Yea if Luke Walton comes back that's is some straight bullshit.
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Yea if Luke Walton comes back that's is some straight bullshit.
Magic resigning means the Anthony Davis deal to Celtics is a done deal. Kyrie will remain and KD will sign as a free agent to form a new super three in Boston. Tatum and Brown will be traded for AD. Haywood and Al Horford plus First two first picks for Lebron
If Lebron want out of L.A. do the Sixers resign and trade Jimmy Butler and Reddick for Lebron and Josh Hart
If Lebron want out of L.A. do the Sixers resign and trade Jimmy Butler and Reddick for Lebron and Josh Hart
Damn son.
With you break it down that way, Magic had no idea what he was doing.
Lakers organization is very unstable right now. I felt like the team checked out back in January.
He let LeBron influence him too much.
It's disgusting the Jerry West shit was over money, and because Dr Buss didn't want to pay him for bringing Shaq
Man of all the shit that went down this season, for some reason this is the move that REALLY bugs me
I think Magic is too old school in a modern NBA. That's a problem with a lot of older basketball players.
Basketball changed. He needed shooters, not Lance and Beasley
Man of all the shit that went down this season, for some reason this is the move that REALLY bugs me
The goal was to get rid of Beasley after the Luke shit.
They could have just waived him.
If you're going to let Zubac go, just let him go in the summer. You showcased him to trade him...for nothing..
That was the most puzzling move he made....that made zero sense.
Lakers are fucked bro; the crazy thing is it will still come back to AD
because if Boston gets AD then I think Kyrie stays in Boston; that means KD aint going to NY by himself; LAC or Tor will get Leonard; who going to LA?? Cousins 
nah, Butler?? nah; Lakers have played themselves something serious....KD cant sign in Boston
they dont have enough money to sign him....
Lakers are fucked bro; the crazy thing is it will still come back to AD
KDs not staying in Oakland.
None of their moves have made any sense since Magic was the GM; they only got LBJ and they was getting him regardless....
Lakers are fucked bro; the crazy thing is it will still come back to AD
The Lakers will throw money at Jimmy Butler this summer...because Tobias pretty much made it so Philly can't keep both.
I have no faith, because Rob doesn't have experience either...and he should have been more vocal in situations since he is the GM
I knew this shit wasn't going to end well from Lavar...they needed to put dude in his place and shut him up, but they let him continue talking shit last year and shit on Luke and the training staff.
I have no faith, because Rob doesn't have experience either...and he should have been more vocal in situations since he is the GM
I knew this shit wasn't going to end well from Lavar...they needed to put dude in his place and shut him up, but they let him continue talking shit last year and shit on Luke and the training staff.
didnt you say Magic was a great gm
didnt you say the lakers were a great organization at the momentdidnt you say the lakers would make the playoffsdidnt you say the lakers had a better team than the cavs of last year nobody cares what you think or say faggot...stay off the board since your daddy got ran out the west and is gone fishing...
didnt you say Magic was a great gm
Warriors cant afford KD and hes already turned down a long term deal. Hes not staying in Oakland. Prolly gonna end up trading Dray this summer as well. Giving Curry that big contract sealed KDs fate, and Klay must be resigned. The Splash bros will remain but the heart and soul will be gone.
They will shed salary by trading Haywood, Horford, Brown and Tatum plus Kyrie will have his Bird RightsKD cant sign in Boston
Trade them to who?
you cant shed salary in the NBA sir; the NBA trades are dollars for dollars unless teams have trade exemptions; and that still is dollars for dollars; they cant sign KD and get AD; its impossible!!!!
he might not stay but don't lie please.
the owner said he doesn't care about a luxury tax so they can afford kd
and kd has not turned down a long term deal because one wasn't offered yet
to this point its been what kind of deal do you want and he's chosen the 1+1
thanks
You sound completely stupid; GS can afford whatever they want; the owner has already said it; So regardless if KD leaves or stay, it wont be because of money; Like I said, I dont believe KD will go to NY by himself; he might he might stay who knows; but he aint going to leave because of money; and I would be highly surprised if KD went to NY by himself....
So you see ownership making KD the highest paid player on the team yes or no? On the market he can get more than what Curry got. Taking less would be a paycut, which is what he's been doing the last 3 years. At what point does he say he wants a long term deal? Never?
And KD signed 1 plus 1 so that GS would have his full bird rights and can offer him the supermax; which no other team can...
i told the homies the lakers with lebron wasn't winning shit. every move this organization make is 2 steps backwards. getting lebron only made things worse as it made the expectations higher with dam beer budget players. don't anybody wanna play with him or the lakers. magic seen the writing on the wall and chunked the deuces.
So you and large are saying KD will be the highest paid player on the team this summer right? Money is no object correct?
Why wouldnt he be??
