NBA rumors: Warriors could make ‘big trade,’ says insider

Despite looking like one of the very best teams in the NBA, one insider thinks the Warriors are the best ‘candidate’ to make a ‘big’ trade.

After an underrated offseason, the Golden State Warriors appear to be one of the best teams in the NBA again. The Dubs are off to a 7-1 start, which puts them in a tie for first place in the Western Conference, but one NBA insider said the team still could make a “big” trade this season.

Even though the Warriors’ moves over the summer, which included replacing Klay Thompson with Buddy Hield, have seemed to work out great, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst suggested that the Warriors are the “biggest candidate” to pull off a blockbuster trade this season.

“They tried to trade for LeBron James last trade deadline,” Windhorst said on ‘First Take’ of the Warriors. “I know — it was one of the most amazing stories that Woj and Ramona reported all last year, was that trade talks went down. OK, that didn’t happen. Then they tried to trade for Paul George. Then they tried to trade for Lauri Markkanen. This is a team that’s got an itchy trigger finger trying to make a big deal. All of these players’ value are increasing as this happens. Now they may not want to touch what they’ve got going, but this team has its draft picks going forward, they have all these guys, they’ve lowered their payroll by $50 million…”