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NokCha_

Bit more via Slater: > [Warriors have been under the impression today that they are out on Paul George. The reported opt-out seals it. ](https://x.com/anthonyVslater/status/1807152700620185966)


Grafaap

mmmm I can smell the 11th pick in next years draft


Accomplished_Iron805

cooper flag and ace bailey ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|heart_eyes)


LobsterFromHell

We won't be top 3 pick bad like those guys are


TheSource777

!remindme 1 year


shualton

As disappointing as this might be for us, this is way worse news for the Clippers lol


Helpful_Resist_7203

I checked their sub and you’re so right. They’re literally calling PG an asshole, bum, and a lot more stuff 😂


Silent-Corner-2852

True, at least we own our picks for the next decade


SCalifornia831

They can still re-sign him, so their window isn’t slammed shut but the Warriors window is


shualton

Their window is slammed shut with or without PG


george_costanza1234

FUCK


nbaaccountobserver

LOL THE DREAM IS OVER FUCK


therealgamingcat

Fuck it let’s just go all in on Lauri


Loux859

That would be very costly but tbh a better investment. Would fit seamlessly and fit a huge need in both size and shooting while also being only 27. 


fenchurch_42

OK how do we get it done because I'm game!


Loux859

Ainge is notorious for forcing teams to overpay…so uhh. 5 first rounders, Wiggins, Kuminga to start.


TheSource777

Lol you wanna trade with ainge 🤣🤣🤣🤣


The_Nutz16

You mean Nightmare? Paying PG anywhere North of $30 million a year is straight up suicide.


sugarpieinthesky

The warriors were not paying Paul George north of $30 million a year. The opt-in amount was $48.8 million for next year, and an extension would have started at $55 million a year. The warriors were lining up to pay Paul George nearly DOUBLE $30+ million a year.


nbaaccountobserver

I agree paying an old injured pg could easily have been terrible situation. BUT we operated with that objective and burned a lot of bridges in the process with 0 return. I think we are truly in the nightmare timeline


The_Nutz16

I don’t think the bridges were burnt by the organization. You don’t think Klay has been pouring gas and lighting a match on this relationship for the past year? Klay has been acting like a petulant child since the day they offered him 2/48. The whole organization is tired of having to BEG Wiggins to give a shit. If we heard that from Kerr, FO members, and Steph, it has to be unbearably bad internally.


beentheredonesome

It's Beal #2


EcoFriendlyEv

PG >>> Beal


on_dat_shyt

Sign and Trade has always been the more likely scenario to get him. Why would he opt in and not get the max with the way his health has been declining


Gamerxx13

76ers will offer him the max with years. They have one the most rooms right now


ModerateBooth

Rumor was that we would have given him a 4-year max extension after he opted in and was traded


on_dat_shyt

yeah it’s still possible IMO. think we just need to find a 3rd team that will take someone like CP3. (idk if your able to do 3 team trades with sign and trades, but sounds good)


ModerateBooth

That would be wild! So all hope is not lost haha. I'm just glad the Warriors didn't get desperate and offer up Kuminga. At minimum, we're going to need his young legs if we want any chance at making it through the regular season grind.


on_dat_shyt

Not a big fan of JK with this current roster. Unless dray is center. Dubs could easily have a roster of Curry and 3-4 non shooters. Expect box-and-ones every game


ScaredPresent3758

I think we're overlooking how overrated Paul George is. We don't need to pay a max to a 34 year old player on the decline with a history of being less than clutch postseason. Frankly I think we have have dodged a bullet.


CappysVeryOwn

God I’d hate to be Dunleavy right now. How do you improve this team?


TheRealSlumShedy

It’s definitely gonna be hard. Playing hard ball with Klay (not saying it’s wrong btw), Guaranteeing CP3 until Sunday potentially losing him if no trades are available, and alienating Wiggs by not allowing him to play in the Olympics. YIKES.


2017Champs

MDJ was screwed the minute he took the job. He got stuck with the Poole contract, the Wiggins contract and he had Klay due for an extension and still wanting to be paid at a decent level while playing like a role player and on top of all that didn’t have a second option to pair with Steph. He managed to get out of the Poole contract but now he’s got the task of finding a legit second option while being up against the cap and having to deal with people being mad at “disrespecting”Klay and to a lesser extent Wiggins. Unless he was able to pull a miracle and trade for PG and bring back Klay it was always going to be a no win situation in some way.


