
With the NBA trade deadline coming up quickly on Feb. 6, all teams are having to toil with the choice of making a move before they no longer can or standing pat with what they've got. Perhaps no team has a more confounding choice than the Golden State Warriors, whose own players and coaches have admitted the risk of mortgaging a franchise's future for the sake of winning now may not be the wisest path forward.
Yet, the clock is ticking for the franchise and its star, the 36-year-old Steph Curry, who is dangerously close to the other side of his prime playing years. Every season matters, and Golden State is 11th in the West at 22-22.