Any day I would rather have Kuminga than have podz. I think that Kuminga’s skill ceiling is much higher than podz and Utah even wants pods giving us a higher chance to l get Markkanen
Apart-Plankton9951
Too much for a guy that plays less than 58 games per season on average. He also has no playoff experience so who knows, maybe his game does not translate well in that regard.
SunDriedToMatto
Nah – Subtracting Kuminga makes the Lauri gain not as good. Need to maximize Steph’s window. This doesn’t do it. Time to move on.
heliocentrist510
lol, that would be a hell no from me.
Please note we’d also have to include more salaries as even though teams can trade into Utah’s cap space, we are hard capped at the first apron and we’re only like half a mil below it.
AJC3317
Including kuminga makes this a sideways move at best. Include whoever else you need to get it done but kuminga is a no
Ohmeygaz
I’d do it. Curry-Melton-Wiggs-Lauri-Dray is still really good as a starting lineup, not to mention that you’re set up well financially since you’d only be paying Lauri instead of him and JK.
MachiavelliSJ
I dont like it. Unprotected picks in the late 2020s probably lottery picks
No_Credibility
Markkanen isn’t the answer, let it go guys
PhilosopherEmpty6323
Massive overpay. His defense is horrible. Shooter. Doesn’t hustle. Man giving up all that!?
AppropriateMaize4892
No thx
Grouchy_Article_6868
No
couchtomato62
No way in hell
Nessmuk58
This is essentially two unprotected FRPs 4 – 6 years out, plus an almost certain FRP lost in 2026, plus a swap when it’s likely Utah will be good and we will suck, all for a guy whose durability is suspect. We couldn’t even START to rebuild until 2031.
Great big “NO!” from me.
justinothemack
Massive overpay by us.
mike_m_1960
Gotta say I’m really tired of the Markkanen stuff. Let’s just wait until 8/6 to see what really happens.
Nessmuk58
CBA says no.
JK + MM is $13.4M in salary, Lauri is a bit over $18M. This would push us over the hard cap 1st Apron.
Can’t these dil-holes check their math?
NlilNJA
Lauri is so overrated and not worth Kuminga/Moody and all our picks…
Nobody was talking about this dude years ago as a star. Put up good numbers on bad teams and has a trend of missing games due to injury.
Big pass.
Nessmuk58
Something that too many people here fail to grasp is how much value the new CBA has added to DRAFT PICKS. The early Lottery Picks will have about the same value as always – a lot – but picks from mid-Lottery on will be MUCH more valuable.
The new CBA makes it painful to have a large payroll, not just in terms of payroll + tax costs, but in all the restrictions that mount up as a team passes the various thresholds. This coming year, it’s $30M from the cap to the tax, so there’s some wiggle room between having space to sign FAs and becoming a taxpayer. But from the tac to the 1st Apron is only $8M, and from there to the 2nd Apron is only $10M more. Extensions for Lauri + Kuminga will easily be $80M.
To build a winner, and certainly to maintain one, you need to have cheap, good players. The only way even to have a chance of that is through the Draft. And since the Draft is a risky business at best, it doesn’t mean just a few Picks – you have to have enough to account for the inevitable busts. You also need to spread them out, so that you don’t have multiple big extensions due all at once. The ideal would be to draft one primary rotation player every other year, indefinitely. If you’re a good team, drafting late(ish), that means 3 or 4 picks every two years (including SRPs). That way, you have 2-3 good players on their rookie contracts, 2-3 on their second contracts, and 2-3 on their third contracts. Fill in the roster with a few picks that aren’t primary rotation, but good enough for the #10 – #15 slots, MLEs, BAEs, Vet minimums, and the occasional trade.
Giving away this many picks would REALLY screw us. My guess is that in the future the top FAs will actually see a reduction in salary offers relative to the rest of the League, due to the overall pressure on payrolls. But “affordable” FAs will see excellent demand because of the value for money they bring. Right now, we have 4 good, young players and 6-7 FRP’s through 2031. Do this deal, and we have 2 players and 4 FRPs, one of them (swap) likely to be very late in the FR. We’re not well-stocked in SRPs either, so our chances of maintaining / building a decent team would be minimal.
hmsty
I’d do it
mongo_man
I’ll just be glad when this is all over, either way.
whodatbe24
No fucking way
FNameriKKKa666
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂WHAT A JOKE! Warriors are stupid if this is true! I could tell you how I really feel but I don’t wanna get banned. This is ridiculous.
twizlamic
If we’re going all in I would like to see a trade like this:
Put in Podz instead of jk and I’d do it. I’m sure Utah also asks for 2027 swap.
WideCoconut2230
Give all of the Minnesota picks to GS. Ainge wants to do Goebert 2.0 to fleece a team. No deal.
rcbz1994
bchhun
Lauri just played the best season of his career. Looking to get paid. And clearly Ainge is trying to sell high. Probably won’t last though and that’s why warriors should not mortgage its future for him! Make Ainge squirm!
ttttyttt678
24% think this is not enough….who do they think Lauri is? If this does work financially, it would be very hard to do. Losing 3 firsts and a swap basically means it’s hard/next to impossible to improve the roster. Team would be Steph/Podz/Wiggins/Lauri/Draymond Bench: Melton/Heild/GP2/Kyle Anderson/TDJ/Looney…don’t think the acquisition of Lauri alone makes the GSW championship contenders.