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Here's Why Money Won't Split The Golden State Warriors Up
SportsMoneyI focus on the strategy, salary cap and business side of the Warriors.facing a big summer, and potentially an even bigger luxury tax bill, with Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson’s free agency this year, and Draymond Green following next year. Both Thompson and Green were signed before the influx of money due to the NBA’s new TV deal exploded league-wide revenues and the salary cap, meaning that their current contracts are very good value. Meanwhile, Durant has repeatedly taken less money than he could have, valuing the flexibility of shorter-term deals for himself as well as helping the Warriors to re-sign veterans Andre Iguodala and Shaun Livingston in 2017, and then to add DeMarcus Cousins last summer.
Presently the situation around Durant looks increasingly murky, with multiple Warriors beat reporters writing that he’s avoiding the media in the wake of the New York Knicks carving out enough salary cap space to sign two max players in the summer. Given the febrile atmosphere in the NBA in the run-up to the trade deadline it’s not hard to see why Durant, who has repeatedly stressed he wants to concentrate on basketball, may not want to talk publicly and face a barrage of questions about the legacy-defining choice ahead of him. Any decisions made, or statements issued, before free agency can change as the Boston Celtics saw last week with Kyrie Irving rowing back on his pre-season pledge to stay.
Money is not a problem for the Warriors
But in recent days one thing has been clarified regarding the Warriors future. Owner Joe Lacob came out clearly and told The Athletic’s Tim Kawakami “We can do whatever we want (financially). And you should expect that that’s not going to be a reason this team … doesn’t stay great going forward. We have the capital to pay our players what they deserve. And we will.”
This is the clearest Lacob has been about the Warriors future spending. It’s no small feat, with the total salary and luxury tax bill potentially exceeding $300m per year for the next few years.
Today’s Forbes valuations illustrate why. The Warriors valuation is up a league-leading 367% over the last five years to $3.5bn. This is a 13% increase from $3.1bn from last year, and they remain third overall in the league. What’s more, they are now second overall in revenue at $401m ahead of one of the league’s glamor franchises, the Los Angeles Lakers, who brought in $395m in 2017/18. Despite an increase in player expenses from $119m to $147m, with an additional $32m on top of salaries and benefits as they re-entered the luxury tax, the Warriors still posted an operating income (ie pre-tax profit) of $103m.
The financial future is bright
Whatever happens off the court this summer, the Warriors financial future remains bright. They are still on their old local TV deal which will be up for renewal in the next few years. Both of the teams in front of the Warriors in the valuation index, the Knicks and the Lakers, have local TV deals paying out over $100m. The Warriors will be in for a similar, if not quite as large, bonanza soon.
The biggest factor in the Warriors off-court fortunes though remains the Chase Center, which offers huge cash-generating capabilities from Personal Seat Licenses to the income from 200 events a year. As today’s Forbes analysis identifies, look out for the Warriors to challenge the Knicks as the league’s biggest income generator once that arena opens.
On top of the reported $2bn of sponsorship deals already struck, today the Warriors announced yet another new partnership. Google Cloud joins current Chase Center Founding Partners Accenture, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Pepsi, RingCentral, United Airlines and naming rights partner Chase. “Google is one of the most innovative and iconic brands in the world,” said Warriors Owner and CEO Joe Lacob. “As the first professional sports team to partner with Google Cloud, we’re looking forward to combining our individual expertise into an overall unique and exciting fan experience for everyone attending events at Chase Center.”
Alongside enhancing the fan experience at Chase Center the Warriors, already one of the most tech-savvy and innovative organizations in the league, will work with Google Cloud to focus on ways to use analytics and machine learning capabilities to enhance decision-making and provide coaches, staff and players with more data-driven touch points than ever before. Just in case Steve Kerr and his crew needed any more help.
Between the explosion in franchise value, and the new arena and associated partnership opportunities, the Warriors are sitting pretty when it comes to their finances. Now all they have to do is convince their stars to stay.
And I can post a 100 more articles, quotes etc etc from coaches gm and owners of warriors that say money will not be issue.....
So KD is gonna get a 5 year $250 mill deal. Klay getting $150, Dray getting his max. And Curry already got $200 mill. Dubs gonna commit 500-600 mill in salary to a bunch of 30 year olds over the next 5 years. OK.
Al Horford and Gordon Haywood is 62 million I Salary cap next year. AD is only 27 Million and you can sign KD at the 35 million max Tatum and Brown is another 13 MillionTrade them to who?
You are not listening; let me repeat; they cant trade them unless they take salary back; its not possible; so whatever salary they trade, they have to have equal or within like 5% of the value back; so again its not possible....
why wouldnt they win they are winning; as an owner, and being the highest or 2nd highest revenue generating team, why wouldnt you pay them; if they stay together they could win 3 or 4 plus titles; it would be a run for the ages; and they would generate 1 billion plus a year; they already have 2 billion and the stadium aint even open yet
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Man of all the shit that went down this season, for some reason this is the move that REALLY bugs me
The dude is 21 and has good hands. I'm thinking Marc Gasol lite. That's not bad, but you lose him and Thomas Bryant, whiff on Mitchell Robinson and sign the softest weakest Cac of the draft.
You draft a 7 foot pussy that can kind of shoot but can't protect the rim from a gnat. Its fucking stupid.
