The Golden State Warriors finally pulled the trigger on a trade Wednesday night, and it wasn\u2019t one that anyone expected. Late in the evening, on the eve of the trade deadline, ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania reported that the Warriors had traded Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for stretch center Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is. In a separate deal made to clear the cap space for the move, the Warriors sent third-year center Trayce Jackson-Davis to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for a second-round draft pick.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s an interesting move for the Warriors, as Porzi\u0146\u0123is is on an expiring contract that pays him $30.7 million. It could be that the Warriors are hoping to pair his contract with Draymond Green\u2019s in a potential trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo, or it could that they just want to see Porzi\u0146\u0123is\u2019 fit with the team before potentially re-signing him over the offseason. Porzi\u0146\u0123is has full Bird Rights, meaning the Warriors will be able to go over the tax this offseason to re-sign him.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no doubt that Porzi\u0146\u0123is \u2014 who was an All-Star in 2017-18 \u2014 brings an intriguing look to the Warriors, assuming he stays on the roster. He\u2019s 7\u20192, athletic, and defensively strong, but also is a career 36.6% shooter from downtown. He\u2019s having a poor year by his standards, but is still averaging 17.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game, though injuries have limited him to just 17 games.<\/p>\n
Injuries are one of the biggest issues for Porzi\u0146\u0123is, as he\u2019s only played 60 games once in the last nine seasons. And, unfortunately, no story of Porzi\u0146\u0123is can be told without mentioned the rape allegations against him from 2019.<\/p>\n
As for the outgoing pieces, it\u2019s the end of a long roller-coaster journey for Kuminga, who should get a chance to play a steady role on a semi-rebuilding Hawks team. It will be great to see if he can run with the opportunity. Hield, who was a favorite in the locker room and with the fans \u2014 and the closest player on the team to Jimmy Butler III \u2014 will be missed. The Warriors do open up a pair of roster spots with the moves, which will presumably be used to convert Pat Spencer\u2019s two-way contract into a guaranteed deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Golden State Warriors finally pulled the trigger on a trade Wednesday night, and it wasn\u2019t one that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,1224,8939,22703],"class_list":["post-583833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-basketball","tag-warriors-news","tag-warriors-rumors","tag-warriors-trade-rumors"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116017461670346795","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583833","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=583833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}