The Warriors are already being floated as a team to watch when the trade deadline rolls around, and the name at the center of the chatter is a big one: Anthony Davis.
Golden State has won eight straight after opening 0-3, but that hot start hasn’t stopped the speculation that the front office could chase a major move. With Stephen Curry and Draymond Green both getting older, the logic is simple enough - if the Warriors want to maximize what’s left of this core, another scoring threat could be the way to do it.
Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley put Golden State on the list of possible landing spots for the 10-time All-Star, whose stint with the Washington Wizards may not last long.
"Whether co-starring with a currently solo star or anchoring the interior for a could-be contender, he is the kind of player who could- if healthy, asterisk forever attached -tip the scales of the championship race," Buckley wrote.
Buckley also named the Phoenix Suns and Toronto Raptors as teams that could put together reasonable trade offers for Davis, who turned in a monster performance Monday with 44 points and 13 rebounds against the Detroit Pistons.
Even with that effort, Washington came up short in a loss to Detroit and dropped to 4-7. The Wizards still have a shot to hang around the play-in picture, but that hinges heavily on Davis staying on the floor.
For Golden State, the fit is easy to imagine. A Curry-Davis pairing would have once been talked about as one of the league’s best, and that conversation still lingers. The wrinkle now is age, which makes any version of that partnership a much more complicated bet.
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