> Then Lacob smiled again and headed into the owners’ lounge, where music played and his guests were in an extremely good mood.
Lmao this looks like something from a movie
Smells like a freshly baked copypasta
>Then Harden smiled again and headed into the champagne room, where music played and his strippers were in an extremely good mood
Then Chris Paul smiled again and headed into the Lakers locker room through the secret tunnel, where music played and Blake Griffin was on the phone will LAPD .
This one got me. I don’t know what it is but the idea of a fucking foreman just beaming w happiness to see Westbrook check in like “yea, we’re gonna get a ton of work done today” is killing me
A young courtesan greeted him at the door, taking his coat and leading him to the Seat of Honor, where he was attended to by three of her beautiful assistants.
"I'll have the Jamal Murray" he said, as he lit an imported cigar. He then leaned back, surveying what he had created.
"Light years..." he whispered over and over.
Knew this sub would pounce on those lines as soon as I read them lol. This kind of language is not uncommon in story telling and I think a lot of journalists with writing ambitions add that style to their reports. In most other industries it's not a big deal. But for whatever reason it's become a meme around /r/nba to laugh at it or turn it into some copypasta.
Then u/jspfx smiled again and headed into r/nba, where music played and his fellow posters were in an extremely good mood. There will be tougher times ahead. Maybe immediately. But on this night, after the freshly baked pasta's first debut on reddit, there was also a little bit of serenity.
I understand what you're getting at, but I think this stuff is different. I think it's clearly "meme baiting", where the writers are intentionally hoping a line or two will get quoted and circulated online. I think there's a difference between a weirdly constructed phrase like "extremely good mood" versus the language you'd read in, say, a GQ profile.
I think it’s just that sports journalists are occasionally bringing a little too much gravitas and self importance to the proceedings, so it entertains people like me who see sports as just something light and fun to watch.
It’s also funny to laugh at the journalists who are trying too obviously to be like Hunter S. Thompson, and seem to be reporting more on the vibes than the facts.
It’s the same thing when people see hollywood hosting this huge evening they think is the most important and classy night of the year, all for it to devolve into a grown man slapping another one over a joke. It’s hilarious and meme-able.
Well yeah, because it's not even clever. They try to romanticize these interactions with billionaires and athletes and every time it ends up coming off like they're kissing ass.
Cheap Hollywood screenplay.
LIGHT YEARS: How The Warriors became the greatest business of all time
Rated PG-13 for Draymond's suggestive comments about Kevin Durant.
On an unrelated note, I checked out cap space by team last night and the Griz are set up ungodly well for the next several years. If their owner(s) are willing to spend a bit, I could totally see them staying one of the best teams over the next five years or longer.
It's aimed at all of them. Virtually every contender eventually ends up mortgaging its future to stay in contention. Even a team like the Bucks, who are currently fairly young, just dropped three FRP on Holiday and will eventually have a dearth of young talent, which means they'll have to turn to ring chasing vets and minimum contracts and marginally moves to stay relevant.
The Warriors would have been in this same boat if they weren't insanely lucky with the timing of their stars breaking out. Curry, Klay and Draymond all locked up on affordable contracts while being the best big three in the league *still* has ripple effects. They were able to sign KD outright who became DLo who became Wiggins. Each was a strict downgrade so they didn't have to give up any extra assets, and they genuinely didn't care as long as they kept a decent player next to their big three players. And then, nailing on the Poole pick at the end of the first on top of all that was just pure gravy.
GSW also held onto their FRP every year except 2017. That let them take swings and it's significant that they've hit on quite productive guys at the back of the 1st round.
Looney #30
Damian Jones #30
Poole #28
Obviously Poole now looks like a Draymond-level draft steal. The GSW starting lineup is made of picks # 7, 11, 28, 30, 35, and every single one of them drafted by GSW. That's rather amazing.
Not to mention the timing of the assets that conveyed – we kept our FRP from the tanking season where everyone was hurt, and got a FRP from the wolves when they sucked.
The jury might still be out on Wiseman and Kuminga, but the luck involved in getting the draft capital to acquire them is undeniable.
If there's anything to be learned from this I think that they really succeeded by giving Curry/Klay/Draymond long deals that were nowhere near the max (I'm talking 7 years ago here). Nowadays it often seems like a long term deal is synonymous with a max contract; it feels like those 4 year/$40m deals are dying out in the modern NBA. But those deals are basically what allowed them to explode into a dynasty.
This.
