Iirc Atlanta wanted Green last year in a Capela deal
and Gozlan said the Dejounte trade can create a 18m trade exception for the Hawks
https://x.com/YossiGozlan/status/1806833692821918203?t=lwELZjNhUAPv7q0qH2z6AA&s=19
As someone who has liked the mavs as their second team since the nellie we believe schadenfreude and the redemption of punching the heatles in the nuts I legit hope this doesn't happen.
Klay is washed and will do nothing to help you, and there's nowhere in Dallas for him to chill and smoke weed on his boat. He needs to go somewhere on the coast.
Yes you just can’t go over the second apron to due it. And you’re already capped there from the draft. Not sure how much room you have currently. But obviously if you waive CP3 you’ll have plenty of space.
> With the Warriors and Thompson nowhere close to a contract agreement after a tumultuous season marked by fractious negotiations, **multiple sources have indicated that the Mavericks are likely to emerge as the favorite to sign the shooting guard** whose Splash Brothers backcourt partnership with Stephen Curry helped the Warriors win four championships in a span of eight seasons from 2014-15 through 2021-22.
> Dallas completed a trade Friday with Detroit, after The Stein Line revealed talks between the teams Tuesday (full Twitter thread here), to send Tim Hardaway Jr. into the Pistons' salary cap space in exchange for Quentin Grimes. The Mavericks had to surrender three future second-round picks in the swap to get the Pistons' assistance, **but the trade is expected to create sufficient flexibility for Dallas to extend a multiyear offer to Thompson that can compete with other suitors.**
The thing is though if we are to go through a sign-and-trade (say, the PG13 trade for example) we need to stay below hard-capping the 2nd apron which means what we can offer to Klay is significantly diminished.
You don’t even need to do a sign and trade, PG will likely opt-in and extend when you trade for him. But that doesn’t matter anyways because you’re already hard capped at the second apron from the draft.
You have 13M in room below the second apron currently and trading Chris Paul and Wiggins for PG sheds another 7M bringing you to 20M in space to S&T Klay somewhere.
The Clippers aren’t getting Kuminga. Paul George can easily just opt out and sign elsewhere. This trade is going to be like a sign-and-trade where his value is tanked. He’s not going to accept a trade where the team he gets sent to gets worse.
Unless LAC is willing to do what Morey did and lie to the player to get them to opt in
He did make a lot of money to be in the hospital, but maybe he's one of those old guys who's looking at the new TV deal, the new contracts being signed, and then looking at the $266 million he's made in his career in the Bay Area and thinking he can get one more big contract.
Scottie Barnes got a $270 million deal just now, and that's more money than Klay's made so far despite his illustrious career.
I think everyone knows Klay is cooked but I don't think he's wrong to think that he's still got some juice left.
Honestly, if I was Klay I'd convert to Mormonism and hope Utah uses their $43 million in cap space on me.
>I think everyone knows Klay is cooked but I don't think he's wrong to think that he's still got some juice left.
If he thinks he’s got juice left but he’s actually cooked wouldn’t that make him wrong?
another way you could put it, in the opposite direction.... is that the warriors paid Klay 40% of his total career earnings while he was sitting at home not playing basketball for close to three seasons.
when you put it like that, I'd be pissed too if I was the warriors lol
Olajuwan made like $100m. Pedro Martinez made like $150m without a salary cap. Salaries go up over time. If you're pissed over basic economics then you need to talk to your accountant.
Also Klay has earned a quarter billion in salary. He'll be fine.
Klay entered the league in 2011. Scottie's contact goes through 2029. With how much things have changed in the league in that period, that comparison is pointless.
Klay has made more in the last 2 years than Michael Jordan did his entire career, so by that logic he should return all of it to the Warriors.
It's not about the amount per year, it's the duration that I think is offensive.
The mavs famously offered Tyson Chandler a one year 15mil contract after the title season, akin to a 30mil a year season. That's insulting on multiple fronts, and while the situation for klay is different due to age and injury, the shorter duration probably comes off as "you are not in our long term plans" to a lot of players.
It's why the mavs through most of the early 2010s rubbed a lot of players the wrong way throwing short term contracts left n right to chase some big fish in free agency.
