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15

Warriors Want Bosh, By Gosh

Posted by Stephen Rhodes under NBA Rumors, SDC COMMENTARY 

Interesting piece from the San Jose Mercury News.  It appears that newly appointed Golden State Warriors general manager Larry Riley (Chris Mullin, we hardly knew ya!!) wants to make an immediate impact as free agency and subsequent NBA draft loom near. 

The Warriors will obviously have a decent pick at #7; but at the same time, with a little luck and some ingenuity, they could have the chance to move up and land one of the coveted top two picks in the draft lottery next Tuesday.  Of course, if that doesn’t pan out – and I am pretty sure it won’t – there is a decent free agent class out there.

And the current flavor of the day for Golden State, you ask?  Not surprisingly, the Toronto Raptors’ Chris Bosh.  You just know that the Raptors would want something of value for Bosh if a trade was consummated.  Probably the player that comes immediately to mind is the player who has the most upside – Anthony Randolph.  But the thing is this – why trade Randolph for a player who more than likely will be a one-year rental?

The Warriors, if they considered a trade for Bosh, would probably have to include Andris Biedrins (no biggie there as height isn’t a virtue in Warriorland) for value and contract purposes.  Any deal would no doubt be complicated as probably several contracts would be involved, and I am not going to pretend to speculate which players on a monetary basis could make a deal for Bosh doable.

Ideally, Bosh playing for Golden State makes sense.  Realistically, I do not see it happening.  I think that the matter of contract issues combined with what players would make the most sense in a proposed Warriors-Raptors transaction would render this scenario DOA.  But hey – Golden State has the #7 pick, right?


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