{"id":65686,"date":"2025-05-30T07:58:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T07:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=65686"},"modified":"2025-05-30T07:58:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T07:58:39","slug":"warriors-land-kristaps-porzingis-in-blockbuster-trade-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=65686","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Land Kristaps Porzingis In Blockbuster Trade Pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Boston-Celtics-Kristaps-Porzingis-Replacement-Draft.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Boston-Celtics-Kristaps-Porzingis-Replacement-Draft.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Boston-Celtics-Kristaps-Porzingis-Replacement-Draft.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Boston-Celtics-Kristaps-Porzingis-Replacement-Draft.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Warriors Land Kristaps Porzingis In Blockbuster Trade Pitch\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Kristaps Porzingis may be playing his final games with the Boston Celtics this postseason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr made it clear after the 2024-25 season that the team needed a reliable center, which would ensure that Draymond Green could play his natural position of power forward.<\/p>\n<p>Ideally, the Warriors would need a stretch five who can also serve as a weak-side rim protector. If there\u2019s one player who perfectly fits that prototype, it\u2019s Celtics star Kristaps Porzingis. Bleacher Report\u2019s Grant Hughes earlier proposed a trade that would see Moses Moody, Buddy Hield, Trayce Jackson-Davis and Gui Santos head to Boston.<\/p>\n<p>The following trade pitch would help the Lakers hold onto Moody and Hield, and instead build a package around Jonathan Kuminga, a restricted free agent. The Warriors would have to execute a sign-and-trade with the Celtics to pull this off.<\/p>\n<p>With Kuminga expected to command offer sheets in the range of $25-$30M, the Warriors may have the needed assets to acquire Porzingis\u2019 $30.7M expiring contract.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Celtics would receive:<\/strong> Jonathan Kuminga, Gui Santos, Trayce Jackson-Davis<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warriors would receive:<\/strong> Kristaps Porzingis<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Warriors Have Interest In Porzingis<\/h2>\n<p>According to ClutchPoints\u2019 Brett Siegel, the Warriors have long maintained an interest in Porzingis due to his ability to protect the rim and offer floor spacing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Golden State Warriors have long been viewed as a potential destination for Porzingis before he even joined Boston in 2023,\u201d wrote Siegel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is no secret to anyone that the Warriors will be seeking immediate frontcourt production,\u201d Siegel wrote. The Warriors were heavily linked to Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic at the deadline, but the team went after Jimmy Butler instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince he doesn\u2019t carry any long-term financial restraints, Porzingis could fill an immediate gap next to Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler,\u201d Siegel added. \u201cThis fit makes sense, but Porzingis\u2019 health is the top concern many teams share at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Other Warriors Trade Options<\/h2>\n<p>If the Celtics don\u2019t show interest in acquiring Kuminga, the Warriors could look to gauge the interest among other teams, per several insiders.<\/p>\n<p>With Kuminga almost a lock to depart the Bay Area, it\u2019s in the best interest of the Warriors to find the Congolese forward an ideal home while using him as a trade chip. Another 3-and-D name earmarked as a potential Warriors target is Nets wing Cam Johnson, who has two years left on a budget-friendly contract.<\/p>\n<p>Bleacher Report\u2019s Zach Buckley predicted a potential sign-and-trade scenario where the Warriors and Nets would swap out Kuminga for Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if Golden State is less than convinced Kuminga is a long-term fit for the team, it will want to recoup something for the asset,\u201d Buckley wrote.<\/p>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5195082\/element\/7\">\n<p>\u201cLook for the Warriors to work out a sign-and-trade with the Nets that gets him a four-year deal in the $100 million range and delivers the Dubs three-and-D ace Cameron Johnson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buckley argued that Kuminga, who fell out of the Warriors\u2019 rotation in the playoffs, would have no incentive to return to the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to imagine the 22-year-old would willingly sign up for more of this treatment,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, because he\u2019s a restricted free agent, the decision surrounding his next move won\u2019t entirely be his. He can sign where he pleases\u2014though he\u2019ll feel the same cap squeeze as everyone\u2014but the Warriors will have the option to match any offer sheet.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sai Mohan covers the NBA for Heavy.com. Based in Portugal, Sai is a seasoned sports writer with nearly two decades of publishing experience, including bylines at Yardbarker, FanSided&#8217;s Hoops Habit, International Business Times, Hindustan Times and more. More about Sai Mohan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Warriors trade pitch would acquire Kristaps Porzingis, while holding onto key guards Moses Moody and Buddy Hield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":65689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Warriors Land Kristaps Porzingis In Blockbuster Trade Pitch - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=65686\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Warriors Land Kristaps Porzingis In Blockbuster Trade Pitch - 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