The Golden State Warriors have to feel pretty good about where they are as a franchise. The Warriors are breezing through their first-round matchup against the two-seeded Houston Rockets. They are poised to potentially compete for a title.
However, things could always be better. In fact, taking their sweet time with making the move to acquire Jimmy Butler left the Warriors in an uncomfortable position for a large chunk of the 2024-25 NBA season.
The lesson to be learned there would be to never rest on your laurels. Golden State could have an opportunity to get aggressive in the offseason and capitalize off another championship contender's major decision.
The Boston Celtics changed ownership over recent times. The organization was sold for $6.1 billion to William Chisholm and his group.
Many had wondered if that would mean a shakeup to the roster. ESPN's Sham Charania finally delivered the verdict on that situation.
"Right now, Boston is fully focused on winning a championship. ... But I can tell you, the rest of the league is bracing for some level of change to come to the Celtics from their roster this offseason.
Sources have been telling me for weeks now that the Celtics will be exploring trade options in the offseason. This team, this iteration just is not going to be sustainable for this team. ...
They have five players right now scheduled to make $28 million or more next season. That's a league record. They would have a salary bill of $500 million. That would be league history amount.I think the Celtics knew when they traded for Jrue Holliday and they traded for Kristaps Porzingis, they'd be staring at this in the face this summer."
-Shams Charania
With a couple of Celtics slated to potentially be available, could there be a move that entices the Warriors?
Would a player like Porzingis be worth the price of admission for Golden State? The versatile center would certainly fit the team in numerous ways.
However, there would be notable pieces like Moses Moody and Brandin Podziemski heading in the other direction to make the money work. That assumes the Warriors would be unwilling to part with Draymond Green.
It will be worth monitoring if the team's front office believes it a worthwhile venture to try and poach one of the major talents on the Celtics roster.
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