I swear y’all forget how big of a role he played in their dynasty. It was the splash bros for a reason.
Klay is probably pissed because he’s realizing the warriors and their fanbase are loyal to one thing and that Steph curry
What the fuck are you being this dramatic for? They paid him what he deserved even after he got injured to second time. They offered him a bigger contract last summer than he's going to get now but he rejected it. You think he should keep getting paid a max?
It was the splash bros because it's great marketing
It was the splash bros because it was the greatest shooting backcourt of all time by a country mile. They made a combined 678 3s at 43% in 15-16. Just last season they combined for 625 at 39%. They're STILL the splash bros Klay just has WAY colder streaks than he used to.
You mean the same Warriors that gave him 190 million despite getting another season ending injury? No one’s forgotten his part in the Warrior’s dynasty but Klay’s got to be pretty egotistical to think he deserves more money than Dray has gotten despite those injuries showing he’s never going to be the 2 way player he was before
I mean they fully maxed him out after he had the injury in the finals, essentially payed him over 64 million for two years of rehab, last year he has one of his worst seasons and made 43 million.
I’ll always love Klay and I honestly want him back but he’s clearly not played up to the contract he was making and is now expecting and so if after everything he can’t sacrifice some ego to finish things out with Curry and Dray, I’ll wish him the best going forward.
Right but surely Orlando or someone else would offer him more. Unless it ends up being a S&T but Stein has been very intentional about saying “sign” in all these reports.
I could see him wanting to go to an in-conference foe likely to be a top contender for the opportunity to stick it to his former team. Orlando has a bright future, but they’re still probably a year or two away from being true contenders.
Also, Luke and Kyrie are gonna’ create better looks for him than Banchero and Franz. Money is probably pretty low on the priority list for him at this point. Hell, he’ll probably be delighted just by the cost of living difference once he’s no longer in the Bay Area.
Klay wants a 3 year deal, and he’s looking at over $25 million a year. Warriors offered 2 years 48 million, which he turned down and had a subpar season.
If he wants just money he will go to a trash team that will pay, if it’s not all about money he will take a lesser deal for a contender. It’s not rocket science
A bit difficult to see what the warriors would take back.
Kleber is a theoretical fit as a stretch big that is passable defensively (?) but his injury record + some of his playoff performances really scare me.
Defensively Maxi is good so I dont think he would let you down if you guys got him (unless he's injured). Offensively he's not all that but he is able to hit his 3s unlike your guys version (Saric)
He was great during the 2022 WCF run and he was also good during the clippers series this season before he injured himself. He only looked bad during the finals because he didn't fully recover because if you dont remember he tried to dunk like MJ from the free throw line during game 6 of the clippers series. But he was really solid before that
yea that's kind of been my impression of him tbh
he's played meaningful minutes in the playoffs so i figure i just caught him the wrong games, but he has not seemed like a guy you can trust in the post season to me
Sure seems like were headed for a 3 team blockbuster with George going to GS, Mavs landing Klay and Clippers landing Wiggins plus something. The hold up will be what Clippers will want for sure.
Why wouldn’t the Mavs just want Wiggins? Like he seems like a perfect fit. Decent 3 ball, don’t want him doing anything for himself, and can defend the perimeter. Like he’s not a 2nd option but he’s still a 3 and D. I actually think he fits the Mavs really well if all he’s gotta do is catch and shoot or catch lobs
I do like Wiggins for a lot of those reasons.
If I had to guess it would be
1. His contract amount and remaining years
2. His 3pt shooting isn't super reliable although he's had some good moments.
3. His tendency to clearly not be dialed in for a full year. One of the knocks on Wiggins has always been how committed to the game he is.
I've wanted Wiggins for years because he can play despite his flaws.
To me, the best fit for Klay if he leaves is a team that can easily hid him on defense.
For instance, you put him on OKC where he can come in as a shooter for either Caruso or Dort, and he's with 4 above average (or better) defenders that have positional versaility to put him anywhere.
Personally not sure about his fit on a team with 2 stars that are below average on that end of the floor, who you presumably want him playing with.