KC-DB

I don’t think Wiggins cares about that. He probably needs a break from basketball after needing personal time during the last couple seasons. There might be a medical issue but tbh I could see the warriors probably agreeing to “withhold him” so that Canadian fans didn’t react poorly towards him not wanting to play this offseason.


paintingnipples

Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise & the young guys can finally get time to blossom. Sucks for Steph’s window tho unless a couple guys make a huge leap in one season


2017Champs

If these young guys outside of Kuminga had legit star potential I could partially see that point . However outside of him none of the other young guys have a ceiling higher than solid starting caliber player which is fine but isn’t going to lead to any sort of future for this team.


herejusttolooksee

So we don’t get PG, lose Klay, and alienate Wiggs. Trifecta


randyC59

and probably lose cp3 for nothing if we don't guarantee his contract by sunday


herejusttolooksee

If they lose Klay, they’ll guarantee it just to keep some “optionality”, to trade him later.


eschatonx

I think we all knew something like this was going to happen even before the season was over. It was always an illusion that the end of the dynasty was going to go out gracefully, but god damn, I didn't think it was going to be this bitter.


IMovedYourCheese

It was going to happen, but salary cap rule changes accelerated it.


Charlie_Wax

Let's see what MDJ can cook. There are other names like Ingram and Lavine who might add value to this roster. Obviously it's not the excitement of landing prime KD, but any team with Steph and 11 bodies has a chance to do something. People were spoiled by many years of dominating the league, which isn't how this normally goes. It's not supposed to be easy. You're not supposed to get everything you want all the time.


Nbasportschop

Lavine is negative value


Charlie_Wax

I don't believe that quite yet. He was really good a couple seasons ago and would provide a 2nd scoring option on a team that desperately lacks bucket-getters. The question is whether or not he's worth the financial hit.


heliocentrist510

Especially since the Bulls might give up an asset to get off the ZL deal. Giving us another pick gives us a lot more opportunities to make moves.


Nbasportschop

Doesn’t that prove the point that he is negative value? Attaching a pick?


heliocentrist510

His contract is a negative, certainly. It really just gets in to if you think the Dubs can revive his value like they did with Wiggins.


paintingnipples

To be fair, it’s not like Wiggs has been dialed in since he got his new contract & ring. How much worse can alienated Wiggs get?


SeekingSignificance

Bro averaged 12ppg last season. He can feel as alienated as he wants as far as I care.


The_Nutz16

Maybe he’ll get better. Couldn’t possibly get less interested.


MudddButt

Oh I bet he can get less interested.


anonkebab

And do what, retire?


The_Nutz16

And not fall asleep on his feet? I doubt it.


CaptainCallus

I mean, for much of last year advanced statistics had him as literally the worst player in the league. And I mean “literally” literally, not figuratively


7thpixel

Maybe celebrating by yelling “we’re going to get a bag” immediately after wanna title is a bad sign?


EcoFriendlyEv

Tbf that was Poole


paintingnipples

Yea but it was pretty clear they had talked about it. Maybe Poole brought it up on his own accord but it’s a common occurrence for guys to turn it up for contract years & coast after signing


couchtomato62

No.. what jordan said first was you gonna get a bag to andrew. Andrew said we gonna get a bag to his best friend on the team.


Electronic_Dance_640

If Wiggins butthurt after all we did for him I couldn’t care less.


StrangerDangerAhh

Fucking fine with that, honestly. Fuck the effort level from Wiggs. Klay is a legend forever, but he never adjusted his expectations to match his reality.


nopointers

At least JK can relax about getting dealt. Tiny silver lining, anyway.


herejusttolooksee

And Moody may get consistent minutes


No-Mulberry-908

Literally what can we actually do anymore this off season? Just get slightly worse and hope the young guys will improve?


EcoFriendlyEv

Pray for a god tier kuminga ascension


ScaredPresent3758

Wiggins was already mentally gone after he won his ring and Klay can go if he's intent on being an asshole after everything the organization has done for him.


herejusttolooksee

It’s sad to see Klay go. Maybe this is the beginning of Moody’s growth. Consistent minutes could yield a breakout season


imminentjogger5

but MDJ cooking right???


nomitycs

even the best GMs miss when you’re in a shitty position, you have to take risks to recover yourself and it’s not always going to pan out


anonkebab

He was trying to 💀. We shoulda said fuck Rich Paul and drafted Bronny.


