Should The Golden State Warriors Stand Pat At The Trade Deadline?
The Golden State Warriors have the best record in the NBA at 41-9. They’ve won 82 percent of their games, they’re the league’s No. 1 ranked defense AND No. 1 ranked offense. Between that, having one of the league’s deepest teams and being led by an MVP candidate in Stephen Curry, the 2015 NBA trade deadline feels like something for other teams to worry about.
Hold that thought.
The Dubs are without question one of the league’s elite teams, but they’re by no means the odds-on favorite to win the title. I’m not just saying that because the Warriors lost their best-of-each-conference head-to-head showdown with the Atlanta Hawks last week either.
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Over the last few weeks, the Dubs have gone a pedestrian 5-3. They’ve lost six of their last 11 road games, they barely beat the Philadelphia 76ers by five last night, and on Saturday, they let a weak New York Knicks team climb back into the game. Essentially, the Dubs haven’t looked like the world-beating juggernauts they were to start the season.
Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen the Memphis Grizzlies acquire Jeff Green, the Oklahoma City Thunder trade for Dion Waiters and the Cleveland Cavaliers add J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert and Timofey Mozgov. The would-be contenders are bolstering their rotation looking ahead to the playoffs and narrowing the gap between them and the teams we’ve considered elite all season long.
With the Feb. 19 trade dealing approaching, the question begs: Do the Dubs need to make a trade to maintain their advantage?
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