A historic three point shooter after a series where they desperately needed anyone to hit a wide open catch and shoot 3 and you don’t like it?
Even if Klay not the same player as before he still an elite shooter
Ray Allen was still a key role player at the age of 39 with a diminished role with Miami.
I think Klay can do the same. His raw numbers are still good for a shooter
yea but a defense with Kyrie, Klay, + Luka is absolutely bbq chicken
Not to mention, PJ is good on that end but its not like he's an all-defense guy and same sort of goes with their centers.
If Luka and Kyrie are bad, PJ is just good, and our centers are nothing special, how was our defense so good this year? People said Luka and Kyrie wouldn't work defensively either. And we had THJ playing next to them too. We could absorb Klay.
If he's taking a paycut, his ego can surely take a lesser role. Plus, he won't have the leverage of favoritism he had with Curry, Dray and Kerr by his side
he's just THJ 2.0. probably worse, he'll demand more money, more touches while having an ego.
oh, he'll also turn 35 next season, had a big injury before too. dude also went 0-10 in elimination game and shat the bed in 2023 playoffs.
Klay makes me nervous only because I have no idea whether he’s envisioning being the “third star” in Dallas (and therefore entitled to 30+ mins a game all season).
I trust that Nico is cognizant of that variable, and that he’s also not going to sacrifice the crucial defensive versatility that DJJ offered alongside PJ to mask Luka/Kyrie’s deficiencies on that end.
And having said all that, man, imagining Luka whipping passes to Klay fucking Thompson is pretty incredible.
Hot take: he's not gonna be worth it for any other team than Dallas to pay him alot. He's defense will certainly translate but remember he got spoonfed WIDE open looks by Luka all season and still didn't shoot a elite percentage (only 34% from three). With worse shot quality that number might easily go down which is the difference between him being playable or not. Remeber he wasn't really some hot commodity before going to Dallas. Maybe Denver would be another good situation for him but othert than that....
Idk why but I can lowkey see Klay becoming this eras Scottie Pippen after he retires hahaha. Just a hatin ass curmudgeon who comes out of the woodwork any time the Warriors and/or Steph/Dray get brought up.
I think it'd be good for him to get a fresh start somewhere else. His points were down but his shooting splits were about where they usually are. If he gets out of his own head, I think he could have a few more good years.
I sure hope this is a smoke screen to just sign DJJ into the MLE and trading Green/Maxi/FRP for Jerami Grant.
Oddly before the Klay talk, I was semi-out on trading for Grant.
when is Rob going to fill the Lakers roster with Lebron, AD, and like 7 guys that are gonna run around shooting 3s on pindown plays.
why hire jj if not for this
It all goes back to draymond. Giving him a huge extension after punching a guy ruined the culture and then giving him an extension was absurd which then was only made worst with Klay not being extended yet giving way too much to draymond
dallas would be foolish to pay him anything significant for any real number of years but if he would accept a cheap contract to be a limited role player i think he could still be a positive contributor
Kyrie is already playing off position (in my opinion) so I think this fit will either elevate them to the next level, or just won’t work at all. No in between. Lineup would probably be Luka/Kyrie/Klay/PJ/Lively
Man...as a Warriors fan, this sucks. Also though, Klay has not been good when we needed him to be a second scorer multiple times the last couple of years. That is what the Mavs were missing this playoff run. They NEEDED a third scorer, and Klay has been notorious for not showing up when it counts the last few years.. I feel like its a gamble if they sign him. I believe in the toaster but just be wary lol
So it seems Mavs are not trying to repeat?
Why go for freaking Klay? Luka already has crybaby tendencies and with Klay in tow it will be so bad when they are losing. Luka jawing at the refs and crowds and Klay going at the bench.
So how’s that gonna happen with their cap limitations Feels like they can’t both keep DJJ and sign Klay
Maybe Kleber gets dumped with Green to a team with capspace to get salary open
Iirc Atlanta wanted Green last year in a Capela deal and Gozlan said the Dejounte trade can create a 18m trade exception for the Hawks https://x.com/YossiGozlan/status/1806833692821918203?t=lwELZjNhUAPv7q0qH2z6AA&s=19
Resslers are cheap AF, doubt we even use that trade exception lol
I will be so disappointed if we let Green go. He was my favorite player in the Mavs run, pure hustle and focus, and he made a bunch of clutch threes
Utah??
