BEFORE STEPHEN CURRY went out for his pregame ritual workout in Utah on Feb. 5, he emerged from the visitors locker room at the Delta Center to hug Andrew Wiggins as he was coming off the floor.
Wiggins had just learned that he was being traded to the Miami Heat in a five-team blockbuster deal that would send Jimmy Butler III to Golden State. Moments later, a heavyhearted Steve Kerr closed the locker room during pregame media access to inform the team of the trade and allow players and coaches to say their emotional farewells to Wiggins, Dennis Schroder, Kyle Anderson and Lindy Waters III.