a point driven home by The Ringer’s Bill Simmons during the latest episode of the The Bill Simmons Podcast.
As part of the second star-to-Warriors discussion, Simmons advised Golden State to give up on that idea and instead target two really good players from the Brooklyn Nets.
“If I was Golden State, I would audible and go after Cam Johnson and (Dennis) Schröder and try to figure out, is there something we can do with (Andrew) Wiggins?” Simmons said.
“Could it be (Jonathan) Kuminga and Melton for Cam Johnson? … Do you try to get Schróder in it? Could it be Wiggins, Melton, and an unprotected first for Johnson and Schröder? Does Kuminga even need to be in (the trade)?”
“It just feels like Brooklyn, Golden State seems like the matchup.”
“I don’t think Golden State’s going to be able to get a second star.”
Johnson, 28, is in the second year of a four-year, $94.5 million deal. Schröder, 31, is in the final year of his two-year, $25.4 million deal.
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