It’s trade season in the NBA. Meaning the sound of every notification from ESPN or Bleacher Report has Dub Nation on edge, hoping for a “Shams bomb” to break the news of the Golden State Warriors acquiring some form of substantial help to play alongside their all-star Stephen Curry.

Though the Anthony Davis-Luka Doncic swap shook the whole sports world late Saturday night, the trade Sunday significantly alters the Warriors' approach in the coming days ahead of Thursday’s deadline. The three-team deal that sent De’Aaron Fox to the San Antonio Spurs and Zach Lavine to the Sacramento Kings, puts an end to the possibility of pairing Lavine and Nikola Vucevic in a package from Chicago.

A Lavine-Vucevic package would have realistically been the easiest fix to Golden State’s issues, being lack of size along with desperately needing a consistent secondary scoring option besides Curry. Lavine, amidst a career year, is averaging 24 PPG while shooting 45% from three. There is still a real possibility of the Warriors landing the 34-year-old center Vucevic, though he alone wouldn’t be an ideal move by itself.

It was also reported that the Warriors and Miami Heat are no longer exploring a Jimmy Butler trade. Butler’s unwillingness to sign an extension in the offseason seemingly ended that being an option. However a more recent report from the Athletic’s Anthony Slater stated that the Warriors feel they are still '“in the mix” for the Heat’s star player. Especially if the Sun’s don’t find a home for Bradley Beal, who has a no-trade-clause and who would need to okay a trade destination before being moved.

The latest report as of Monday morning via Shams Charania on “The Pat McAfee Show” is that the Warriors are “legitimately calling about every all-star player.” If there is one thing Warriors fans have learned over the past couple of seasons, it is the ability to not take these reports too seriously, as this regime of Warriors’ management has consistently shown their unwillingness to unload assets to surround their soon-to-be 37-year-old future Hall of Famer.

Names that have circulated include LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Paul George, and Zion Williamson. The chances of some of those names seem very far-fetched and are in a sense a pipe dream for Golden State to land at the deadline this season.

Golden State’s failed attempt at “two timelines” has seemingly decreased their chances of turning those young pieces into assets that could be flipped at the deadline. The Warriors’ reluctancy to move off of Jonathan Kuminga and Brandin Podziemski during different points of the offseason denied them the chance to land all-star players such as Karl Anthony Towns and Lauri Markkanen.

At 24-24, the Warriors currently sit at the eleventh seed in the Western Conference just outside of the Play-In Tournament. That being said, they are only 3.5 games back of the Clippers who hold the sixth seed, meaning a trade could significantly increase their chances of making a jump in the standings by moving past the .500 mark.

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