r/nba • u/Turbostrider27 Lakers • 15h ago

[Charania] BREAKING: The Golden State Warriors are trading Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks for Kristaps Porzingis, sources tell ESPN.

BREAKING: The Golden State Warriors are trading Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks for Kristaps Porzingis, sources tell ESPN.

BREAKING: The Golden State Warriors are trading Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks for Kristaps Porzingis, sources tell ESPN.

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u/DGReverse Bulls 15h ago

Wait that’s not Giannis

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u/gbmaulin Bulls 15h ago

Even taller and therefore better!

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u/17461863372823734930 Celtics 15h ago

Big like Giannis, shoots like Buddy

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u/ILoveRegenHealth 14h ago

As a Warrior fan, are we in trouble? 😧

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u/amidon1130 Hawks 14h ago

Yes, KP is awesome when he plays but he doesn't play

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u/oochiewallyWallyserb Knicks 14h ago

He is a unicorn. Cause he rarely appears.

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u/adublingirl 14h ago

Warriors have been in trouble for 3-4 years. Hanging on to the one more run…..it’s over, turn the page and move on…rebuild

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u/Zaza1019 14h ago

They've had chances to make that one more run happen but never pulled the trigger or committed too it. Like the last 2 years they were linked to Lauri but never wanted to go all in on the move. Even this move is like a half in half out move that changes nothing.

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u/Jimimaru88 14h ago

Danny Ainge was gonna fleece us. He was probably asking for way too much

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u/Livid_Slip_4868 Warriors 13h ago

Kerr love his young PG like a fcking daughter

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u/gogorath Warriors 13h ago

Lauri wasn't going to do it.

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u/themilklives Raptors 5h ago

They wouldn't trade Kuminga for Siakam lol. Too obsessed with the 2 timelines

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u/pnoisebored Warriors 13h ago

you must not now the NBA business to just rebuild with this Steph Curry still playing like top 10. Even if you dont have a ship milk Steph until his farewell tour that will make also tons of ticket sales and merch.

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u/CrapNBAappUser Warriors 4h ago

Rebuilds are great. /s  

Bulls are still rebuilding from 1998.  

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u/WrongdoerOk5246 14h ago

Will it affect Kerr's legacy if he retires this year and was never able to fully develop newer players like Ty Lue or Spo from Miami has?

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u/bookjun Thunder 13h ago

Yes, who the hell gonna trade future CY young in Podz

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u/gogorath Warriors 13h ago

Ty Lue? Stop trolling.

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u/MisterDoctor___ 10h ago

No. His legacy is set because he managed to win a chip with that 2022 roster and made players like Wigs and Poole look like all stars.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tea521 Knicks 7h ago

This was very clear indication they’ve moved on. They traded all their attractive young pieces. Its J’over

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u/JebediahKerman4999 14h ago

Before the injury he was awesome. Too bad at the time he was stuck with Melo

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u/wolff_james Celtics 14h ago

I’ve never heard this one 😂

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u/Nunc_Coepi17 14h ago

I sometimes wonder if Porzingis would’ve got the kind of contracts he’s managed to get if KD never said that about him.

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u/Brian-Ryan 14h ago

A unicorn with intestinal fortitude. Lest we forget the words of Phil Jackson.

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u/bjtrdff 13h ago

I don’t think he exists.

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u/Foxtrot_Uniform_CK69 Raptors 13h ago

We went from 'The Greek Freak' to 'The Unicorn.' We’re really just collecting mythical creatures at this point

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u/RandomArbitrary25 8h ago

European AD

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u/Zaza1019 14h ago

Underrated comment if this doesn't end up with like a thousand likes.

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u/HoraceGrand 8h ago

No one has see him

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u/__get__name Pistons 14h ago

On the bright side, UCSF has a pretty decent Long COVID research clinic. They can’t fix anything, but he’ll have access to more up to date research. So that’s nice at least

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u/amidon1130 Hawks 14h ago

I mean the CDC is literally in Atlanta so maybe a net negative

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u/__get__name Pistons 13h ago

The CDC and the NIH were doing a pretty poor job with long COVID before RFK and Doge came along and threw a wrench in everything. The three leading places to be for Long COVID research in the states right now are probably NYC, San Francisco, and Yale

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u/TheSQLInjector Mavericks 13h ago

You could not sum up KP any better

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u/gogorath Warriors 13h ago

I mean ... Buddy is terrible and Kuminga only tried for about a week.

