“Advanced numbers have never seen him as anything close to the kind of player his reputation suggests he is, and the wildly expensive Boston Celtics could turn him into a role player (Wiggins), multiple young prospects (with some combination of Kuminga, Podz and/or Moody), a couple first-round picks and a couple swaps.”

Desperate times appear to have called for desperate measures for the Golden State Warriors with just a few days before the trade deadline. While other Western Conference teams were involved in the biggest trades of the season — including one move that might be one of the biggest trades in league history — the Warriors,

It was all the backing the front office needed to remain committed to the next era of Warriors basketball rather than be forced into taking a wild swing to falsely extend this one. Now, as Thursday's trade deadline fast approaches amid a flurry of absolutely wild activity (notably Luka Doncic's jaw-dropping trade to the Lakers and De'Aaron Fox heading to the Spurs),