Warriors predicted to reunite Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson in 'risky' three-team trade

Jeremy Beren

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The Golden State Warriors have to do something.

After losing Jimmy Butler to a season-ending knee injury on Monday, the Warriors' trade deadline plans have shifted. With the NBA's Feb. 5 deadline looming ever closer, Golden State is under pressure to maximize what they can do this season; the Warriors have a 12-5 record in their last 17 games, and they had the look of a championship contender before Butler went down.

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Butler, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green are all on contracts that expire after next season. Head coach Steve Kerr could leave at the end of the current season, when his  contract expires. If Golden State wants to get another star, the time is now.

But a Yahoo Sports mock trade predicts that the Warriors can acquire two  future Hall of Fame inductees if they agree to dangle Butler's contract. 

Tom Haberstroh has posited that the Warriors could reunite Curry and Klay Thompson while adding Anthony Davis from the Dallas Mavericks. The trade would look like this:

  • Warriors receive:  Anthony Davis, Klay Thompson, Dante Exum

  • Mavericks receive:  Jimmy Butler, Jonathan Kuminga and a top-four protected 2028 first-round pick from Golden State

  • Nets receive:  D’Angelo Russell and a lottery-protected 2026 first-round pick from Golden State

Reuniting Curry and Thompson for one more championship run would "do right by" Curry, Haberstroh writes, while bringing Davis to the Bay would give the Warriors a defensive anchor who is under contract for only one more year.

Curry, Green and Thompson have won four championships together. Pulling off this trade and emerging from the loaded Western Conference to do it again would be a big challenge -- but one that all parties involved would be up for.

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