Durant to GSW

[santeesioux]

Fuck this. Durant's a bitch. Fuck going after Bogut or Ezeli. They're both scrubs that won't make us better.

Ezeli, while injury prone, is probably a step up from Mahinmi and Aldrich.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Nope. This is a golden opportunity for some team to extract a pound of flesh from GS with a focus on picks and future compensation that looks 3 to 4 years out.

I see what you did there.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Fuck this. Durant's a bitch. Fuck going after Bogut or Ezeli. They're both scrubs that won't make us better.

Ezili fills a need ... I'm weird though, I'm already writing off the next three years and focusing on the time when Curry is 32 and breaking down and Durant is on his fifth foot surgery

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Jake fucking Layman.

 

[santeesioux]

Dallas is going to be paying a lot of money to be the 8th seed and be swept.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Durant signs 2 year deal w/ player option after one year with GS.

Next year Westbrook leaves Thunder.

Durant immediately opts out and re-signs with Thunder.

 

[Ripcity4life77]

As much as i HATE Durant signing with G St. the fallout will be fun to watch and maybe Olshey can take advantage of it.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Amazing: suddenly I find I like Westbrook. Miracles can happen!

 

[Pinwheel1]

Ezili fills a need ... I'm weird though, I'm already writing off the next three years and focusing on the time when Curry is 32 and breaking down and Durant is on his fifth foot surgery

I read that GS will have a difficult time resigning him next year if he opts out. They won't have early bird rights. The cap is going up again and other teams might have more cap space. This could be for just one year.

 

[Cippy91]

 

[Minstrel]

I read that GS will have a difficult time resigning him next year if he opts out. They won't have early bird rights. The cap is going up again and other teams might have more cap space. This could be for just one year.

The Warriors should have the cap room to max him out next year, if they don't sign players this year that are still on their cap next year. They'll have the cap room that Durant's currently occupying plus the cap will go up in step with the rising max. They can re-sign Durant, using up all their cap room, and then re-sign Curry to go over the cap with Bird rights.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I read that GS will have a difficult time resigning him next year if he opts out. They won't have early bird rights. The cap is going up again and other teams might have more cap space. This could be for just one year.

OK. Doesn't change my mind, the next three or four years are already going to be a bust for us and the rest of the league. In the meantime maybe he likes it here and sticks around and is still around when the NBA emerges from the "Lost Years" that are upon us.

 

[Cippy91]

 

[LuckyShot]

Ezeli, while injury prone, is probably a step up from Mahinmi and Aldrich.

Who are also both scrubs in the scheme of things. If we sign any of these guys, who are we getting rid of? Our front court is already crowded if we keep the guys we have. Turner is going to start at SF. That means Aminu or Harkless are redundant now unless they slide over to PF. Maybe we let Crabbe walk and Turner gets some of his minutes at SG, but I dunno about that. If they slide over to PF, that makes Meyers and Vonleh struggle for more minutes. Then we have Ed and Plums plus whoever we sign at C. Someone is on their way out. I'm only in favor of getting rid of someone if the replacement is better and I don't see Ezeli, Bogut, Mahinmi, or Aldrich as being worth the move. Gasol maybe, but he's old. We might just end up regretting that move in 2 years when he's retired and we have nothing to show for it except another hole in the roster. At this point I might consider trading for Monroe. Then we just have to decide who we're willing to part with, and what our real goal is for the next few years.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I'd say this was Durexit, but that makes it sound like a brand of condom.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[noknobs]

Kevin Durant
Deputy Publisher
This has been by far the most challenging few weeks in my professional life. I am at a point in my life where it is important to find an opportunity that encourages my evolution as a pussy and a coward. If you can't beat them, join them. I'm therefore going to turn my back on those who've given me so much since I entered the league and try to chase a ring for a couple years. I hope this serves as a good example for the next generation, that you should always sell out when you can. Hard work, loyalty and character only gets you so far.

Fixed it for you Kevin.

 

[Natebishop3]

I would totally do that.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

We really should go after Monroe now... Golden State won't have a frontcourt that can defend him... It's really the leagues only other Hope from the the obvious one...

