golden state warriors thread

Well there’s not sweating the reg season and then there’s real issues like not enough vet depth. Kuminga might be ready to help tho. Just need to trade Rollins or Baldwin or both

Here were the five big Jonathan Kuminga plays in crunch time tonight vs Hornets

*Rips away a steal from PJ Washington
*Traffic rebound over Plumlee
*Gets available for dunk
*Floater in iso vs Hayward
*Cuts open for another dunk pic.twitter.com/kEvGuzLhqg

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 28, 2022

Hell yah lol

Klay Thompson said him and Jordan Poole have a nickname:

"We call each other 311 like the band."

— 95.7 The Game (@957thegame) December 31, 2022

amber state warriors

lol

Just saw an episode of Diners Drive-Ins and Drives where Guy kicked it with Festus Ezeli

EVERYBODY GANGSTA UNTIL DRAYMOND MAKES THE WARRIORS TOP FIVE MADE THREES LIST pic.twitter.com/lzyWnT1nF5

— “Pettina” 🍒 (@tinangst) December 31, 2022

What a game!! So many wild twists and turns. Klay with 54 and Loon with 20 boards and the buzzer beating game winner.

i was supposed to get to bed early for back to work after holidays. warriors weren’t having it. what a game

Literally 7 playable dudes haha amazing win

That game was a classic

didn't watch the game bc fuck staying up til 1am for this hawks team, but did i really see Nate pulled Okongwu on the last play where they gave up multiple offensive rebounds?

that worked out for both teams, they brought loon in for defense and okongwu out for offense but neither team had timeouts left so normally looney wouldnt have been in the last possession to get that tip in ftw

an insane game really
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArLTfKlyCkk

he also left trae out on defense on white donte’s game tying three and trae just stood around watching the play kinda waiting to see how everything played out, bringing a touch of curiosity to the court

DONTE TIES THE GAME 😱 pic.twitter.com/Ok8r22GcjR

— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) January 3, 2023

lol good description of trae's D

lol poole cmon man

poole made probably close to 15 boneheaded decisions last night. one of the worst games ive seen him play and yet he hit one of the biggest shots of the game and had some beautiful drives. but he really needs to learn to calm down in clutch situations.

"bringing a touch of curiosity to the court"

lmao

Klay pulled right before the game w knee soreness… sounds ominous, hopefully nothing

trading him for lebron

klay and dray for bron and russ done deal according to sources

Shut up Halloween was months ago.

warriors really caught lightning in a bottle with their rotation-level roster moves last season.

Otto Porter Jr. is done for the season.

— Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC) January 10, 2023

Looking like a roster that hasn’t played together in a while

we need some clarity on the dray situation both sides are talking like hes gone after this season management hasnt extended him hes been openly angling for a deal with the lakers but is any of it real is this just negotiation what the story

no idea how this plays out but im leaning he stays with the warriors. but a lot comes down to how this season plays out? hes made himself indispensable, the defense is hanging by a thread every night and he is that thread. also finding his offense more this season. i think hes playing games but could also see him bouncing as well. i think if he leaves cos the dubs lowball him then that would be the beginning of the end, curry would not be good with that.

i think we'll learn a lot about the direction of this franchise over the next few weeks up to the trade deadline. if they stay put i think this is the last ride. if they make a move and trade one or two of the young guys and picks then theyre locked in for 3-4 more years imo.

there would need to be a big contract for him somewhere else and does that even exist thinking probably not

I'm thinking dray is gone before the next season starts. he has his 4 rings and now he's hungry for that other kind of nba player prestige: the biggest contract he can command.

hes taken less than he could have gotten on every deal so far. im not sure money is the ultimate motivator for him, he's more of i demand respect type of guy i think.

i thought dray wanted to play with lebron and where is lebron exactly?

dray always hated bron until this contract situation came up

He signed w klutch and that was that.

