As the 2025-26 NBA season continues to roll along, plenty of teams have subscribed to the notion that a given team can never have too much shooting talent.
For 4-time NBA champion Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors, that exact thought process has kept the legendary point guard and dynastic franchise in contention for another championship.
To further increase their odds of claiming a fifth NBA title in the Curry era, a new trade proposal from Bleacher Report's Zach Buckley has Golden State snagging a seldom-used shot-maker from the Washington Wizards to bolster their three-point shooting attack.
"So, Golden State could instead reserve judgment on (Jonathan) Kuminga and try adding another three-and-D forward to the mix," Buckley wrote Wednesday.
"To be frank, that's a label that (Justin) Champagnie hasn't fully earned just yet, but he might fit in a more stable environment."
"The Warriors, when healthy, aren't finding much floor time for (Trayce) Jackson-Davis, so if they could turn their fourth center and a future second-round pick into a potential rotation player, that would almost certainly be a win."
If the Warriors were to become interested in a trade for the Wizards' skilled role player Justin Champagnie, Buckley's hypothetical framework for a deal would ship Golden State's former No. 57 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft Trayce Jackson-Davis and a 2030 second-round draft pick away in exchange for the 24-year-old wing.
Though Champagnie has gotten off to a less-than-ideal start in 2025-26, it could largely be attributed to his lack of inclusion in Washington's future plans.
After averaging a solid 8.8 points and 5.7 rebounds while knocking down 38.3% of his chances from three-point range in 21.6 minutes last season, he has been handed a drastically reduced role.
Champagnie's 8.5 minutes of action through his first 11 games this season has not allowed him to get into a rhythm, as his box score figures have dropped to just 2.5 points and 3.1 rebounds.
The five-year veteran has also connected on just 22.2% of his 0.8 looks from deep this season, but those figures could allow Golden State to buy low on the 6-foot-6 sharpshooter.
If the Warriors could include Champagnie in certain packages as a reliable distance shooting threat with clear rebounding ability, it's plausible to believe that he can serve as a great complementary piece for Curry and the rest of the Warriors' roster.
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