Golden State Warriors Trade Ideas for Every 2025 NBA All-Star

Less than 48 hours removed from the landscape-shifting trade that sent Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers, their division rival Golden State Warriors are scrambling for a blockbuster of their own.

Monday, during an appearance of the Pat McAfee Show, ESPN's Shams Charania said they're "calling about every All-Star player."

That's right. Golden State, in an effort to give Stephen Curry a real shot at one more title is working the phones like an early-2000s Joe Dumars, but how many of the league's 2025 All-Stars are actually gettable?

How many are in the price range the Warriors can get to with their current salaries and assets?

Well, we tried to answer those questions for all 24 All-Stars below.

Nikola Jokić ($51.4 million salary in 2024-25)

We'll start with the consensus best player in the world, Nikola Jokić. And even if Golden State gave up literally everything it could (short of Curry), Denver would say no.

Because both teams are so close to hard caps (the $178.1 million first apron for the Warriors and the $188.9 million second apron for the Nuggets), one team or both would have to shed salary in separate deals, but Draymond Green, Jonathan Kuminga, Moses Moody, Brandin Podziemski, Trayce Jackson-Davis, around $8 million in salary filler (again, depending on those separate deals), firsts in 2025 and 2027 and first-round pick swaps in 2026, 2028 and 2031 wouldn't be enough for Denver.

Victor Wembanyama ($12.8 million)

A trade of San Antonio Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama might be the only move left on the board that would truly be surprising after what Dallas did this weekend.

While Wemby's $12.7 million salary requires a lot less cap gymnastics to move, and San Antonio might be able to get Golden State to take on some of its longer-term money, there's just no way this would ever happen, even if Golden State offered Kuminga, Moody, Podziemski, firsts in 2025 and 2028 and first-round pick swaps in 2026, 2027, 2029 and 2031 for Wembanyama and Sandro Mamukelashvili.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ($35.9 million)

It's reasonable to say that Dončić has (or had) more trade value than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and he was moved for less (depending on what you think of future draft picks) than what Golden State can offer for SGA.

But the Mavericks' front office and whatever thought process led to the Luka trade isn't in play here, OKC is a title contender with Gilgeous-Alexander and Andrew Wiggins, Kuminga, Podziemski, Moody, TJD and every first-round pick and/or swap Golden State can muster wouldn't be enough.

Jayson Tatum ($34.8 million)

This one's easy, since the timing of Jayson Tatum's recent contract extension makes him ineligible to be traded at all this season.

Giannis Antetokounmpo ($48.8 million)

The only thing that makes this one even remotely plausible is Giannis Antetokounmpo's own comments about potentially leaving the Milwaukee Bucks if he felt like they weren't as committed to winning as he is.

Giannis making that assessment right now feels unlikely. Milwaukee is playing well ahead of this deadline, but if he did tell the team he wants to move on, Golden State could make a competitive offer with some combination of salary filler from Andrew Wiggins or Draymond Green, most or all of the intriguing young prospects (Kuminga, Moody, Podz, TJD and Santos), two first-round picks and multiple pick swaps.

Anthony Edwards ($42.2 million)

The Minnesota Timberwolves have been a little underwhelming this season, but not to the degree that they'd consider a reboot without 23-year-old Anthony Edwards.

If the Warriors were going to try, it'd require Dennis Schröder's expiring contract, Kyle Anderson, all the young guys (Kuminga, Moody, Podziemski, Santos and TJD) and some combination of four or five first-round picks and/or pick swaps.

Everyone below is in a good situation, playing for a winning team and likely not available for any non-Curry trade package from the Warriors.

Having said that, with Wiggins ($26.2 million), Green ($24.1 million), Schröder ($13.0 million), Payton ($9.1 million), Anderson ($8.7 million), Hield ($8.7 million), Looney ($8 million), Kuminga ($7.6 million), Moody ($5.8 million), Podziemski ($3.5 million), Santos ($1.8 million), Jackson-Davis ($1.8 million) and control of six of their future first-round picks between now and 2031, the Warriors can piece together offers that add up to enough to at least work under the collective bargaining agreement.

Karl-Anthony Towns ($49.2 million): He'd be a great fit alongside Curry, but he's a top-five MVP candidate with the New York Knicks. There's no need for them to reset with Golden State's trade fodder.

Jalen Brunson ($25 million): New York's other fringe MVP candidate juiced his trade value by signing a way-below-market extension. The Knicks flipping him for some of the Warriors' salary filler and picks would be borderline Luka-level stunning.

Jalen Williams ($4.8 million): OKC is a title contender with a 23-year-old wing playing like a top 10-15 player in the league and on a rookie contract. Maybe Podziemski, TJD and a bunch of draft capital would make Sam Presti think, but not that hard.