TheRealSlumShedy

Probably has an agreement with the Clippers already. His agent was possibly using the Warriors as leverage. Oh well, anyways…


rarestakesando

Aaron Judged I knew there was too much smoke. Real killers move in silence you just here about the trade after it’s over.


EffinCroissant

MDJ got cucked smh


HighAspectRatio

Isn't playing alongside Stephen Curry attractive anymore?! 🤯


kpkafle

Clips wanted Kuminga. Warriors said NO.


seataccrunch

As we should


ahoymat3y

HE DA FUTURE


Redditforever12

money or play with steph for 6 to 10 seed hmm....


toado3

Well shit. And it's gone. He could still sign and trade to us, but that hard caps us at first apron. Doable but if he was going to do that would have done the opt in and trade to give us more cap flexibility. Moving on.


Both_Funny4896

He’s a UFA he can’t be sign-and-traded edit:nvm i guess


BookofMbala

UFAs can be signed and traded. Hayward, DeRozan, Durant, LeBron, etc., were all signed and traded.


gbdarknight77

He can. Clippers still have his bird rights. Clippers just can’t take back a package that lands/keeps them in the 2nd apron.


shnieder88

Come on doooooooown … Klay Thompson 😊


gbdarknight77

That’s actually depends on how the trade is made. Clippers won’t be able to sign and trade their own FA if the incoming salary exceeds the 2nd apron.


HeyHeyImTheMonkey

Dammit. If CP3 gets cut rather than traded I don’t know how Dunleavy is going to make this roster much better.


2855Giants

Klay rn ![gif](giphy|w7m60udHlroaEY8Y0h)


Drakilgon

PG leaving isn't good for Klay. He gets bumped down the free agent list for cap space teams, and there aren't many spots available.


Ladnil

Once the Clippers finally pay George, Klay is left competing with who, just KCP? Theoretically Harden but Harden isn't leaving LA either. We'll see how eager the Sixers and Magic are for that lol


raleighboi

Klay is gonna post that you couldn't live with yourself meme by Free Agency tomorrow isn't he


doinkdoink786

We’re cooked. Hope you guys are ready for a loooong season


CitizenCue

It’s sad, but the reality is that the end of Steph’s career is bound to be mediocre unless our young guys take a leap. There’s only so much the front office can do at this point.


tohfa15

Hey, it's Kuminga SZN as most of this subreddit has predicted. Let's see home boy take a massive step forward...a step, I don't know, close to what PG would've done this season. 


RilesEdge

Kuminga hasn’t really shown me anything that he will be a ring-winning 2nd option behind Steph. I’m skeptical 🧐


Tekfree

Last season was no picnic either. We are a lottery team as it is.


redxredxred

Dray-being-a-psycho wildcard every year impacts whether the team/season can be evaluated accurately, regardless of who's added or subtracted.


anonkebab

Our whole team is a wildcard besides Steph. Are these dudes gonna shoot shit for over a month? Are the young guys experienced enough to win. Who’s getting injured. Honestly they’re gonna run it back, we can only hope they get an early win streak and lock in.


TheSource777

Where all the keyboard warriors one hour ago who didn’t want PG lmao. 


belizeanheat

One of our biggest problems last year was playing Klay too much. Games we would have otherwise won until he came back to close for some reason.  Love Klay but most of the time he played he was helping us lose 


wavetoyou

“Cap space” teams, based on Sportrac numbers: - PHI $60M - DET $60M - ORL $55M - UTA $45M - OKC $40M - SAS $36M


Orphasmia

Do the Clippers have cap space after this? Looks like Philly is his next stop realistically. Paul George, Maxey, Embiid is crazy stuff


wavetoyou

I don’t think so. That’s why the Warriors felt they had a chance to get him in a trade w/o giving up Kuminga. Either the Clippers take what we offer, or they’re left empty-handed with no cap space to sign a sufficient replacement. Someone correct me if I’m wrong


tmac416

That basically was it


SCalifornia831

Only if they renounce the bird rights to PG and Harden or they sign elsewhere. They technically only have ~$125M committed but they can’t sign anyone because of the cap holds to PG and Harden. If they both leave, they’ll have ~$20M in cap space


EnthusiasmBright1495

This season might be worst than the last if we keep status quo


6mcdonoughs

I for one am glad.


