Huge Potential Punishment for Blazers Over Gary Payton II Trade

The Blazers could potentially lose draft picks for failing to disclose information to the Warriors.

The messiest trade of the NBA Trade Deadline has gotten even messier. The Warriors were hoping to have a reunion with Gary Payton II, but it hasn't been as simple as that. Now, it seems like the Portland Trail Blazers may face severe punishments for their inability to properly report the health of Gary.

According to a report from Adrian Wojnarowski, the Portland Trail Blazers could even be stripped of draft picks. Here is the exact excerpt from Wojnarowki's article:

"After Payton arrived in a Thursday trade with the Portland Trail Blazers, a physical revealed that he would be out for a significant part of the remaining season, sources said. The Warriors have shared with the league office that they believe Portland withheld relevant medical information prior to agreeing on the trade, sources said.

The trade can't be amended or changed because the league's trade deadline passed on Thursday at 3 p.m. ET.

The NBA could punish Portland with a fine and loss of draft picks if an investigation were to discover "a failure to disclose relevant information" on Payton's abdominal injury that required offseason surgery and had him miss the first 35 games of the season.

The Warriors believe they should've been told that Payton had been using Toradol shots to alleviate pain, sources said, something that's more typically done for players in the playoffs rather than the regular season."

The Warriors have decisions to make, and they have to make them quickly.

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