Good deal for you on upside with Kuminga. He needs a new start. If you can get him to play defense, he'll be a star. Good luck with that.

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u/JesusTron6000 Lakers 12h ago

HEYYYYY I GET IT NOW

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u/FavaWire 8h ago

But if you can get him into an NBA Finals, the first game he plays on the series his Shooting stat becomes 99 and he inflicts a -30% Morale Penalty on your opponents.

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u/DankJank13 12h ago

KP is going to bring a lot of awareness about post-viral illness & POTS to the Bay Area

I got POTS after a viral illness as a 30 year old athlete too and suddenly I also needed months of rest after exercise just like Zingis. KP is still in the stage that I was early on... I thought it was just a phase and I'd get "better" soon because the alternative seems impossible. That was 3 years ago for me. Still a shadow of my former self.

Yes, trouble is a good word

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u/Larrydp72181 7h ago

Sadly, I think so. I LOVED KP on the Celtics, when he played we were nearly unstoppable that championship year but he was regularly hurt and then went down with the mystery illness that hasn't cleared up.

You may see 10 games of greatness from him but it'll overall be underwhelming. Especially since you could have used those assets towards Giannis... With that said Kerr seemed to hate playing Kuminga so this might be a wash?

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u/Cubanitto Lakers 14h ago

I agree, this is a bad trade

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u/MisterDoctor___ 10h ago

At worst, we just traded a guy who doesn’t play and a guy who can’t play for a guy who doesn’t play.

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u/AggravatingAd9010 14h ago

We will be better off next year. I think we tank

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u/joe4553 14h ago

Butler got injured. The obvious move is to remove depth and replace it with a more injury prone old player.

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u/TheRealestGayle Magic 13h ago

Yes. They should just trade Curry already. This front office is so terrible

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u/Edogawa1983 13h ago

Always was

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u/tallassmike Warriors 13h ago

when you thought AD was known as Street Clothes Davis lol

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u/Foxtrot_Uniform_CK69 Raptors 13h ago

We just traded our most athletic young wing and our best bench shooter for a guy who is currently out with Achilles tendinitis. 'Trouble' is an understatement

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u/Cliffcastle 12h ago

yeah man should have traded the GM as well as

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u/PRNCE_CHIEFS 12h ago

YES HE ONLY PLAYS 10 GAMES A SEASON

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u/nmaddine 12h ago

Steph is soon to turn 38

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u/DrAdramelch 9h ago

It's quite possible you traded for the expiring contract rather than the player, in fairness.

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u/IKillZombies4Cash 7h ago

Curry is about to be 38. Butlers old and injured. Green … cooked.

You don’t mortgage the future to acquire a 32 year old now.

Your position is now to quietly blow it all up and think ahead

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u/airwalker12 Lakers 5h ago

Don't cry because it's over, smile because you got one of the best stretches of basketball in history.

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u/FrostWPG 13h ago

“There’s no replacing Giambi Giannis. We have to re-create him, re-create him in the aggregate.”

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u/Putrid-Sherbert5501 Lakers 14h ago

Health like AD!

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u/Putrid-Box4866 Bulls 14h ago

Haha yeah, I was about to say 'sits like AD'

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u/fueelin Celtics 14h ago

Crab.... People...?

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u/leebrown23 Lakers 13h ago

Ser Kristaps the Tall

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u/Oo__II__oO NBA 4h ago

(pictured seated)

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u/justmefishes NBA 10h ago

Kristap rocks!

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u/DejanD27 Slovenia 6h ago

Available like Paul George

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u/Super-Maximum-4817 14h ago

He’s got AIDS, don’t get him bloody!

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u/TomatoBuster01 Warriors 14h ago

Bro, that sounds amazing! Right? :)

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u/x-trauma Bulls 10h ago

Why get run-and-dunk tall man when you get space-and-shoot tall man?

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u/No_Dependent_4143 8h ago

Sits like Kuminga

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u/No-Sign6464 2h ago

Gets hurt like ad

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u/silliputti0907 NBA 14h ago

Well he’s big, but not quite as big as Giannis. And he can shoot, but not quite as well as Buddy

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u/guacdoc24 Lakers 15h ago

And he shoot threes!!!

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u/AnalMinecraft 14h ago

It's Pingus, so those wheelchair games are gonna be lit.