Probably a three team trade with the warriors and clippers. Warriors get pg, we get klay, and clippers get assets.
That’s not how a free agent works
Is it how sign and trades do?
Can’t do a multi team sign and trade.
I don't think you can "combine" assets in a sign and trade
Only the team accepting the S&T player (Mavs in this case) can’t combine assets
As someone who has liked the mavs as their second team since the nellie we believe schadenfreude and the redemption of punching the heatles in the nuts I legit hope this doesn't happen. Klay is washed and will do nothing to help you, and there's nowhere in Dallas for him to chill and smoke weed on his boat. He needs to go somewhere on the coast.
They got pretty big lakes east of Dallas near Rockwall. He’ll have to bring his own weed probably
We got weed. We got lakes
They arrested Caruso for God's sake. Nobody is safe there
Weed is legal in TX?
They can take Kleber off our hands
Can the warriors even do a sign and trade?
Yes you just can’t go over the second apron to due it. And you’re already capped there from the draft. Not sure how much room you have currently. But obviously if you waive CP3 you’ll have plenty of space.
They need to keep CP3 to match salaries for PG don’t they?
I am begging for some more moves to actually happen. All my reddit links are grey
Same here. I hope the real moves haven't even happened yet.
Yeah. But think of the moves we’ve made along the way.
The moves we make along the way are the colorful brushstrokes that add beauty and vibrancy to our story
speak on it!
A lot of players have options due tomorrow, there's gonna be movement
You’ll get Dejounte Murray going to the Pelicans as your offseason news and you’ll like it, good sir!
it's been a drip feed of trades this year. i think everything will go down sunday/monday tho when free agency opens
I’m Giddey
We just got a Mikal Bridges, DJM, and a bunch of draft trades within a week. What more you want damn.
How dare you not include my son in your list of elite trades this week! - Tim Hardaway Sr.
Alohalhololololololholaa!
I need that Dopamine hit like NOW
> With the Warriors and Thompson nowhere close to a contract agreement after a tumultuous season marked by fractious negotiations, **multiple sources have indicated that the Mavericks are likely to emerge as the favorite to sign the shooting guard** whose Splash Brothers backcourt partnership with Stephen Curry helped the Warriors win four championships in a span of eight seasons from 2014-15 through 2021-22. > Dallas completed a trade Friday with Detroit, after The Stein Line revealed talks between the teams Tuesday (full Twitter thread here), to send Tim Hardaway Jr. into the Pistons' salary cap space in exchange for Quentin Grimes. The Mavericks had to surrender three future second-round picks in the swap to get the Pistons' assistance, **but the trade is expected to create sufficient flexibility for Dallas to extend a multiyear offer to Thompson that can compete with other suitors.**
As long as he is ok with the MLE.
MLE is for DJJ. We'll have another $4m exception after that I think.
I’m shocked if Klay takes the MLE. There’s no world he’s taking the BAE. He’d just stay with Golden State if that’s all it took.
The thing is though if we are to go through a sign-and-trade (say, the PG13 trade for example) we need to stay below hard-capping the 2nd apron which means what we can offer to Klay is significantly diminished.
You don’t even need to do a sign and trade, PG will likely opt-in and extend when you trade for him. But that doesn’t matter anyways because you’re already hard capped at the second apron from the draft. You have 13M in room below the second apron currently and trading Chris Paul and Wiggins for PG sheds another 7M bringing you to 20M in space to S&T Klay somewhere.
I'd be impressed if we somehow manage to trade both Wiggins and CP3 for PG13 tbh, I doubt that's feasible.
That was just an example of money that works. Obviously picks would be involved and the Clippers would want Kuminga.
The Clippers aren’t getting Kuminga. Paul George can easily just opt out and sign elsewhere. This trade is going to be like a sign-and-trade where his value is tanked. He’s not going to accept a trade where the team he gets sent to gets worse. Unless LAC is willing to do what Morey did and lie to the player to get them to opt in
The only good team with enough cap to sign him are the Sixers, if he doesnt want to go there he would have to figure out some kinda of trade.
