{"id":577075,"date":"2026-02-02T10:21:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/577075\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T10:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:21:46","slug":"warriors-predicted-to-screw-lakers-by-trading-for-175-million-bucks-star-nba-champion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/577075\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors predicted to ‘screw’ Lakers by trading for $175 million Bucks star, NBA champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warriors predicted to ‘screw’ Lakers by trading for $175 million Bucks star, NBA champion<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Golden State Warriors<\/a> need assistance in the worst way possible.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s safe to say the franchise wasn\u2019t prepared to lose its star forward Jimmy Butler, three months before the start of the playoffs (season-ending ACL injury).<\/p>\n

If the Warriors truly value Stephen Curry and his quest for ring No. 5, they\u2019ll make a move that\u2019ll give him the best possible chance to orchestrate a late-career championship run.<\/p>\n

Blue Man Hoop\u2019s Peter O\u2019Keefe believes the Dubs could \u2018screw\u2019 the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>, their in-conference rival, by trading for a Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> superstar and NBA champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWarriors can screw the Lakers<\/a> by trading for Giannis (Antetokounmpo) in the coming days,\u201d O\u2019Keefe wrote Sunday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Lakers don’t have the draft capital to be a strong suitor for Antetokounmpo right now, but that could change in the offseason, where they could look to pair the Milwaukee Bucks superstar with Luka Doncic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGolden State’s leverage right now is that they can send four first-round picks and pick swaps to Milwaukee, the latter of which in 2030 and beyond look incredibly valuable considering Stephen Curry will almost assuredly be in retirement.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Warriors should do everything in their power to ensure the Antetokounmpo sweepstakes end on Thursday. If the two-MVP is still on the market when the offseason arrives, Golden State will likely be at a disadvantage.<\/p>\n

As multiple analysts have alluded to, the Warriors would have to be willing to part ways with Jimmy Butler or Draymond Green to convince Milwaukee to send\u00a0Antetokounmpo to the Bay.<\/p>\n

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Golden State will have competition, but they have the assets to make the best trade of the season.<\/p>\n

More NBA:\u00a0Why Lakers are in trouble after blockbuster De’Andre Hunter, Keon Ellis three-team trade<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warriors predicted to ‘screw’ Lakers by trading for $175 million Bucks star, NBA champion originally appeared on The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[7,200,107,479,164,4025,4024,313,150,121,6,40705,573,255],"class_list":{"0":"post-577075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golden-state-warriors","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-draymond-green","10":"tag-giannis","11":"tag-golden-state","12":"tag-golden-state-warriors","13":"tag-goldenstate","14":"tag-goldenstatewarriors","15":"tag-jimmy-butler","16":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","17":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","18":"tag-nba","19":"tag-peter-okeefe","20":"tag-stephen-curry","21":"tag-warriors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116000544911368125","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}