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The Golden State Warriors could soon be in the market for a new guard if Klay Thompson decides to walk in free agency. Bleacher Report’s Allen Stiles floated a potential trade idea that has the Warriors landing Milwaukee Bucks star guard Khris Middleton.

The deal centers around Andrew Wiggins, Moses Moody and potentially a player like Brandin Podziemski going to Milwaukee in exchange for Middleton. The Bucks would be shuffling the pieces around Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard.

“If you did Wiggins and Moody for Khris Middleton and if they want somebody else, I don’t know if they would want a Podziemski, somebody like that,” Stiles detailed in a June 2024 Bleacher Report live stream. “And I know a lot of people are high on Podziemski.

“…Here’s the other thing about the Warriors, there’s [the decision on] whether you make a big move or a small move. And then there’s also [the question of], ‘Is Klay is going to stay or not?’ Right, because if Klay isn’t going to stay then you have to start looking at guards, in my opinion,” Stiles added.

“If Klay is going to stay then that changes things, so I do think that that matters. You have Khris Middleton for Wiggins, Moody and whoever they want to add. That’s one that I cooked up that I thought would be a good situation.”