Golden State Warriors: 3 cons of trading for Jrue Holiday

1. Disregarding the future

Holiday was a one-time All-Star with the Philadelphia 76ers and absolutely deserves to spend the rest of his prime on a contending organization. If he stays put he will be a great leader for the Pelicans as they attempt to build something special. On the surface, he fits right in with the timeline of the Warriors as well.

Thompson and Green are both 30, the same age as Holiday, while Curry is 32. But if you look even a couple of years down the road, that is where the problems will expose themselves. Thompson is coming off an ACL tear that caused him to miss all of last season. Green doesn’t always bring it during the regular season, even if he might have to this time out.

Curry’s ankle injuries of before are gone, but he did break his hand last season and missed a lot of time because of it. He has the type of game to thrive for years to come, but building a title contender around these three guys because of their age and injury history isn’t the sure thing it once was.

Is adding Holiday to that core enough to push them over the top? Most likely no, but it would have to be for the Warriors to consider doing a deal. They would be going even more all-in on the present when having the second pick and Wiggins just lying there is the clear insurance policy they have to make sure they contend well into the next decade.

Getting rid of one or both of those things for some prime Holiday years just doesn’t seem smart. Even if Wiggins and the pick end up elsewhere, there have to be younger options with more upside out there to come in and take over as seamlessly as possible once Curry and co. begin to bow out.

The Warriors have one of the smartest front offices in the league. The way they built title teams over the last seven or so years changed the game forever. They have always looked ahead, and it ended up netting them Kevin Durant. Mortgaging so much of their future and getting rid of so much of their flexibility just for Holiday when there are other holes in their roster isn’t the right thing to do. Which is why they shouldn’t.