Golden State Warriors Receive: F Kristaps Porzingis, F Dorian Finney-Smith, G Jalen Brunson, C Willie Cauley-Stein
Dallas Mavericks Receive: F Andrew Wiggins, C James Wiseman
Now this would surely be an intriguing situation to sort out in the NBA, especially since the Dallas Mavericks would be forfeiting a lot of assets to get Andrew Wiggins and James Wiseman in return. Wiggins and Wiseman are both young talents on the Warriors’ roster who the team seems to be pretty high on, hence why they did not move them in the offseason.
Drafted second overall last year, James Wiseman has a lot of potential as a versatile and athletic center in today’s NBA, but he is still very raw as a player. Seeing as he really did not get any time to develop in college and pretty much went straight from high school to the NBA at just 19-years-old, he still has a lot of growing up and maturing to do before he reaches his full potential, but when he does, Wiseman could realistically be an All-Star one day.
Dallas does have a lot of centers on their roster right now, but if they moved Porzingis and Cauley-Stein in this deal with the Warriors, they would be left with just Moses Brown, Dwight Powell and Boban Marjanovic, which is why they would likely want James Wiseman in return.
The Warriors have gone “back to their roots” in a sense since Curry, Thompson and Green are the focal points of their championship roster once again, much like they were during their first title run during the 2014-15 season. All three All-Stars are a lot older now and more experienced, but this team could still use all the talent they can get.
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Bringing in Kristaps Porzingis could definitely prove it be beneficial not only because of his abilities to knock down three-pointers, but because Porzingis is still a guy that needs to be respected by defenses around the league.
With the Warriors, he could be utilized more as a true big man who can knock down shots from anywhere, making him an extremely dangerous rebounding threat for a team that can shoot 40% or better from three-point range consistently at full-strength.
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Plus, Golden State would be getting another versatile two-way forward in Dorian Finney-Smith and a key backup point guard with Jalen Brunson. This is a lot of value for the Dallas Mavericks to give up, but again, this could be the only way that they can move Porzingis and free up cap space moving forward to get Luka Doncic some more help.
There is a lot to sort out with this trade proposal for both sides, so let’s now take a look at if this trade makes sense for both teams and if it is feasible to believe that it could wind up happening.
