Joe Lacob isn’t the only one in the Warriors organization getting emails from fans. 

Steve Kerr, during an interview on “The Tom Tolbert Show,” recalled a particularly ridiculous email he received from a fan before the 2025 NBA Draft. 

“I occasionally do [respond] but often do not. If something warrants a response, I will respond. I’m not gonna put anything out there, you know, that would be controversial,” Kerr said. “I remember last year, before the draft, I had a guy, he kept emailing me and saying, ‘just offer Dallas three firsts for Cooper Flagg.’” 

Imagine if trades were as simple as that. 

Nico Harrison, general manager of the Dallas Mavericks at that time, already had made a controversial trade sending Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers in February. If Harrison approved the fan-proposed deal, he might have been fired much sooner than his Nov. 11 departure. 

But the fan in Kerr’s inbox was adamant. 

“The guy sent me like three of them, but he kept calling him Cooper Kupp,” Kerr recalled. 

The 32-year-old wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks would be an interesting fit for Golden State to say the least. 

Kupp does have some basketball experience playing for Davis High School in Yakima, Washington. In 2012, the now-Seahawks receiver held Sacramento Kings star Zach LaVine to four points in the first half of a state quarterfinal game. 

Nevertheless, it is unclear how sending three first-round draft picks to Dallas would help Golden State acquire Kupp. 

Aside from crazy trade proposals from fans, the Warriors could use a bit of a boost from a trade, just like the boost the acquisition of Jimmy Butler gave the team last season. Kerr applauded Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy for having the team primed to make such a move. 

“Mike has done an amazing job as GM. He’s signed guys who have helped us on the court. He’s signed guys to good contracts that are tradeable. He’s given us the flexibility to go out and do something,” Kerr explained. “There’s no doubt at 13-and-15; we’d be foolish to sit here and say we can’t get better. So, I’m for anything that helps us get better for sure.” 

The Warriors have added one more win since the time of the interview, but Kerr surely still would welcome any big improvements added via trade. 

But, for all parties involved, some realistic expectations are necessary to draw up a trade that actually works. 

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