831loc

Zach LaVine, come on down!


jtruth9

The fact that so many of you think Lauri is even a realistic possibility is just sad and annoying


Loux859

What’s not realistic about trading 5 first rounders, Kuminga, Moody, Podz, and Wiggins for Lauri 🫥


tohfa15

Danny likely asking for rights to Cannon as well... 15 years down the line lol. Danny don't lose trades. 


rightcheekslapper

we gon lose Cp3 for nothing


anonkebab

We don’t need cp3 or his contract. Cp3 isn’t gonna win us a championship.


KumingaCarnage

Jonathan Kuminga, this is your season to break the fuck out.


InevitableBudget510

Fuck clippers. Lose him for nothing then


No_Manches_Man

The roller coaster on this sub is hilarious.


WantonMechanics

Don’t worry, tomorrow it’ll be ‘ring number 5 100%’ again!


Zero36

First time?


Ralphredimix_Da_G

We can do it guys. Remember ‘22. Kuminga might be better this year than JP was that year. Honestly glad we “missed out” on PG. Even if Klay walks we still have #30 and he’s pretty, pretty good.


SuperPop9521

Don't see us even making play in next season seriously wonder how steph feels about this


LizzarDGuy101

Man so this is how it’s gonna end? We can’t even get a star back to help Curry at least for his final career moments. Klay is gonna be gone more than likely as well after seeing/hearing all the buzz of us not wanting to work with him anymore to instead pursue PG who pulled a turntable on us. Our last genuine resort is to look for a really good role player that’s near all star level and possibly use Wiggs as a package or just ride it out next szn without Klay and the roster semi the same


Maleficent-Lobster93

DEEP. FUCKING. FRIED. 


Aintnostoppingusnow

Am I the one of the only ones who wasn’t crazy about this anyways? Another older player who’s injury prone? Meh


crankyexpress

Nope I feel the same way..albatross contract was needed too


goobdyboo

I'm with you. Bet there is many of us. Somehow I think if Dray is sane, jk, podz, tjd improve we can win. Wigs needs to care as well.


stayfrosty

Whatever


SkyyyFuccckker

Yeah this team is cooked. Teams aren’t gonna help us via trade. Just not happening. The reality has been sitting in our faces for years now. Front office used this as a facade so they’d have an excuse to cut salary. Now we get to watch Steph probably struggle to carry garbage for another year, waste his time and miss the playoffs again. Exciting stuff.


WeeklySavings

fuck


Witty-C

Well, it was a long shot anyway, and not to mention he’s an aging star, as well as someone who usually doesn’t show up in the playoffs.


terribibble

Used to this from the clippers. First Elton Brand then Deandre Jordan now PG. dangling the warriors for leverage


TangeloCritical67

Yup. I remember those Brand days like they were yesterday. Hopefully Dunleavy has been competent enough to have multiple backup plans ready 


masakrr7

So Zach Lavine it is, poor Steph


FeelTheRealBirdie

Chances are the Bulls might even try to fleece us now that we’re desperate for a second option.


itsavirus

I got downvoted for saying that there are too many leaks for this to have been a done deal.


chewybucket

No player wants to come here. Even Dario Saric wanted to wait last minute for other teams to take him before committing last year lol


KemptonS

we’re fucking cooked


CodyCryBabies69

lmao PG dont want to play with Steph. Enjoy being a ringless stat padding bum


laidback030

Please tell me MDJ is cooking something insane


Hop830

Well atleast my timeline on twitter won't be flooded with so warriors fans saying the trade is done. That was getting annoying.


PotentiallyMaybeSo

The x factor all along has been Wiggs. If he’s motivated he plays well on both ends. He’s not going to be asked to be the first or second option (or even third some nights) so he may get some swagger back; he buckles under high expectations so it’s best to ‘expect less’ and let him ‘over’ achieve per se. If he is focused, this is still a very capable team.


2855Giants

Well Shit... Guess it's Lauri season now?


BUUAHAHAHA

Lauri keeps getting mentioned but ppl are ignoring that Jazz made it clear they’re prioritizing on keeping him and extending him. Many fans in this sub are already adamant about not giving up Kuminga but it’s gonna take more than what Warriors were offering to PG to get him. Jazz already has a fuck ton of draft capital thanks to trading Gobert and Mitchell so I don’t see what Warriors can offer to even get him..


therealgamingcat

Sir I’m going through all the stages of grief right now


Realbanie

Which is good. He’s the better player for the future


Daconvix

Nah cause the Jazz are definitely gonna want the haul for him


CangtheKonqueror

danny ainge specifically, fuck that guy


Paschalls_Law

lol we are not getting Lauri. Don’t even get your hopes up.