I’m not so sure he wants to go to LA… his best position is lebrons position and Brows position and they need shooting.

Rumors he’s been recruiting bron to GSW tho…

he's more of i demand respect type of guy i think

I agree, but he's maxxed out on the respect that comes with NBA rings, olympic gold medals, all-star game appearances, and the all-nba defensive team. now he feels the the dubs front office disrespected him by not giving him a big guaranteed contract extension. I'm thinking the FO that gives him that big FA contract can lure him away, not so bcz of the money, but bcz of the respect it implies.

they havent disrespected him! he's up for free agency after this year if he opts out.

have they gone on his podcast tho

he's more of i demand respect type of guy i think

i agree & i think he takes the best offer. it's entirely possible the warriors end up valuing him more than any other team

they can offer him more too, as long as they dont mind paying another $100m or whatever in lux tax

i'm not fully aware of who has cap space this offseason but i could def see a team like the pistons putting a major offer on the table for him thinking that he could legitimize their defense, locker room etc. and i could see him taking a deal like that even if it takes further rings off the table. hard to picture any contending team blowing a bunch of cap space on him... most contending teams don't even have cap space

lakers could offer him a lot of money as long as they dont mind having a roster of mostly minimum players which if i were them i would mind

isn’t that kind of their thing though

looking at sportrac cap space estimates for next year and the top teams are...

1. San Antonio Spurs
2. Houston Rockets
3. Indiana Pacers
4. Orlando Magic
5. Detroit Pistons
6. Charlotte Hornets
7. Oklahoma City Thunder
8. Los Angeles Lakers
9. Utah Jazz
10. Sacramento Kings

feels like the warriors will have a lot of leverage if his options are re-signing or going to one of the worst teams in the NBA. the lakers are the only team that is a glamour market or has the facade of contention but also has cap space and enough desperation to look at draymond as a big money solution. so that speculation makes a lot of sense even beyond the klutch stuff

lakers are in a bird rights trap with so many contacts coming off the books this year, theyre spending ~170m this year but if they let all their expiring contracts go then then theyll be down to basically just bron and brow at ~90m and will be able to spend another ~40m to get to the estimated 2023 cap of ~130m + another ~10m for a mid level guy and thats ~30m less than this year, of course theyre not going to just let everyone walk but it is kind of a fucked up situation nevertheless, and of course russ represents almost 50m of those expiring salaries but does not deliver 50m worth of value but he does have some value

https://hoopshype.com/salaries/los_angeles_lakers/

feels like the warriors will have a lot of leverage if his options are re-signing or going to one of the worst teams in the NBA.

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, January 17, 2023 3:23 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

and the bad teams mostly being in the process of rebuilding prob dont even want him, cld see sacto making him an offer tho you never know what the kings are going to get up to, and theres always the chance of a capped out team engineering some cap space or a sign and trade

all things being equal i would like to see him on a lakers team comprised bron brow and a bunch of scrubs thats the best thing for the league

i feel like the pistons are the only other team to watch bcuz of the hometown (ish) aspect & they seem to want to be competitive i.e. trading for bojan. but they also traded a first in order to take jalen duren in the lottery & we’ve already seen what happens when you try and develop a young center on draymond’s team so idk

i think 'the punch' plus the fact he's openly said he doesnt try if there's nothing on the line means he wont be hunted by young teams in need of vet leadership. i think that hurts his chances of going to a contender even, not knowing what dray you're gonna get: could completely blow your team up from the inside or could raise your ceiling to champ status.... is it worth the risk?

to me it comes down to these chances

60% warriors
20% lakers
15% another contender via sign n trade
5% picks up his option and plays out one more year in GS and kicks it down the road one more year when more teams have money (presumably?)

given the second career he's already begun, i can't imagine he's gonna want to go to detroit or san antonio to close out his playing days instead of just being on television every night

i could def see detroit for his final contract days to play at home with the kids once theyve grown up a bit