Lacob says Warriors are open to trading almost ‘anyone’ for the right price originally appeared in NBC Sports Bay Area
Outside of Steph Curry, there is no player that Warriors owner Joe Lacob wouldn’t trade.
With rumors linking Golden State to Utah Jazz forward Lauri MarkkanenThere was no shortage of speculation about which players Lacob and Co. had to offer for the Finn’s services.
Can be versatile guard Brandin Podziemski be at the center of a highly successful trade? Jonathan Kuminga? Both?
Lacob, who sees Podziemski and Kuminga as potential future NBA All-Starsdoesn’t see this happening, but doesn’t rule it out either.
“I’m not going to go into details, but there’s no way,” Lacob said in “The Audacy TK Program.”
“I don’t want to give up on him or JK. We love these guys. AND [Moses Moody], [Trayce Jackson-Davis]these are good young players.”
But if the price is right… Well, if that’s the case, anything goes except Curry and, potentially, a second Warrior.
“Now everyone can be traded,” Lacob added. “Anyone and everyone.
“If it means we’re going to be better as an organization, we’re going to acquire someone who actually makes sense going forward and we thought the deal was fair and something we should do, there’s probably no one on this team — maybe one guy, maybe two — who couldn’t be negotiated.”
Given the offseason departures of Chris Paul and Klay Thompson, Podziemski could be in position to make a leap in his second year.
On the other hand, the clock is ticking on what’s left of the Curry and Draymond Green era, and if the goal is to make another run at the Larry O’Brien Trophy, Markkanen could be the missing piece of the puzzle.
The reason is that for an organization as ambitious as the Warriors, nothing is out of reach.
“You know, it’s possible,” concluded Lacob. “I’m not going to sit here and say it’s not. But I don’t foresee these guys going anywhere. I anticipate they will be with us and help build our organization.
“Again, unless [a] significant [offer] that we cannot refuse appears.”
