Geez, do I have to say again that I thought McCollum-for-Wiggins was a great trade for Portland long before Wiggins came to GS? Pretty sure I argued it on this board, if anyone knows where to dig it up.
Fit matters. A lot of people on Warriors boards don’t want to trade Wiggins at all because he fits the team so well, and looked so natural in his brief time in GS, running the floor and slashing to the rim on O, guarding multiple positions on D, etc. I’m more on the “trade him if we can” boat, though do I think there’s a decent chance there’s a much better version of him that we didn’t see through the first half of his age 24 season. (Kemba Walker kinda sucked at age 24, too, fwiw — was a much less efficient scorer than Wiggins at similar volume, and obviously much less versatile defensively. At 25 he started to transform his game, built around s revamped 3 pt shot.)
In any case, your “worst contract in the NBA” claim was false because John Wall. As I said, other bad/onerous contracts are more eye of the beholder due to situation and fit. Obviously there’s a “home court advantage” for a guy on your team who fits your team’s culture, chemistry and style of play over the guy on another team who does not. Would you trade Gordon Hayward for Kyrie, homer?
Anyway, the topic (IIRC) was whether the Ws have the assets to get Giannis if he decides to force his way out of Milwaukee. Obviously on that count I get that Wiggins would have zero-to-negative trade value. My general sense is that the #2 pick plus Minny 2020-21 plus Paschall plus future GS first rounders is not far off what NO got for their rental of AD, and better than what SA got for Kawhi (and Danny Green). And as I noted, Draymond could easily be switched out for Wiggins.
Definitely think Toronto and Miami (the current leaders in the clubhouse?) can put together more Godfather-type offers than GS can. The question is then do they give up Paschall/Adebayo or Adebayo/Herro/Robinson for a one-year rental. And of course the biggest question is whether Giannis would consider pulling an AD at all. Tick tick tick...