Los Angeles– Golden State Warriors General manager Mike Dunleavy denied this draymond green Despite the team pursuing the Milwaukee star, he was in active trade talks ahead of this week’s deadline giannis antetokounmpo.
“I’ll walk back there,” Dunleavy said. “His name was not in any conversations other than the ones where teams called me to ask about him. The idea that he stayed with the Warriors after the deadline was greatly exaggerated. There was never a possibility that he wouldn’t be here or even remotely close. I told them that.”
To trade for Antetokounmpo assignment for salary matching purposes, the Warriors would have to either hire Green or Jimmy Butler III In the deal. Dunleavy was asked if that meant he would have traded Butler for Antetokounmpo.
“You’re putting words in my mouth,” Dunleavy said. “No, no, no. We’re not doing that. I’m not talking about who’s in the business and who’s not. We don’t do that.”
Green published a podcast on Saturday morning in which he relayed a call he had with Dunleavy a few days before the deadline, saying Dunleavy told him about his trade talks with the Bucks, letting him know that, if Milwaukee were to accept, Green or Butler would be in it.
“He didn’t rule it out,” Green said. “They didn’t say we’re not including you in the deal. So I took it as, ‘Well, that’ll probably be me.’
The Bucks never showed enough interest in the set of draft picks the Warriors were offering to move forward with the Antetokounmpo deal. Warriors turned to trade instead atlanta hawks big man kristaps porzingisI am sending Jonathan Kuminga And buddy heald Out in the deal.
Porzingis has a skill set that the Warriors lack. He is a 7-foot-3 rim protector who stretches the floor with accuracy and a high volume of 3s.
But availability is a question. Porzingis has been limited to 17 games this season due to recent Achilles tendinitis and the lingering effects of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).
Porzingis joined the team Friday night in Los Angeles. He worked out on the court Saturday afternoon and chatted with Rick Celebrini, the team’s chief medical decision maker, and said he has already “clicked” with the medical staff.
“I’m in really good hands,” Porzingis said. “If not some of the best hands.”
Celebrini and the Warriors have decided to hold Porzingis out of the final three games before the All-Star break, keep him in San Francisco for on-court work until next weekend and then release him over the break.
Warriors face Porzingis’ old team boston celticsIn their first game out of the break on 19 February. Porzingis said his plan and goal is to make his debut that night.
“48 straight [minutes],” Porzingis joked. “But we’ll see what the medical staff does for me. “I want to get on the field.”
Porzingis is averaging 17.1 points and 5.1 rebounds in his 17 games with the Hawks this season, making 36% of his 3s.
“I expect to have a really surprisingly good time after the All-Star break,” Porzingis said.
