{"id":424079,"date":"2026-01-21T17:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/424079\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T17:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:51:11","slug":"proposed-warriors-trade-sees-golden-state-make-nba-altering-deal-for-101-million-lakers-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/424079\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Warriors trade sees Golden State make NBA-altering deal for $101 million Lakers star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jimmy Butler\u2019s ACL injury will unquestionably change the Golden State Warriors<\/a>\u2019 approach to the rest of the 2025-26 trade season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Stephen Curry-led Dubs now have no choice but to go all-in on another superstar before their championship aspirations fade away for good.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Run It Back on Fanduel TV\u2019s Chandler Parsons recently proposed an NBA-altering trade<\/a> that would land the Warriors a 6-foot-9 Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> star.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow do we feel about a Jimmy Butler, (Jonathan) Kuminga, and two picks that are going to be really good to the Lakers for LeBron James and a Rui (Hachimura) situation,\u201d Parsons said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Acquiring James at this stage of his career would be a questionable move for Golden State. While James is a top-2 player of all-time and has accomplished it all in the big leagues, it\u2019s impossible to ignore the fact that he\u2019s declining in Year 23.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From routinely taking plays off to taking a significant step back as a perimeter and interior defender, James hasn\u2019t been his usual self on the hardwood in every aspect of the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

James is averaging 22.6 points, 6.9 assists, and 5.9 rebounds per game while shooting 50.9% from the field and 32.8% from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Still, considering the Warriors can ill afford to have a quiet trade season, Parsons’ trade idea isn\u2019t as ridiculous as it seems on the surface.<\/p>\n

More NBA:\u00a0Proposed Warriors trade sends Jonathan Kuminga to Suns for $90 million ex-Lakers forward<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jimmy Butler\u2019s ACL injury will unquestionably change the Golden State Warriors\u2019 approach to the rest of the 2025-26…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-424079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}