Cade Cunningham ($13.9 million): He's obviously not the asset Wembanyama is, but the math is similar here. Golden State can easily get to his salary range with Schröder. Picks would obviously be needed to make this remotely realistic, but the Detroit Pistons' breakout has been fueled by Cade, and they aren't going to punt on it.

Damian Lillard ($48.8 million): On top of the fact that Milwaukee seems to be figuring out the balance between Lillard and Giannis, Lillard and Curry have a ton of positional overlap. Filler and a couple picks might be tempting for the Bucks, but that kind of trade could have Giannis wondering about the team's commitment to winning.

Jaren Jackson Jr. ($25.3 million): In the midst of a breakout as one of the best two-way players in the NBA, JJJ is on a Brunson-like contract for a title contender. Voluntarily backing away from contention for a rebuild-friendly package makes no sense.

Alperen Şengün ($5.4 million): Because of the extension he signed this past summer, Şengün's contract has a "poison pill" provision that makes it a little trickier to trade him, but Golden State has enough salary-matching contracts to work through that. The bigger issue would be convincing the West's No. 2 seed and one of its youngest teams to give up a 22-year-old All-Star with shades of Jokić and Domantas Sabonis in his game.

Beyond the news that Golden State was calling around the league on literally every All-Star, The Stein Line's Jake Fischer reported that the Warriors might specifically try to add both Kevin Durant ($51.2 million) and LeBron James ($48.7 million).

Neither is likely to join Golden State on his own. And the idea of getting both is next to impossible, but the Warriors could technically do it in two separate trades.

It'd take almost the entire non-Curry roster and every movable pick and/or swap, but again, technically doable.

We broke down the details on how here.

The three Cleveland Cavaliers All-Stars—Evan Mobley ($11.2 million), Donovan Mitchell ($35.4 million) and Darius Garland ($36.7 million)—probably belong among the unrealistic options for Golden State, but they're getting their own slide for one reason.

Having four star-level players on the roster (when you include Jarrett Allen) means Cleveland could maybe justify moving one of them for a deal that boosts the roster's depth. And all three of the All-Stars have easily matchable 2024-25 salaries.

The offers could look something like:

• Kuminga, one other young player and some combination of three or four first-round picks and/or pick swaps for Mobley;
• Wiggins, Kuminga, Podziemski and some combination of three or four first-round picks and/or pick swaps for Mitchell; or
• Wiggins, Kuminga, Moody and some combination of three or four first-round picks and/or pick swaps for Garland.

The least likely of these unlikely scenarios, of course, would have to be Mobley, whose individual value is arguably higher than Cunningham's given his defensive versatility and upside.

What if Nico Harrison has been embarrassed enough by the reaction to his Dončić trade that he'd consider moving Anthony Davis ($43.2 million) for a package filled with young talent and picks?

He could at least try to tell the fanbase: "See, I got more than one first for Luka, after all! I just needed you to be patient."

Of course, there's next to no chance this would happen, but the math works if you send Draymond, Looney, Kuminga and Podz with a bunch of draft capital.

That leaves us with four players on this year's All-Star teams who might be gettable for the Warriors, depending on how much draft capital they're willing to surrender.

Jaylen Brown ($49.7 million): This one might seem crazy at first blush, but Brown is on a gargantuan contract that may not age gracefully. Advanced numbers have never seen him as anything close to the kind of player his reputation suggests he is, and the wildly expensive Boston Celtics could turn him into a role player (Wiggins), multiple young prospects (with some combination of Kuminga, Podz and/or Moody), a couple first-round picks and a couple swaps.

Pascal Siakam ($42.2 million): Pascal Siakam has only been with the Indiana Pacers for about one calendar year, but it's safe to say he hasn't transformed them into a contender. Indiana could use his salary to recoup some of the draft capital it spent to get him, add a couple role players (Wiggins and Anderson) and pick up maybe one young talent (Kuminga, Podziemsky or Moody).

James Harden ($33.7 million): The Los Angeles Clippers have been one of this season's pleasant surprises, and they'd likely be happy to just keep things rolling. But it's also tempting to start looking toward the post-Kawhi Leonard future, and Wiggins, Podziemski, a little more salary filler and a pick would give them a few assets to help build through that era.

Tyler Herro ($29 million): The Miami Heat have a pretty good foundation in place for the post-Jimmy Butler era with Tyler Herro, Bam Adebayo, Nikola Jović and Jaime Jaquez Jr. Breaking that up feels unlikely, but getting Wiggins, one of the members of Golden State's young core, a first-round pick and maybe a pick swap for Herro would be tempting.