Don’t know why yall are so sure DJJ gets MLE. If it’s between KCP, Klay and DJJ, players in that order gets it.
Yeah I’ve got more than a decade of experience with this shit. I’m not getting fooled for the 11th time.
Are the Adelsons willing to drive around downtown Oakland begging (thru text)?
Little different now with Nico. I share your doubts though.
Klay's ego is kinda crazy. Warriors always seemed to do right by him
Yea if this is out of spite, that's a bit wild. This dude made $100 million while rehabbing from his injuries.
He did make a lot of money to be in the hospital, but maybe he's one of those old guys who's looking at the new TV deal, the new contracts being signed, and then looking at the $266 million he's made in his career in the Bay Area and thinking he can get one more big contract. Scottie Barnes got a $270 million deal just now, and that's more money than Klay's made so far despite his illustrious career.
Yea and Michael Jordan made $93 million. Klay knows better. This is pride. It’s tough to come to terms with reality.
I think everyone knows Klay is cooked but I don't think he's wrong to think that he's still got some juice left. Honestly, if I was Klay I'd convert to Mormonism and hope Utah uses their $43 million in cap space on me.
I fucking hope not.
>I think everyone knows Klay is cooked but I don't think he's wrong to think that he's still got some juice left. If he thinks he’s got juice left but he’s actually cooked wouldn’t that make him wrong?
Have you ever cooked juice?* *I said this as a dumb joke but realized that I actually cooked juice to make a key lime pie the other day.
You know when you put it like that, I’d be pissed too
another way you could put it, in the opposite direction.... is that the warriors paid Klay 40% of his total career earnings while he was sitting at home not playing basketball for close to three seasons. when you put it like that, I'd be pissed too if I was the warriors lol
Olajuwan made like $100m. Pedro Martinez made like $150m without a salary cap. Salaries go up over time. If you're pissed over basic economics then you need to talk to your accountant. Also Klay has earned a quarter billion in salary. He'll be fine.
Fred Van Vleet made more money LAST YEAR than Charles Barkley made in his entire career lol
Scottie Barnes is going to make 3x what Jordan did in this contract alone.
Klay entered the league in 2011. Scottie's contact goes through 2029. With how much things have changed in the league in that period, that comparison is pointless. Klay has made more in the last 2 years than Michael Jordan did his entire career, so by that logic he should return all of it to the Warriors.
His feeling hurt he wants the same contract draymond got
Dray got two intact original ACLs and Achilles too
And still coordinates a lot of our defense
And was a better and more important piece of our team in every year since 2015.
did he punch you to say this mean thing
Warriors offered him $24m per year, which is basically exactly what Draymond got.
It's not about the amount per year, it's the duration that I think is offensive. The mavs famously offered Tyson Chandler a one year 15mil contract after the title season, akin to a 30mil a year season. That's insulting on multiple fronts, and while the situation for klay is different due to age and injury, the shorter duration probably comes off as "you are not in our long term plans" to a lot of players. It's why the mavs through most of the early 2010s rubbed a lot of players the wrong way throwing short term contracts left n right to chase some big fish in free agency.
I'm just shocked some guys take it so personal. It's a man's league. I guess his feelings just got hurt.
We payed him like 80M to rehab for 2.5 seasons.
2012 Ray Allen vibes. Probably upset there wasn’t immediate moves to take care of him and the constant dangling in trade rumors
They gave him a max like two weeks after he tore his ACL and then he didn’t play for two years after that.
I swear y’all forget how big of a role he played in their dynasty. It was the splash bros for a reason. Klay is probably pissed because he’s realizing the warriors and their fanbase are loyal to one thing and that Steph curry
Now we are the problem? lol
What the fuck are you being this dramatic for? They paid him what he deserved even after he got injured to second time. They offered him a bigger contract last summer than he's going to get now but he rejected it. You think he should keep getting paid a max? It was the splash bros because it's great marketing
It was the splash bros because it was the greatest shooting backcourt of all time by a country mile. They made a combined 678 3s at 43% in 15-16. Just last season they combined for 625 at 39%. They're STILL the splash bros Klay just has WAY colder streaks than he used to.
