Report: Warriors won't file grievance over Gary Payton II trade

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Report: Warriors will not file grievance over Gary Payton II trade with Blazers

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Grey Papke | Last updated 3/25/23

The Golden State Warriors have settled their issues with the Portland Trail Blazers stemming from the trade of Gary Payton II.

According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, the Warriors do not have plans to file a grievance against the Blazers over the Payton trade and will additionally not ask the league to take any action.

After further review, Golden State won't be pursuing any action, grievance, or review by the NBA regarding Gary Payton II trade with Portland, sources tell @NBAonTNT, @BleacherReport.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) March 25, 2023

The Warriors and Blazers negotiated a Payton trade in February, but it nearly fell apart when Golden State accused Portland of withholding pertinent medical information after their team's doctors discovered that Payton was dealing with significant injury. The Warriors did ultimately go through with the trade, but they still were not happy with Portland over how matters played out.

The only hit the Blazers will take from this in a tangible way, though, looks to be a reputational one. On the Warriors side of things, Payton is very close to returning to action, likely before the start of the NBA playoffs.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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