Does the Warriors interest in Bogdan Bogdanovic make sense?

The Golden State Warriors may be looking at bringing in Hawks’ shooting guard Bogdan Bogdanovic. With a plan to be aggressive towards the March 25 trade deadline, it’s expected the team will make some moves.

According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania (subscription required), the Warriors have some desire to trade for the 28-year-old sniper. Any move the team does make will likely not require them to part ways with the top-3 protected 2021 Minnesota first-round pick.

The Golden State Warriors are set to make some moves, and one of them could be trading for Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovic.

The Atlanta Hawks just haven’t been that good this season. While they’re in playoff position, there are only five teams in the East that are over .500. The East just isn’t at the same level as the West despite Brooklyn potentially being the most talented team in the NBA.

That said, while their desire to trade Bogdanovic is unknown, it seems he’s drawing interest from around the league and specifically from the Golden State Warriors. Does the Warriors’ desire to bring him to the Bay Area make sense?

Bogdanovic signed a four-year, $72 million deal this past offseason and will be under contract throughout the 2023-2024 season. So far, he hasn’t made a good case for his pay. In Atlanta, Bogdanovic’s scoring has decreased drastically.

His 15.1 points per game have almost been cut in half down to just 9.5 per game this season. He also went from a team where he was the center of the offense to being a role player as his shots per game have decreased by about a third as well.

It’s just like the Warriors’ Kelly Oubre Jr., who came from Phoenix and hasn’t seen the same success. For Golden State, Bogdanovic’s shooting should be a concern, and his contract would mean that they’d have to couple Oubre Jr. and Looney or deal a player like Andrew Wiggins.

Either of those trades wouldn’t make much sense unless the Warriors also bring in Aaron Gordon.

Now, maybe Golden State looks at their roster and makes a three-team deal where they add Gordon and Bogdanovic. That is something that would work, but the chemistry that they’ve built with Oubre Jr. and Wiggins may make doing that more damaging this season.

Bogdanovic is a solid, relatively young player, but his percentages also aren’t quite there this season. He’s shooting under 40 percent from the field and under 35 percent from deep. Both are those aren’t good enough to be considered a top target.

The Warriors should only bring in Bogdanovic if they have more moves up their sleeves, and with Bob Myers, they easily could. That said, it makes sense, but for now, we’ll have to see all the chips fall before it feels like the right set of moves to better position this team moving forward.