For the first time since the 2012 NBA Draft – when the Warriors drafted Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes, Festus Ezeli and Ognjen Kuzmic – the organization made more than one selection on draft day.
If and when the inevitability of a Bumgarner trade happens in the next month, we will all miss — sorely — Bumgarner vs the Dodgers, and the Dodgers vs Bumgarner. There won’t be anyone left in black and orange who quite lays his emotions bare like Bumgarner.
On Friday morning 3-time world champion Jeremy Affeldt took time away from fighting scorpions on his Texas vacation to sit down with Murph & Mac to discuss the highly anticipated rematch of Madison Bumgarner v. Max Muncy.
The franchise made three trades on Thursday, two of which moved the Warriors into the first half of the second round, and secured them one player the team had its sights set on since the start of last season.
The Warriors got the guy they wanted from the outset. The team traded up for the 39th overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft according to Shams Charania with the New Orleans Pelicans.