Buddy Hield chose Warriors over Lakers due to winning opportunity – NBC Sports Bay Area & California

The Warriors’ reported acquisition of Buddy Hield additionally dealt a humiliating blow to a division rival who have been fascinated with including the sharpshooting guard.

Hield in the end selected Golden State over the Los Angeles Lakers as a result of he believes the Warriors provided a greater alternative to win, The Athletic’s Shams Charania, Anthony Slater and Mike Vorkunov reported on Thursday.

The Warriors acquired Hield from the Philadelphia 76ers in a sign-and-trade that despatched again one of many second-round draft picks Golden State received from the Dallas Mavericks in a sign-and-trade for Klay Thomspon.

With each Golden State and Los Angeles seeking to revamp their rosters following 2023-24 campaigns that fell in need of expectations for each groups, the Warriors acquired the upper-hand over the Lakers within the Hield sweepstakes.

Whereas Golden State is much faraway from its standing as an NBA superpower, Hield’s vote of confidence within the Warriors’ skill to contend transferring ahead is an encouraging endorsement because the post-Big Three era begins within the Bay Space,

After agreements so as to add veteran ahead Kyle Anderson and two-way guard De’Anthony Melton, Golden State’s arrow is trending up, with the Warriors aiming to capitalize on the remaining years of Steph Curry’s storied profession.

With the addition of Hield, Golden State now boasts two of the NBA’s deadliest 3-point marksmen, a recipe that led to loads of success for the Warriors over the past decade.

Along with Hield’s repute as a lights-out shooter, the 31-year-old additionally brings super sturdiness to the Bay Space, lacking solely 5 video games throughout his eight-year NBA profession.

For now, Hield’s resolution to spurn the Lakers in favor of the Warriors offers at minumum, fodder for pleasant banter between the 2 fanbases as the celebrated franchises struggle to return to NBA prominence in a loaded Western Convention.

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