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Any day I would rather have Kuminga than have podz. I think that Kuminga’s skill ceiling is much higher than podz and Utah even wants pods giving us a higher chance to l get Markkanen
Too much for a guy that plays less than 58 games per season on average. He also has no playoff experience so who knows, maybe his game does not translate well in that regard.
Nah – Subtracting Kuminga makes the Lauri gain not as good. Need to maximize Steph’s window. This doesn’t do it. Time to move on.
lol, that would be a hell no from me.
Please note we’d also have to include more salaries as even though teams can trade into Utah’s cap space, we are hard capped at the first apron and we’re only like half a mil below it.
Including kuminga makes this a sideways move at best. Include whoever else you need to get it done but kuminga is a no
I’d do it. Curry-Melton-Wiggs-Lauri-Dray is still really good as a starting lineup, not to mention that you’re set up well financially since you’d only be paying Lauri instead of him and JK.
I dont like it. Unprotected picks in the late 2020s probably lottery picks
Markkanen isn’t the answer, let it go guys
Massive overpay. His defense is horrible. Shooter. Doesn’t hustle. Man giving up all that!?
No thx
No
No way in hell
This is essentially two unprotected FRPs 4 – 6 years out, plus an almost certain FRP lost in 2026, plus a swap when it’s likely Utah will be good and we will suck, all for a guy whose durability is suspect. We couldn’t even START to rebuild until 2031.
Great big “NO!” from me.
Massive overpay by us.
Gotta say I’m really tired of the Markkanen stuff. Let’s just wait until 8/6 to see what really happens.
CBA says no.
JK + MM is $13.4M in salary, Lauri is a bit over $18M. This would push us over the hard cap 1st Apron.
Can’t these dil-holes check their math?
Lauri is so overrated and not worth Kuminga/Moody and all our picks…
Nobody was talking about this dude years ago as a star. Put up good numbers on bad teams and has a trend of missing games due to injury.
Big pass.
Something that too many people here fail to grasp is how much value the new CBA has added to DRAFT PICKS. The early Lottery Picks will have about the same value as always – a lot – but picks from mid-Lottery on will be MUCH more valuable.
The new CBA makes it painful to have a large payroll, not just in terms of payroll + tax costs, but in all the restrictions that mount up as a team passes the various thresholds. This coming year, it’s $30M from the cap to the tax, so there’s some wiggle room between having space to sign FAs and becoming a taxpayer. But from the tac to the 1st Apron is only $8M, and from there to the 2nd Apron is only $10M more. Extensions for Lauri + Kuminga will easily be $80M.
To build a winner, and certainly to maintain one, you need to have cheap, good players. The only way even to have a chance of that is through the Draft. And since the Draft is a risky business at best, it doesn’t mean just a few Picks – you have to have enough to account for the inevitable busts. You also need to spread them out, so that you don’t have multiple big extensions due all at once. The ideal would be to draft one primary rotation player every other year, indefinitely. If you’re a good team, drafting late(ish), that means 3 or 4 picks every two years (including SRPs). That way, you have 2-3 good players on their rookie contracts, 2-3 on their second contracts, and 2-3 on their third contracts. Fill in the roster with a few picks that aren’t primary rotation, but good enough for the #10 – #15 slots, MLEs, BAEs, Vet minimums, and the occasional trade.
Giving away this many picks would REALLY screw us. My guess is that in the future the top FAs will actually see a reduction in salary offers relative to the rest of the League, due to the overall pressure on payrolls. But “affordable” FAs will see excellent demand because of the value for money they bring. Right now, we have 4 good, young players and 6-7 FRP’s through 2031. Do this deal, and we have 2 players and 4 FRPs, one of them (swap) likely to be very late in the FR. We’re not well-stocked in SRPs either, so our chances of maintaining / building a decent team would be minimal.
I’d do it
I’ll just be glad when this is all over, either way.
No fucking way
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂WHAT A JOKE! Warriors are stupid if this is true! I could tell you how I really feel but I don’t wanna get banned. This is ridiculous.
If we’re going all in I would like to see a trade like this:
https://fanspo.com/nba/s/warriors/trades/QAXlC9_NR_IcOs/gsw-goes-all-in
Put in Podz instead of jk and I’d do it. I’m sure Utah also asks for 2027 swap.
Give all of the Minnesota picks to GS. Ainge wants to do Goebert 2.0 to fleece a team. No deal.
Lauri just played the best season of his career. Looking to get paid. And clearly Ainge is trying to sell high. Probably won’t last though and that’s why warriors should not mortgage its future for him! Make Ainge squirm!
24% think this is not enough….who do they think Lauri is? If this does work financially, it would be very hard to do. Losing 3 firsts and a swap basically means it’s hard/next to impossible to improve the roster. Team would be Steph/Podz/Wiggins/Lauri/Draymond Bench: Melton/Heild/GP2/Kyle Anderson/TDJ/Looney…don’t think the acquisition of Lauri alone makes the GSW championship contenders.
That’s a giant FUCK NO from me.