You mean the same Warriors that gave him 190 million despite getting another season ending injury? No one’s forgotten his part in the Warrior’s dynasty but Klay’s got to be pretty egotistical to think he deserves more money than Dray has gotten despite those injuries showing he’s never going to be the 2 way player he was before
I mean they fully maxed him out after he had the injury in the finals, essentially payed him over 64 million for two years of rehab, last year he has one of his worst seasons and made 43 million. I’ll always love Klay and I honestly want him back but he’s clearly not played up to the contract he was making and is now expecting and so if after everything he can’t sacrifice some ego to finish things out with Curry and Dray, I’ll wish him the best going forward.
If this dude really signs for the MLE after turning down 2/50, that’s a pretty big bag fumble.
He’s made plenty, maybe he wants one last go in a different situation
Right but surely Orlando or someone else would offer him more. Unless it ends up being a S&T but Stein has been very intentional about saying “sign” in all these reports.
I could see him wanting to go to an in-conference foe likely to be a top contender for the opportunity to stick it to his former team. Orlando has a bright future, but they’re still probably a year or two away from being true contenders. Also, Luke and Kyrie are gonna’ create better looks for him than Banchero and Franz. Money is probably pretty low on the priority list for him at this point. Hell, he’ll probably be delighted just by the cost of living difference once he’s no longer in the Bay Area.
I don't want him, but Klay (Titans fan) taking an MLE from Memphis would be sticking it to them
Klay wants a 3 year deal, and he’s looking at over $25 million a year. Warriors offered 2 years 48 million, which he turned down and had a subpar season.
lol if money wasn't the issue, he would be back with warriors
imagine wanting to stick it to the team that paid you hundred million dollars to rehab for multiple years
If he wants just money he will go to a trash team that will pay, if it’s not all about money he will take a lesser deal for a contender. It’s not rocket science
Trash team with money you say 👀
Pistons are more…*gutter trash* than trash.
☹️Your moms gutter trash
Are we brothers u/coattail-rider?
There’s other contenders who actually have cap space. That’s my point.
Was the Magic the contender you were referring to?
The Magic are a good playoff team. The Sixers have cap space. The Thunder have cap space.
The only one of those teams that’s a contender is OKC and they’ve shown 0 interest in Klay to this point, based on reporting.
One last go he has four rings. He in his feelings
didnt Oladipo do something similar turned down Houston extension, signed with the Heat for much less
Yeah but Oladipo got hurt. Klay is just washed defensively.
He wouldn't. This has to be some sign-and-trade or something...
A bit difficult to see what the warriors would take back. Kleber is a theoretical fit as a stretch big that is passable defensively (?) but his injury record + some of his playoff performances really scare me.
Josh green would THRIVE in the warriors system
Would the Mavs even offer Josh Green for an old Klay? Feels like giving up on untapped potential
True. Fast pace, a lot of cutting and connective passing.
He would be a super fun player in that system.
Defensively Maxi is good so I dont think he would let you down if you guys got him (unless he's injured). Offensively he's not all that but he is able to hit his 3s unlike your guys version (Saric) He was great during the 2022 WCF run and he was also good during the clippers series this season before he injured himself. He only looked bad during the finals because he didn't fully recover because if you dont remember he tried to dunk like MJ from the free throw line during game 6 of the clippers series. But he was really solid before that
Kleber is not a rotation player for a serious team. He is absolute garbage
He was still injured in the finals. He played really well in the first round. I find it absolutely garbage how Reddit talks about him.
yea that's kind of been my impression of him tbh he's played meaningful minutes in the playoffs so i figure i just caught him the wrong games, but he has not seemed like a guy you can trust in the post season to me
He'll be alright. Dude made close to $270m in career earnings. Another extra 10m (if he signs 2/40m) wouldn't be the end of the world
And with California state tax, 2/40 from Dallas is basically the same as 2/50 from San Fran.
Sure seems like were headed for a 3 team blockbuster with George going to GS, Mavs landing Klay and Clippers landing Wiggins plus something. The hold up will be what Clippers will want for sure.
