Golden State Warriors: 6 draft-day trades the team should consider

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A deal with the Spurs

Warriors acquire: No. 11 + LaMarcus Aldridge

Spurs acquire: No. 2 + Andrew Wiggins

Another deal that is looking more and more realistic is one that includes a package of LaMarcus Aldridge and the No. 11 pick for some combination of the No. 2 pick.

Given Aldridge’s contract, any combination would have to have one of Golden State’s four max-contract players. They won’t be giving up Draymond Green, Curry or Thompson or Aldridge, so Wiggins is then the odd man out.

A seven-time All-Star, Aldridge averaged 18.9 points per game last season. With the Spurs, a team that didn’t make the playoffs and likely won’t this coming season, Aldridge is putting up meaningless numbers.

With Golden State, he’d have a purpose for the end of his career. He’s still playing at a high level, and the Spurs should prefer finding a top-tier prospect, not one that is at the back end of the lottery.

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