Gary Payton II Trade to the Warriors (2 Viewers)

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Why would Silver be involved in this trade?

The rest of your comment makes a lot of sense... except for Silver's involvement.
Again, those were quotes from Chris Haynes. What I took from it was that after the trade deadline, GS still wanted to complete the deal, but not with the previously-agreed terms. They asked Silver to intervene and investigate their allegations. Again, that was just my read on it.
 
Just a reminder: GPII is listed on the Warriors' injury report as suffering from "Adductor soreness". To my knowledge the Warriors did not release the results of the GPII physical, they just said he failed it. So, we're left to fill in the blanks as to "why?" on our own. In light of those facts, let's please be clear about the "playing through injury" angle. We have zero evidence that GPII is actually injured. Sore? Okay. Not 100%? I'll buy it. Injured and being forced by us to put his career at risk by drugging up and playing? Not a chance.

Sources close to the Warriors have stated that they never seriously considered rescinding the trade, and their first attempt was to try to claw back some of the trade compensation, so let's not pretend they're just fighting for Truth and Justice. They wanted GPII more than we wanted to let him go, so we (for once) got the better end of a trade deal. Compared to the Clippers and Pels who fleeced us, this trade marked one of the first times we clearly got the better end of a deal. GMs have egos, and it probably stings a little. The injury story was a convenient one, but it got out of hand. Now their only way out is to double down.

Never heard of someone failing a physical because of soreness.
 
That's interesting because Anthony Slater "covers the Warriors and NBA at large for The Athletic". And the comments section is almost entirely anti-Warriors front office. This mostly sums up the comments I read:


Myers getting dragged pretty hard. Basically, comments are going everywhere from saying GS is making this up to being petty to Myers and his staff were borderline incompetent for not doing their own due diligence and now are trying to blame it in the Blazers.

Brutal.

Brutal ... and also 100% spot on.
 
Myers getting dragged pretty hard. Basically, comments are going everywhere from saying GS is making this up to being petty to Myers and his staff were borderline incompetent for not doing their own due diligence and now are trying to blame it in the Blazers.

Brutal.

Brutal ... and also 100% spot on.

Mostly blazer fans though
 
Mostly blazer fans though

Many, maybe mostly, but not all, and one might expect at the very least since he's the Warriors' beat writer that there'd be at least some defense for Myers and GS, but they took a major pounding.
 
"There's things I can't say for legal reasons and HIPAA reasons."

Lololool

I didn't even catch that. Did he actually say it?

Dude's drowning in this role. I read he's on a lame duck deal as GM. Not sure if that's true, but I could understand why if it is.
 
I didn't even catch that. Did he actually say it?

Dude's drowning in this role. I read he's on a lame duck deal as GM. Not sure if that's true, but I could understand why if it is.
So is he in trouble now because of GPII many second round picks?
 
Damn there some dumb posts in here by people who think they’re smart.

It would really behoove you to bow out of this thread. Your reputation is pretty solid overall, but it's clearly sinking in the eyes of many, possibly irrecoverably. If you had a solid platform to fight from, that would be one thing, but there's no logic to the approach you're taking.
 

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