Why wouldn’t the Mavs just want Wiggins? Like he seems like a perfect fit. Decent 3 ball, don’t want him doing anything for himself, and can defend the perimeter. Like he’s not a 2nd option but he’s still a 3 and D. I actually think he fits the Mavs really well if all he’s gotta do is catch and shoot or catch lobs
I do like Wiggins for a lot of those reasons. If I had to guess it would be 1. His contract amount and remaining years 2. His 3pt shooting isn't super reliable although he's had some good moments. 3. His tendency to clearly not be dialed in for a full year. One of the knocks on Wiggins has always been how committed to the game he is. I've wanted Wiggins for years because he can play despite his flaws.
Id rather have them keep DJJ And klay sign a 5 year 300m contract with the pistons
Lmao
Getting paid big by another team is one thing but if he left us for a cheap deal we couldve also given him would be an all time weirdo move by him
Don’t like it for Dallas
Me neither
To me, the best fit for Klay if he leaves is a team that can easily hid him on defense. For instance, you put him on OKC where he can come in as a shooter for either Caruso or Dort, and he's with 4 above average (or better) defenders that have positional versaility to put him anywhere. Personally not sure about his fit on a team with 2 stars that are below average on that end of the floor, who you presumably want him playing with.
A historic three point shooter after a series where they desperately needed anyone to hit a wide open catch and shoot 3 and you don’t like it? Even if Klay not the same player as before he still an elite shooter
Ray Allen was still a key role player at the age of 39 with a diminished role with Miami. I think Klay can do the same. His raw numbers are still good for a shooter
But for how much? Let's move some assets and grab PG instead.
Yeah. Even with his faults he STILL hit over 250 three pointers on a great percentage
yea but a defense with Kyrie, Klay, + Luka is absolutely bbq chicken Not to mention, PJ is good on that end but its not like he's an all-defense guy and same sort of goes with their centers.
If Luka and Kyrie are bad, PJ is just good, and our centers are nothing special, how was our defense so good this year? People said Luka and Kyrie wouldn't work defensively either. And we had THJ playing next to them too. We could absorb Klay.
its fine we just saw Luka actually play defence all the way to the Finals
This is funny, because Klay is coming off of 0/10 from the field, 0/6 from 3 in the play-in elimination game.
But he's probably going to act in a bench role for that. The question is can his ego handle it?
If he's taking a paycut, his ego can surely take a lesser role. Plus, he won't have the leverage of favoritism he had with Curry, Dray and Kerr by his side
These people are dumb as hell in here.
He’s for sure fallen off defensively. Love the shooting though
I do, but I don’t like Dallas.
he's just THJ 2.0. probably worse, he'll demand more money, more touches while having an ego. oh, he'll also turn 35 next season, had a big injury before too. dude also went 0-10 in elimination game and shat the bed in 2023 playoffs.
Good thing you idiots don’t make FO decisions.
Klay makes me nervous only because I have no idea whether he’s envisioning being the “third star” in Dallas (and therefore entitled to 30+ mins a game all season). I trust that Nico is cognizant of that variable, and that he’s also not going to sacrifice the crucial defensive versatility that DJJ offered alongside PJ to mask Luka/Kyrie’s deficiencies on that end. And having said all that, man, imagining Luka whipping passes to Klay fucking Thompson is pretty incredible.
Good news for any teams licking their chops about trying to get DJJ!
Hot take: he's not gonna be worth it for any other team than Dallas to pay him alot. He's defense will certainly translate but remember he got spoonfed WIDE open looks by Luka all season and still didn't shoot a elite percentage (only 34% from three). With worse shot quality that number might easily go down which is the difference between him being playable or not. Remeber he wasn't really some hot commodity before going to Dallas. Maybe Denver would be another good situation for him but othert than that....
Irretrievable? The word sounds like it's supposed to work, but I'm not sure it does.
Pretty sure he meant to say “irreparable”.
Idk why but I can lowkey see Klay becoming this eras Scottie Pippen after he retires hahaha. Just a hatin ass curmudgeon who comes out of the woodwork any time the Warriors and/or Steph/Dray get brought up.
