NBA 2018-19 Trade Review: Golden State Warriors - A quiet trade deadline
The Golden State Warriors are the defending NBA Champions and currently sit top of the Western Conference standings. With five All-Stars in their starting line-up, they're unsurprisingly one of the top contenders to win the NBA title again this year.
The biggest move fans were waiting to see was regarding Anthony Davis: the Lakers were the frontrunners to sign him but certainly not the only ones hoping to secure the 25-year-old's signature.
All the trade rumours and speculation was put to an end when the trade deadline had elapsed last week, with 14 of the league's 20 deals happening on the final day. On that note, here we take a look at how the Warriors fared during this year's trade window:
#1 Warriors' inactivity
The Golden State Warriors have some of the finest players on their roster; Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green and DeMarcus Cousins and a bench crew of Shaun Livingston, Alfonzo McKinnie, Andre Iguodala, and Kevon Looney.
This close-knit unit makes them one of the league's best teams, but they don't have the strongest bench. They haven't made a mid-season trade for a long time - five consecutive years - and history has repeated itself on this occasion too.
Although they don't need to immediately sign any new players as things are going fairly well for the Warriors. Recently, they won eleven straight games and were firing on all cylinders atop their Conference's standings.
DeMarcus Cousins' return has also helped them, as his presence adds an additional scoring and playmaking option from one of the league's best big men.
The Warriors coach Steve Kerr stated:
"We’re very comfortable with the guys in our locker room on our roster, we still have our 15th roster spot. So we can still add somebody, but I didn’t expect to trade anybody."