Without Curry, the Warriors are in disarray. Can the trade market be a lifeline?

After the previous game against the Magic, Curry said in an interview that he had not recovered from the flu and suffered another mild ankle sprain. In today's battle with the Heat, as expected, the Warriors decided to rest their three core players, with Curry, Butler and Green all absent. Coupled with Kuminga, who is suffering from knee injuries, the Warriors can only play against the Heat with a remnant lineup.

Without playing the core, Cole put together a lineup composed of TJD, Santos, Moody, Richard and Podemski. This five-man group does not seem to be dominant even in the G League. Throughout the game, the Warriors' starting five all had negative plus-minus values, with the highest Moody being -11 and the lowest Richard being -25. In this campaign, although the Warriors once dragged the game into a stalemate, due to the essential gap in talent, they were defeated by Powell and Adebayor in the fourth quarter. In the end, the team lost to their opponents 96-110.

Currently, the Warriors have suffered two consecutive losses and currently rank eighth in the Western Conference with a record of 9 wins and 8 losses. At the beginning of the season, the Warriors were tortured by intensive road trips. Among the 17 games that have ended, the Warriors have played 12 away games and 5 back-to-back games. In the past 29 days, they traveled to 12 cities to complete 17 games. For such a team with the second highest average age in the league, the physical exertion is huge.

Next, the Warriors, who ended their road trip, were finally able to take a breath. Returning to Chase Center, they will usher in 5 consecutive home games, against the Trail Blazers, Jazz, Rockets, Pelicans and Thunder.

Compared with the strength of the schedule, what is more worrying about the Warriors currently is the imbalance of the team's lineup. So far this season, Kuminga's progress has slowed down significantly compared to the beginning of the season. Moody, who had scored 32 points in the previous game against the Pelicans, also failed to show enough stability and continuity, scoring only single digits in two consecutive games. In today's game, all the Warriors' core players were absent. This should have been Moody's opportunity to show off his skills, but he only hit 3 of 12 shots, 1 of 6 from outside, and his efficiency was poor.

With the current lineup to continue the season, the Warriors look hopeless. However, there have been recent rumors that Davis and Sabonis may be traded. This may be an opportunity for the Warriors to reverse their decline. In addition, according to US media reports, Melton and Curry will also return to the team one after another in the next month to supplement the fresh blood that the team desperately craves.