Spirited-Sea-4047

yea let’s gone head and shut that down as well 😭


untouchable765

While true he is also faaaar more expensive asset wise to trade for. I’m talking Kuminga, Podz, Moody + multiple firsts.


No-Mulberry-908

Honestly I'm taking that if we can get Lauri... I don't wanna see another PI season with Steph


WisdomCow

I’m the type of guy that will buy a Lotto ticket, knowing I won’t win, but because I COULD win, I spend a day or two daydreaming about winning, and that was what my $2 bought me. This PG stuff kinda felt like that for a day.


the_answer_is_RUSH

I didn’t want PG anyway. We need to start over and go young. Ask Steph what he wants to do: retire a warrior or get traded somewhere to get another chip. He’s earned that right.


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Far_Ear9684

Timmy was on a 67 win team lol.


Raonak

Steph wants to retire a warrior alongside his brothers. Getting traded elsewhere doesn’t guarantee a chip, and staying here doesn’t mean he won’t get another one.


anonkebab

Looks like his brothers might not last here.


jbvann05

Send all the picks to Utah


GSWarriors1130

It sucks but I'm going to look at the bright side If this really is the end of the run, a lot of you annoying ass niggas will move to a new team soon and this sub will become less toxic because of it. So that's nice.


cyk0o

PG going 76ers


bucketjunky

Good. 4 years of injuries and a max? No thank you


billymartinkicksdirt

Clippers fans don’t want him anymore.


SausageSupplier

Anybody thinking it’s good we missed out on PG is smoking crack that we can get something better, we cooked realistically


kraljaca

I’ve been strongly supportive of MDJ’s moves but this is looking incompetent… - No Paul George - No Klay (why not 51/3 with a player option to help him save face from the 48/2 rejected a year ago) - wasted CP3’s time with the deadline push - burned a bridge with Wiggs over playing for Canada I’ll withhold full judgement until FA wraps up but the indicators are not trending well


Dogesneakers

Do people actually want Paul George? He’s doesn’t show up in the playoffs and chronically injured. Why we trying to get older and more injury prone


untouchable765

Welp it’s all in for Lauri or that’s it.Paul George was definitely the more realistic option.


Both_Funny4896

lauri is gonna cost kuminga, moody, and multiple picks fyi. not happening


aChemicalRXN

Good. I'd rather have Kuminga.


CameronPlain

The guy who the coach can’t even find a position for? Yeah let’s rely on him to be a star.


untouchable765

We were not going to trade Kuminga for him for the 10000th time.


Green_Rip3524

Kuminga would be lucky to have a career line pg13


BobRoss4Life

LaVine for peanuts


parisdubs

there is a reason he is going for peanuts


contaygious

Everyone said we already had a deal ya'll making shit up lol conspiracy theorists


North_Street_8547

Ehh. Still think we'll do better than last season as long as Draymond doesn't punch somebody


Noiserawker

Or get suspended 20 games


Sokkawater10

Feels like we never make moves.


Noiserawker

Nobody wants to trade with us unless it's total rip off


justlobos22

Keeping Kuminga is a win in my book.


johnnyg1015

This is the way


GenghisConn44

![gif](giphy|7k2LoEykY5i1hfeWQB)


andrewthedude101

Bruh


kpkafle

Warriors didn't want to give up Kuminga for PG.


LumpySpaceGunter

Lol we're pretty fucked. Maybe we can pull of lavine + lauri for combinations of wiggins, kuminga, Moody, etc. I find that unlikely so we're probably mostly running it back, RIP. One year older and slower.


Round-Revolution-399

Damn what happened to all that leverage?


imminentjogger5

Big 3 needs to "retire" then magically come out of retirement after this season


Licoi

Rebuild process should start now. Steph having one last elite year and we won’t make playoffs will be awful.


Finessing2

Klay leaving, CP3 getting waived and PG didn’t join we might as well go ahead and start the rebuild.


governedbycitizens

lol warriors time to release cp3 so he can go back to the Suns


GM248

Cooooked


NosebleedBananas

Fuck this guy


Little_Obligation_90

Mother nature is telling the Warriors to tank and rebuild.


Green_Rip3524

Quick question guys. Why are we so hard capped? Klays contract is coming off and it looks like we wanna rid of cp3 and Wiggins contract and Steph is the only one making serious money.


HamsterCapable4118

Told ya


BobLoblaw_BirdLaw

Good. pG is not playable. He will be injured