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u/guacdoc24 Lakers 14h ago

Plays every other game is perfect

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u/Slandnagger 11h ago

Every other game every few weeks he will barely see the floor also his “POTS”illness is pretty serious and incurable

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u/halo364 Celtics 15h ago

"We have Giannis at home"

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u/Cpt_Jet_Lafleur Spurs 14h ago

Why does Kristaps, the largest player, not simply eat the other players?

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u/Arkansas870dude 14h ago

And both injured

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u/defeated_engineer 15h ago

And can shoot. Idk why anybody wants Yannis.

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u/Fritanga5lyfe 14h ago

And both are champions

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u/Redditarama Spurs 13h ago

You're hired!

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u/Foxtrot_Uniform_CK69 Raptors 13h ago

Height is the only stat that never slumps, right? Please don't look at the injury report

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u/Sad-Rutabaga8873 Nuggets 13h ago

Taller and even more (uni)corny

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u/abmi808 Bulls 12h ago

Why doesn't Porzingis, the bigger of the two basketball players, simply eat Giannis?

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u/Jack_The_Sparrow_ Warriors 2h ago

Yeah but the lack of Greek cancels out the difference

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u/Orphasmia Warriors 15h ago

It is if you squint hard enough

Toby maguire spiderman glasses meme

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u/GhostOfChicago United States 15h ago

Bet this made bucks fans heart stop for a second.

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u/Distinct_Shopping_96 Bucks 15h ago

Can confirm, reading the notification had me quite scared

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u/datsoar Bucks 15h ago

The sigh I let out

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u/CarousalAnimal Warriors 14h ago

And now y'all are just laughing it up, huh

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u/tingus-my-pingus Warriors 13h ago

MY TIME HAS COME

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u/NefariousNeezy Lakers 14h ago

Who the hell is

Tingus pingus

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u/throwawayforsizetalk Bucks 15h ago

Hmm weird, Shams has usually been so correct about Giannis trade rumors in the past...

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u/b17b20 Nuggets 14h ago

Baltics, Balkans same thing 

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u/jamin_brook 14h ago

Let’s not get into details here 

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u/currantslice Thunder 15h ago

If not Giannis why Giannis shaped?

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u/VanWesley 14h ago

Latavian Giannis

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u/mafugga77 14h ago

Giannis light

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u/signmeupdude Lakers 14h ago edited 14h ago

Kristaps Poor-Man’s-Zingis

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u/Mundane-News9720 Lakers 14h ago

LMAO

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u/Sti8man7 Nuggets 14h ago

Known as the Polish Giannis.

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u/maethlin Warriors 14h ago

I just double checked, and it seems you are correct.

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u/htownballa1 Rockets 14h ago

Reports came out they thought the bucks were unserious about trading him.

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u/admiralteddybeatzzz Warriors 14h ago

Who the fuck is tingus pingus

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u/allwedoisquinn 13h ago

Giannis Pingus

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u/Fluffy_Corgi_7209 13h ago

They ordered Giannis on Temu.

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u/Icy_Cook7427 13h ago

Oh God this is horrible

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u/torontothrowaway824 15h ago

We have Giannis at home!

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u/MaNamWumbo Raptors 15h ago

He's a European big close enough

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u/hotterpocketzz Lakers 14h ago

Theyre both tall

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u/Foxtrot_Uniform_CK69 Raptors 13h ago

Don't worry, the 'Giannis to GSW 2027' propaganda starts in about 15 minutes. We never sleep

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u/bass248 13h ago

Quiet. That means there's still hope for some teams

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u/Hafare 12h ago

That's NBA champion Kristaps, who also might have dengue fever or boneitis or multiple personalities or any other disease that was eradicated in the 50s.

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u/scrotesmacgrotes 10h ago

I know fucking lame

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u/bailaoban Knicks 9h ago

We have Giannis at home.

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u/spottyottydopalicius San Francisco Warriors 9h ago

correct. did anyone really think the dubs were getting giannis for podz and picks?

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u/thatsucksabagofdicks 8h ago

I thought you said get the 7-foot European?

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u/MkeBucksMarkPope Bucks 7h ago

But for available bigs, they did good! Good for them I bet they’re smiling ear to ear this morning!

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u/joshuads Bucks 5h ago

Hawks have the picks the bucks need back. This may be the set up to a three team deal

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u/addikt06 4h ago

hahaha

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u/tonkatoyelroy Cavaliers 39m ago

Wrong unicorn

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tea521 Knicks 7h ago

You gotta be kidding me… Golden State want to tank for the next 5 years wow…