 

[Pinwheel1]

Who are also both scrubs in the scheme of things. If we sign any of these guys, who are we getting rid of? Our front court is already crowded if we keep the guys we have. Turner is going to start at SF. That means Aminu or Harkless are redundant now unless they slide over to PF. Maybe we let Crabbe walk and Turner gets some of his minutes at SG, but I dunno about that. If they slide over to PF, that makes Meyers and Vonleh struggle for more minutes. Then we have Ed and Plums plus whoever we sign at C. Someone is on their way out. I'm only in favor of getting rid of someone if the replacement is better and I don't see Ezeli, Bogut, Mahinmi, or Aldrich as being worth the move. Gasol maybe, but he's old. We might just end up regretting that move in 2 years when he's retired and we have nothing to show for it except another hole in the roster. At this point I might consider trading for Monroe. Then we just have to decide who we're willing to part with, and what our real goal is for the next few years.

You bring up some good questions...however we don't know Turner starts at SF. Maybe he starts at SG and CJ comes off the bench...
And maybe Aminu only plays PF and Harkless only SF. We need versatility with our line ups. Guarding GS will be much different than guarding most other teams as we will need Turner on Klay, Harkless on Durant, and Aminu on Green....and we need CJ' and Crabbe's shooting off the bench.

Bottom line is we need depth and versatility.

 

[LuckyShot]

You bring up some good questions...however we don't know Turner starts at SF. Maybe he starts at SG and CJ comes off the bench...
And maybe Aminu only plays PF and Harkless only SF. We need versatility with our line ups. Guarding GS will be much different than guarding most other teams as we will need Turner on Klay, Harkless on Durant, and Aminu on Green....and we need CJ' and Crabbe's shooting off the bench.

Bottom line is we need depth and versatility.

I was going on Turner's words that the Blazers would have him start alongside CJ and Dame. Plus we're paying him starter money now. I doubt we send CJ to the bench. I don't think it's even a question that Aminu and/or Harkless have to move over to play more PF. If they don't, at least one of them won't see the floor until someone gets injured. We have versatility and decent depth already. We don't have star power in the front court.

 

[Sinobas]

Festus seems a bit redundant to what we have in Ed Davis, just a bigger less nimble version.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Remember how OKC were the epitome of how to succeed in a small market? Tank then draft brilliantly. And now they've been fucked. Perhaps there is no hope for small markets at all.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Remember how OKC were the epitome of how to succeed in a small market? Tank then draft brilliantly. And now they've been fucked. Perhaps there is no hope for small markets at all.

They got damn close to a title a couple of times.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Remember, folks: there was ONE talented lanky small forward free agent who signed back with his small market team. Nic Batum! Shame we traded him last year, really.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

They got damn close to a title a couple of times.

Yes, LeBron fucked that franchise in so many ways.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Remember how OKC were the epitome of how to succeed in a small market? Tank then draft brilliantly. And now they've been fucked. Perhaps there is no hope for small markets at all.

Does San Antonio count as a small market?

 

[Pinwheel1]

I was going on Turner's words that the Blazers would have him start alongside CJ and Dame. Plus we're paying him starter money now. I doubt we send CJ to the bench.

That quote by Turner was corrected. They said "would be given the opportunity to start alongside CJ and Dame". IMO you don't worry about "starter money", just minutes. He will get 30 minutes regardless if he starts or not. I am CJ's biggest supporter, and even for him I don't care if he starts or not, he will also get 30 minutes regardless.

 

[fumanchu]

Meh, there's only one ball on the court. The Warriors won 73 games without Durant last year and didn't win the title. How much better are they going to be really? Durant is good and all that, but he takes away shots from Curry, Thompson and Green so it evens out in the end. I don't think they are going to own the league any more than they would have without him.

You can have all the talent in the world, and still a championship can often come down to one or two clutch shots. Durant isn't the most clutch player in the world, and I would rather him taking those shots instead of Curry.

 

[Rastapopoulos]