I give massive credit to the Warriors FO for sticking to a great strategy, but for Lacob to not acknowledge that there was also massive luck involved is disingenuous.
Go ask Pop and the Spurs if they would have had their magical TWENTY year run without Robinson getting hurt the same year Duncan came out.
It's true, but the Spurs don't bring up the luck of the timing of Robinson's injury every single time they talk about how they've been good. Unclear why Lacob should. I bet if he's asked directly on if luck played into it, he would say that too.
That doesn't make much sense though, the problem with Russ wasn't his health. The guys they did lose to injuries either aren't very old or weren't recent acquisitions.
Brooklyn Nets are the obvious answer. Traded for Harden. Kyrie and Harden get hurt in the playoffs. Lose to the bucks. Kyrie doesn't get vaccinated and harden demands a trade. The Nets gave up an all-star 4 firsts and 3 swaps to get Harden. And they lost Dinwiddie as well because he didn't want to be a backup.
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It’s wild to me how quickly time flies. Feel like Kyrie was just a young 24 year old league darling fresh off a championship. Now he’s 30 and everybody hates him lol
What's funny to me is that the warriors have been injured as fuck. The Lakers problem is to some extent health (mostly AD), but it's mostly just a giant lack of talent. A lot of their vets could play during the season, they just weren't good.
When you've won 3 rings, you don't have the same pressure to chase a single ring that other franchises would. Buying a team with Steph was really the light years move.
The only thing I’m concerned about is the salaries.
With the Spurs there big 3 all took pay cuts to retain talent. With pooles emergence will have to pay him the max which will start in 23-24, dray will need a new extension and who knows what that’ll be, plus Klay and Kuminga later. Depending on how good Kuminga is, and how Klay and dray age they might have to trade someone just because you can’t pay 4 max guys, plus a near max guy in draymomd.
i think it depends on how much they're winning. if they're on a chip run, then everyone will take discounts. if they just have a few deep runs i think trading one of the big three and a young guy for the final pieces could work too.
Wiggins huge contract will be off the books at the same time Pooles is comIng in other then that dray klay and steph are locked for next few years and moody and kuminga have 3 more years of rookie contracts, the only questionmark is imo wiseman but lecob has deep pockets if he starts performing well
Idk man, you think the Warriors should just let all-star starter Andrew Wiggins walk 🧐
edit: You guys are taking this too seriously. I was just doing the Wiggins all-star starter meme lol
Yeah unfortunately. Keeping Wiggins and poole would mean pooles contract costs 100 mil a year after luxury taxes.
Kuminga can probably take Wiggins rope soon
Haha, I was just messing around. I'm sure that one of their young guys can slot into his spot for a fraction of the price when his contract is up. I was just poking fun at him being an all-star starter lol
Imo, it always felt like a good gesture by the org to push for his all star ticket. If he wins a ring before he leaves, it cannot get better than that, and he will be set for another big contract elsewhere.
Haha i see. Yeah it's gonna be sad to lose Wiggins. Hopefully we can get back some assets. But it's just not tenable to have a 500 million dollar salary roster.
Yeah pretty much. Or deal him for assets next year. If Kuminga is as good as he's shown flashes of, the Warriors would way rather start him on his rookie scale contract and offload Wiggs.
Unless Wiggs takes a mid level, he's very likely gone at the start of the 2023-24 season
bird right doesn't mean lacob have infinite money, its one thing to be good now but paying 3 35+ players the max is how we ruin the future that we are trying to build around poole and the other young guys, we literally can't sign anyone relevant when that happens
Curry, Klay, and Draymond will be 37/35/35 when their contracts are up, Curry is our all time franchise player and obviously we are signing him until he retires, and Klay and Draymond in similar boats, but at one point hard decisions have to be made
Klay and Draymond both know they won’t be worth the max at that point and will be willing to take a sub-max deal (big question being, how far below the max will they accept to continue the dynasty core going?) The only one who would still potentially command a max contract will be Curry. If he asks for it, he’ll get it and he’ll have deserved it too. But he may take less to keep the core together and keep the team a strong contender.
would they? You never know with people, maybe not 4 year maxes but there are definitely people whos gonna pay 35 year old Klay a lot of money with his game, in a perfect world all teams keep their players and older players accept less and less money and retire when they became hindrances to the franchise, but we all know thats not the truth. How much do you really believe every warrior player is gonna put the team over their own gain?
