Chris Paul to W's? Unrealistic

Over the course of the past few days, there have beenreports saying the Warriors have interest in New Orleans point guard Chris Pauland that the Hornets like Golden State point guard Stephen Curry.Both of those things may be true, but lets be clear: Thenotion of the Warriors acquiring Paul is unrealisticfor tworeasons.First, it is unlikely the Warriors would trade for Paul particularly if its for Currywithout Paul agreeing to an extension thatwould keep him in Golden State beyond this season.And Paul is not going to sign an extension. He made it clearrecently hes going to test the free agent market next summer. So, unless theWarriors want to flirt with disasterwhich would be letting go of Currylong-term for 66 games with Paul, its tough to see the move happening.Reason No. 2 is just as important. The Warriors have nofirst-round picks to give up for Paulor any other player they hope toacquire in a trade. Not for a while anyway. Bottom line is the Warriors cannotmake a trade that involves a first-round pick until 2016.Thats right. 2016.The reason for that stems from the acquisition of MarcusWilliams a few years back from New Jersey, involving a conditional first-roundselection. That pick has subsequently been traded to Utah, but it still affectsthe Warriors.Because the pick is top-7 protected in 2012 and 2013 andtop-six protected in 2014, the Warriors cant dangle any first-round pick until2016.NBA teams are prevented from trading first-round picks inconsecutive years. So without the Warriors knowing when that pick willeventually be conveyed, they cant trade a first-round pick.The fact that they dont have a pick to trade for Paul is akiller because the Hornetsand any team thinking of trading a star player -- aregoing to likely want at least one pick, and perhaps multiple picks, to rebuildwith.