After the news that Golden State Warriors center Kristaps Porzingis, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract extension with the Warriors earlier this offseason, will be stepping away from basketball due to complication from postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS, the Warriors are left scrambling.

Porzingis was positioned to be Golden State's starting center and one of the team's most crucial offensive players, but after such a sudden illness diagnosis arriving so early in the season, they now need to pivot into finding a new starting center.

With this happening so early into the regular season, any option in the free agent market will be limited, so the Warriors will instead need to turn toward the trade market, with three targets ahead of them standing out as the most feasible.

Dallas Mavericks center Daniel Gafford has been floated in trade rumors already this season, mostly attached to the Los Angeles Lakers, but given the Warriors' situation, they should likely throw their hat into the ring if Gafford is available.

The Mavericks have had an average start to the season and even if they aren't in a prime position to be frontrunner contenders, they could be in the mindset to trade Gafford to acquire new impact pieces to help their chances in the Western Conference.

Gafford  averaged 9.5 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.3 blocks per game last season in 21.7 minutes per game and with forward Anthony Davis and forward Cooper Flagg on the floor, there isn't much of a spot on the roster for Gafford, which would make it easier for Dallas to say goodbye.

Chicago Bulls center Jalen Smith presents as another interesting short-term target for the Warriors. He averaged  10.2 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 0.8 blocks per game in 20.7 minutes per game last season for Chicago.

With his size and athleticism, he could go a long way in filling the Porzingis-shaped hole on Golden State's roster until a more permanent solution can be found.

Considering the rebuilding status of the Milwaukee Bucks, they're both hungry for young talent and draft capital and they would be willing to move some of their existing players to get it.

That should draw the Warriors' attention in regard to Bucks center Myles Turner, who's been floated as someone the Bucks have wanted to trade in the past, especially considering that Milwaukee has center Kel'el Ware looking impressive behind Turner at the moment.

Turner's defensive talent would be a huge plus for the Warriors and with an expanded role in terms of minutes could lend him to even more offensive production, something else the Warriors could make use of. 

It would take a handful of picks at the least to make that deal happen, but the Warriors own their own first-round picks through the 2033 NBA Draft and considering the spot their in, they don't have many options to lead them to refusing.