The Golden State Warriors headed into the NBA offseason this past summer knowing they needed to bring in a new star, with four-time NBA champion Klay Thompson signing with the Dallas Mavericks.
It was rumored that the Warriors brass did their due diligence to acquire another star player, with the team being the most interested team in trading for Utah Jazz star forward Lauri Markkanen, but trade talks fell through, leading to Danny Ainge and company signing the 27-year-old to new long-term deal.
After the Markkanen trade fell through, Golden State reportedly went after then-Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns, who was ultimately traded to the New York Knicks in exchange for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo.
That makes two attempts to bring in another star that didn’t work out as planned, with superstar guard Stephen Curry thinking he knows what might’ve gone wrong this summer in these trade talks.
Curry, who has won four NBA titles with the Warriors up to this point in his career, believes that teams don’t want to help the Warriors reload, considering the team has been the most successful team over the past decade or so via NBA Central.
“Let’s keep it real,” Curry said. “Most teams are probably not going to want to help us.”
“Let’s keep it real. Most teams are probably not going to want to help us.”
– Steph Curry on the Warriors’ trade talks
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— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) October 22, 2024
The future Hall of Famer probably isn’t wrong, with teams around the league likely sick of seeing the Warriors being able to endure the test of time and remain a force to be reckoned with in the Western Conference.
This is a common thing that happens in the league as well as in other sports because no team wants to be the one to help a dynasty continue to dominate, which is unfortunate for Golden State but tends to come with sustained success.
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