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US media suggests that the Warriors exchange 1 for 4, Platinum joins forces with Curry? Both sides win the needs? Obviously, they lose two times

6:40pm, 27 May 2025【Basketball】

NBA Central retweeted an interview with reporter Marc Stein on social media, and the Dallas Mavericks are closely following three point guards, Lonzo Ball, Ju Holiday and Chris Paul. It is obvious that the Mavericks are already preparing for the new season. The following three players can appear on their list of intentions and are directly related to their own and the current situation of their teams. For example, on the Celtics, they will face huge salary pressure next time, and the players mentioned that they may trade are Holiday and Porzingis. US media suggests that Warriors exchange 4 for 1, and Platinum joins forces with Curry? Both sides take the needs? Obviously a double loss. The Warriors are also one of the teams expected to be strengthened during the offseason. One of these is the addition to the inside. Grant Hughes of Bleacher Report, a well-known American journalist, revealed that the Golden State Warriors may eventually reach an agreement with a Boston Celtics star to help them fill their cap space issues. A subsequent transaction plan for the Warriors and Celtics was mentioned. The Warriors exchanged four players Moody, Hilde, TJD and Santos for center Porzingis.

This transaction seems to be something that both sides need. The Warriors strengthened the inside, and the Celtics also got rid of Porzingis in the transaction and also received a good fighter player to facilitate subsequent operations. But a careful analysis of this deal is a loss-win situation for both teams.

Let's talk about the Celtics first. In the future, facing large salary pressure, what the Celtics need to solve is to release salary pressure and make intelligent adjustments while performing unstable performance and declining. Once these two players leave the team, the Celtics need to strengthen at the same position, namely excellent wing defenders and inside players. After all, Horford's age is here, and he cannot still share more pressure in the next season.

But the players obtained in this trade. In addition to Moody's good defense and a fairly OK three-point shooting, the remaining players do not fit in with the Celtics' current situation. And these chips are obviously not enough to impress the Celtic management. The Celtics want to demolish the team, but they don’t demolish the team casually. They still have to ensure their competitiveness in the future.

Let's talk about the Warriors, this deal is obviously a considerable risk to the Warriors. First, I sent away the young Moody and TJD who performed well in the middle of the season, but I got a player with glass attributes. Although he is an inside player and has performed well in the regular season, looking back at the biggest problem Porzingis faced in the past few seasons is attendance.

Porzingis was able to score 19.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists in the regular season, with a three-point shooting percentage of 41.2%. But only played 42 games. And the playoffs are extremely unstable. In two games in the series, they scored one point in one game. They averaged only 4.2 points and 3.4 rebounds per game in the playoffs, shooting percentage of 23.8%, and shooting percentage of 14.3%. The opponent's shooting percentage of the defensive end increased from 51.1% to 52.5%, becoming an obvious shortcoming on the team's offense and defense end.

Although Porzingis is in line with the attributes of the team in the small ball era, has an outside projection and a franchise protection system suitable for the Warriors, which can open up space for Curry, injuries and a decline in playoff status are still his biggest problem, which does not meet the Warriors' expectations. In general, this four-for-one deal is a plan for each of the fans to lose money.

For each team, the reinforcing adjustments during the offseason need to be considered comprehensively. What do you think of the proposed plan? Is Porzingi suitable for the Warriors?