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If the Warriors don't acquire Antetokounmpo, there isn't anyone on the current trade market who will force this level of asset aggression from them, team sources said. They've maintained a level of interest in New Orleans Pelicans wing Trey Murphy III, but have been stonewalled in conversations by a Joe Dumars-Troy Weaver front office that has so far voiced an unwillingness to move most of their young core, league sources said.
What would it take to get the Pelicans to relent on their off-cited resistance to trading either Trey Murphy III or Herb Jones? I've heard this one from multiple teams lately: They would want a Desmond Bane-type offer.
As for DeMar DeRozan, while he has been cited as a possible replacement In the wake of the Warriors losing Jimmy Butler for the season with a torn ACL on Monday night, a Kings source indicated the Warriors have shown no interest in the 36-year-old guard. As has been widely reported, Golden State’s strong interest in New Orleans’ Trey Murphy III most certainly remains. It’s just a matter of whether New Orleans will change its current stance and do a deal on that front. (The same applies to the Pelicans’ Herb Jones.)
The Pelicans reportedly have told teams they’re not going to trade Williamson, Herb Jones, Trey Murphy III, Derik Queen or Jeremiah Fears. As it pertains to Williamson only, however, league sources expressed skepticism to The Athletic about that report. League sources said they cannot envision any scenario in which Washington would give up one of its own future first-round picks. But one source speculated that a pick owed to the Wizards, such as the least favorable of the Houston Rockets’ (top-four protected), LA Clippers and Oklahoma City Thunder’s 2026 first-round picks, might satisfy the Pelicans’ goals.
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Kevin O’Connor: With the Lakers, the word on the street is that they're looking to package Jarred Vanderbilt and Gabe Vincent together for a wing. Now, the really interesting thing with them is they've been shopping around their future 2032 first-round pick for multiple first-round draft picks, similar to what the Suns did a year ago when they traded their 2031 pick to the Jazz for three lesser firsts in 2025, 2027, and 2029. So, it seems like the Lakers are looking out for two or three future first that are worse individually than their future first, which giving them more parts to put together in like Vincent plus Vanderbilt or Vincent plus Kleber types of packages. And so, the Lakers are definitely looking for a wing. I think they definitely have interest on Herb Jones. Probably too pricey. Trey Murphy, Jonathan Kuminga, maybe the Warriors, maybe as a third team. Maybe we're gonna see a situation, Tom, where Kuminga gets sent to the Lakers for filler plus a pick and then the Warriors send that pick plus other assets to go get a Michael Porter Jr. or a Trey Murphy or something like that. But that's my understanding right now with what the Lakers are angling to do with their with their future picks and with the guys on the existing roster.
Jim Eichenhofer: Trey Murphy when asked about his chance to be All-Star: "At the end of the day, you need to win games. That's just realistic. If you don't win games, you don't get rewarded with personal accolades. No matter how well I'm doing, it doesn't matter, because we're not winning games."
As of this week, the Warriors hadn't talked to the Brooklyn Nets in more than a month and have never shown real interest in a trade for wing Michael Porter Jr., league sources said. They've been fond of Trey Murphy III in the past, but the New Orleans Pelicans are rebuffing calls about all their young wings, league sources said.
Bennett Durando: David Adelman on Trey Murphy III: "One of the more underrated players in the West. He has given us buckets for years. I feel like his highlight dunks are against us. Now he gets a reverse 360 layup. ... I wish he would get traded to the East.”
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Brad Rowland: Okongwu is questionable for Atlanta, with Young ruled out. Trey Murphy and Herb Jones are questionable for New Orleans. Alvarado, Bey, and Murray are out.
Sam Amick: The Pelicans are putting up a good face saying no on trade inquiries for Herb Jones, no on Trey Murphy - well, not completely 'no' on Trey, but they have a pretty high price tag on him. Even Zion Williamson, I can't remember a year where we got so many high-profile stars, players, who you feel might be available for trades, right now, we got Ja Morant, LaMelo Ball, all the way down the lion, and Zion, to me, should be at the top of the list. The Pelicans should be really open to listening to move him, and I do think, in the right situation, he could be a difference-maker, there's not much talk on Zion getting traded at this point. It's a little bit quiet, though a possibility, I think. Joe Dumars told teams he wanted to really get a good look at Zion, and I don't know how long that look needs to be before he makes up his mind, but if I got to handicap right now, it probably won't happen before the trade deadline.
