Warriors Trade Rumors: GSW Widely Expected to Pursue Dealing No. 2 Pick

The Golden State Warriors own the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft, but they could be inclined to make a deal involving that selection. 

Per ESPN's Tim Bontemps, people around the NBA are "unanimous in thinking that the Warriors will do their best to pull off a trade."

Bontemps did note finding a deal could prove difficult for the Warriors because oft-mentioned trade candidates like Devin Booker, Bradley Beal and Ben Simmons aren't available right now. 

One Eastern Conference executive told Bontemps a plan Golden State could use to build a package for Beal is keeping the No. 2 pick and "drafting the guy with the broadest appeal" who could then be flipped during the trade deadline during the season. 

Long before the Warriors knew exactly where they were going to make their first choice in the draft, general manager Bob Myers left open the possibility of trading the pick. 

"Yeah, we're going to consider all that," Myers told NBC Sports Bay Area's Monte Poole in May. "Now, I don't know if the headline is going to be that we're trading our pick. So, be clear that I said ‘consider.'"

There are certainly practical reasons for Golden State to at least consider dealing its pick. Despite a 15-50 record this season, the Warriors are clearly built to win now.

Klay Thompson is expected to return healthy for next season. Stephen Curry only played five games last season because of a broken hand suffered on Oct. 30. Draymond Green missed 22 games over the course of the season. 

If that trio plays anywhere close to their peak levels from the five years prior to 2019-20, the Warriors will be a significant factor in the Western Conference playoff race next season.