The Warriors will consider making a move for Greg Oden or Yao Ming, if they are unable to acquire a center via the trade or at the trade deadline.

"When you're looking at what you can do to get better, you have to consider the possibility of what an injured player today might be able to do when he returns," said general manager Larry Riley, who can't name players under contract with other teams. "A lot has been done down that road, and more will be done.

Oden and Yao are each former number one overall picks who have shown great ability on the floor and an inability to remain on it.

"It's not a secret. We have either got to get the players we have to play better in and around the basket, or we have to get somebody else," Riley said. "That's really where we are, so I might as well say it."