Warriors have to know KP is at least ready to play again in the short run, right?
I just can?t wrap my head around why anyone who is trying to stay in the hunt would give up assets for KP at this point.
They really needed another center. Believe they were starting Horford and Green at the 4/5.
I get that, but how much time is he actually going to spend filling that hole as opposed to creating new holes?
My random guess is that they realize they aren't championship material without a miracle, so they're giving themselves a 1:10,000 chance rather than zero chance. (Cue the Dumb & Dumber references). Then, next summer they can sign KP cheap (like us with Vuc) and hope to compete with Butler back.
It's still wild they got as poor of a return possible for Kuminga.
I know the Warriors are supposedly out on Giannis now, but this trade makes a lot of sense if they were able to get Giannis too.
Butler and Podz plus all their draft picks for Giannis makes a lot of sense. They would be left with Curry, Moody, Giannis, KP, and Green. Horford, Payton, Post, Santos off the bench.
If I'm the Bucks, unless I love Podz, I would not do that trade, but then again those Warriors draft picks do look juicy.