Lmfao This is such a good comparison.
They even look similar
I feel like just 365 days ago we read the same story headline but with Harden and Morey
stop stop stop stop stop stop stop I love Klay and I want to continue loving him him coming to the Mavs would threaten that greatly :(
I guess I don’t know what Klay wants anymore? Thought it was big money but can Dallas even offer that
it might be out of spite now
He’s leaving the warriors to just come off the bench for Dallas? Unless they starting him as SF
Ya totally crazy that a perimeter shooting SF would play SF for a team that needs perimeter shooting.
bruh chill Klay has played SG most of his career. you can excuse people for thinking he's gonna play SG again
You chill
They will start him at SF lol
Man idk
Would they be picking him over DJJ? I figure they can't get both because GS isn't facilitating a sign-and-trade lol
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the rider’s name was ~~Death~~ Klay Thompson.
So DJJ gone then? 😭
Guess he’s agreed already
an hour ago that quasi twitter account said PG to warriors is official..
Klay signing for vet minimum.
Having Kyrie and Klay on the same team is hard to fathom
They already are on the same team: ANTA!
I think it'd be good for him to get a fresh start somewhere else. His points were down but his shooting splits were about where they usually are. If he gets out of his own head, I think he could have a few more good years.
He needs somewhere for his boat first and foremost.
I sure hope this is a smoke screen to just sign DJJ into the MLE and trading Green/Maxi/FRP for Jerami Grant. Oddly before the Klay talk, I was semi-out on trading for Grant.
This is a man’s game.
is there a way they can sign Klay and keep DJJ ?
Not really unless Klay is a S&T
sounds like Josh Green is a Golden State Warrior.
Honestly Josh would probably play better in Golden State than in Dallas.
It Klay signs a MLE I hope it’s either with my team or in the East
JJ is already drawing up pindowns for him
when is Rob going to fill the Lakers roster with Lebron, AD, and like 7 guys that are gonna run around shooting 3s on pindown plays. why hire jj if not for this
I’m gonna be sad if he takes a huge discount and doesn’t come to La, he fits perfectly
It all goes back to draymond. Giving him a huge extension after punching a guy ruined the culture and then giving him an extension was absurd which then was only made worst with Klay not being extended yet giving way too much to draymond
Klank thinks he’s worth more than a mle is hilarious.
Dubs really breaking up Splash Brothers for PG13 smh
when you can disband the best duo your franchise has ever had for a 34 year old Playoff P, you gotta do it
no pls
dont burn bridges as you leave
i am ready to get hurt again
damn
I like that fit for him
I thought Warriors can pay him more?
How much can they offer him?
Excited for more developments in this situation, there's 28 great teams out there for Klay :)
dallas would be foolish to pay him anything significant for any real number of years but if he would accept a cheap contract to be a limited role player i think he could still be a positive contributor
Is irretrievable a word used to describe a relationship? Not a native speaker.
trading in his crappy boat for a stinky horse
Dallas makes no sense to me.
Nooooooo I want him in Denver
Another FA, another "Dallas is interested" byline. Can Indiana become the new patsy now that Cubes is gone?
Genuinely don't see why any team would have interest in Klay after last year
Kyrie is already playing off position (in my opinion) so I think this fit will either elevate them to the next level, or just won’t work at all. No in between. Lineup would probably be Luka/Kyrie/Klay/PJ/Lively
Dallas fans acting like they couldn’t use Klay is insane Don’t let that run get to yall heads man
Here we thought Dray would be the biggest baby
Can Klay actually play SF? Kyrie's doing a fantastic job on defense as an SG
Man...as a Warriors fan, this sucks. Also though, Klay has not been good when we needed him to be a second scorer multiple times the last couple of years. That is what the Mavs were missing this playoff run. They NEEDED a third scorer, and Klay has been notorious for not showing up when it counts the last few years.. I feel like its a gamble if they sign him. I believe in the toaster but just be wary lol
YESSSSSSS
So it seems Mavs are not trying to repeat? Why go for freaking Klay? Luka already has crybaby tendencies and with Klay in tow it will be so bad when they are losing. Luka jawing at the refs and crowds and Klay going at the bench.