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Natebishop3 said:
So what happens next summer when he opts out and they can't afford him without bird rights?
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They can afford him, as long as they don't add new commitments to their cap next year. They'll have the cap space Durant is currently taking up plus the extra room from the cap increasing again. The proportion of the cap increase is exactly the same as the max deal increase since the max is tied to the cap value.

That's why they'll be focusing on one-year deals the rest of this offseason, like the one to Pachulia. They don't want any extra salaries eating into the space Durant will be vacating.

Next off-season, Durant will turn down his option, coming off the Warriors' cap, they'll re-sign him with the max contract space they'll have and then they'll go over the cap to re-sign Curry with Bird rights.
 
Cippy91 said:
When you don't have to go to free agents, they come to you...
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Pathetic...so who besides Pachulia is taking bread crumbs to play with the dream team? Ray Allen? Who else?
 
BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 said:
So, Russ, Adams, and Donovan gonna swoop in on a banana boat and lure KD back anytime soon? Cause that'd be great for the NBA... KD spurning the Warriors after commiting... After they lost Barnes and Bogut :) a man can dream right?
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That would be amazing
 
How much must Durant not liked playing with Westbrook? They had the Warriors 3-1, got better in the Oladipo, Sabonis, Ilyasova/Ibaka trade, could have been such a legacy there....and now isjust one of a cast of many.
 
TBpup said:
How much must Durant not liked playing with Westbrook? They had the Warriors 3-1, got better in the Oladipo, Sabonis, Ilyasova/Ibaka trade, could have been such a legacy there....and now isjust one of a cast of many.
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I like to call it Aldridgeitis.
 
The pressure if off everyone else now. No team in the history of the NBA ... heck, maybe anyone other than the Yankees in North American team sports, will have greater expectations on them than the Warriors this coming season. This is a more stacked team than even the Lakers when they added Payton and Malone, because those two guys were at the end of their careers, and the media coverage these days magnifies everything so much more. Anything other than winning the championship convincingly and perhaps breaking their single-season win mark would be a disappointment.

So it will be fun to watch how it plays out if the Warriors do sputter or run into adversity. I always was off the opinion that Durant was kind of soft in terms of heart and fortitude. I thought his reaction to the "Mr. Unreliable" headline showed it. I think his deciding to sign with Golden State when his OKC team dropped a 3-1 lead to them last year shows it. He's an incredible talent, and he might be a genuinely good guy, but he's not a leader. He's the most talented player on the Warriors by a wide margin, but I'd put him well behind Curry, Green (regardless of personal feelings about his style of play) and Thompson in terms of intangible toughness. Reminds me of Randy Johnson signing with the Yankees and then melting down.
 


Some of you clowned me for saying Silver might put his foot down on coddling the Warriors after this Durant move. He could just be spitting BS to protect his image, but if not then there might be some credence to that notion.

I think (assuming he's not bsing) that his statements coupled with the recent Draymond incident may lead to the Warriors finally getting called for those screens and other BS some of the players got away with last season. It would certainly be nice to see more parity regarding league wide officiating.
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:


Some of you clowned me for saying Silver might put his foot down on coddling the Warriors after this Durant move. He could just be spitting BS to protect his image, but if not then there might be some credence to that notion.

I think (assuming he's not bsing) that his statements coupled with the recent Draymond incident may lead to the Warriors finally getting called for those screens and other BS some of the players got away with last season. It would certainly be nice to see more parity regarding league wide officiating.
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OK . . . but what does that have to do with that video? There's absolutely nothing in that clip.
 
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