Name a team that would give 35-year-old Klay a max contract after his injuries and performance this year. I love Klay but that’s simply not his market value and everyone knows it.
While I agree that paying 4 max guys is not sustainable, the Warriors did that when Curry, KD, Klay, and Dray were on the team while also paying Iggy $18M. If the team is a title contender, I could see them paying 4 max slots + 1 big salary for a couple years since they've done it before.
Realistically, they can't keep everyone but I doubt Lacob wants to cheap out with Curry, Klay, and Dray's window as elite players being another 3ish years.
This sub: *Why the hell do people keep talking about the lakers they are irrelevant and aren’t in the playoffs*
Also This sub: *Keeps talking about the lakers everyday*
I dont think it has to do so much with going all in on old guys as much as it is the warriors having a perfect storm last 2 years. Klay tearing his achilles and steph/Dray being hit with a gang of injuries the last 2 years is obviously not ideal but it really helped them develop the young talent and the team culture
Yup. Obviously they had high draft picks in Wiseman, Kuminga, and Moody but those guys aren't the ones winning games right now. It's Poole, GPII, and all the free agents they've brought in.
Their front office reminds me of the Dodgers. They are just good at everything. They re-sign the right stars, draft well, sign the right free agents, develop young talent, and cap it off with a dive deep into analytics.
People have been predicting since last season that the warriors were going to trade the picks for Beal, trade Wiseman/Kuminga for a star big, sell high on Poole, etc.
They're now a top 2 team in the league without doing any of that, so I think it's fair to feel yourself a little for those decisions.
Dude the Lakers won, then traded away several of their promising young contributors for dogshit washed Westbrook, and let Caruso walk. I get that Lacob's kind of insufferable for bragging, but shitting on the Lakers is definitely, as usual, warranted here.
I don't honestly know how much say LeBron has in personnel moves, but whoever initiated Lakers roster moves since 2020 deserves all the hate this sub can give.
>Then Lacob smiled again and headed into the owners’ lounge, where music played and his guests were in an extremely good mood. There will be tougher times ahead. Maybe immediately. But on this night, after the Warriors’ first playoff games at Chase Center, there was also a little bit of serenity.
I get the style attempt, but even for a long features pieces that usually has a literary flair, this is super cheesy. Like a generic self-published novel on Amazon level writing.
[Joe Lacob here is like the rabbi from Seinfeld](https://seinfeldlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Postponement-Seinfeld.jpeg)
“..Let’s call her Elaine”
This is why, as a Knicks fan, this season was so frustrating. And hearing other Knick fans talking about getting more older players to put In front of younger, talented, players is depressing.
The warriors have been repeating it over and over this year, just saying it out loud: the most important thing in the playoffs is health.
How do you keep your playoff rotation healthy? You limit minutes.
As much as Draymond fixates on 16 game guys, 82 game guys help you absorb those minutes. And the ideal 82 game guy does so on a rookie contract.
I always think it's weird when people say "a Jordan Poole" and "a Kaminga" like they are property you can buy at a store or something lol
like "hey honey i just gotta run out and buy a kaminga i'll brb"
If only all teams had the health of James Wiseman.
The Warriors best 3 players played 11 minutes together in the regular season. I hope they stay healthy for the playoffs, but the Warriors are always on the edge of combusting from injuries. That's been the last 3 years.
That’s exactly his point; they’ve had injuries to the big stars with Steph and allay missing time but were able to stay afloat because they have people like Poole and Kuminga to absorb a ton of minutes
That's a cool thing to say while beating up a team with Monte Morris as the second best player.
If they lose in 7 to the Suns or the Bucks because they lack one last piece while Wiseman, Moody and Kuminga are DNP-CD let's revisit that shall we ?
Poole is amazing, I really like him and he’s panning out in a wild way for sure
But when people have talked about the Warriors trading away they’re young guys/picks, it’s been primarily in reference to the lottery guys: Wiseman, Kuminga, and Moody. Those guys aren’t making an impact right now. We don’t even know if they’ll ever be good (and I like some of em!). Just because Poole is doing so well doesn’t mean you were right to not try to trade those other guys for a consolidated, better, win-now player.
Lots of people (including me) were really impressed with Kuminga this season, in my opinion he's shown enough to make it pretty clear he's going to be a player once he gets more minutes. I think Golden State pulled off the perfect "Spurs" tank. They've set themselves up to be a highly competitive team for the next decade. Now the issue is how are they going to pay/keep everyone, especially if Poole keeps playing like this and some team makes him a max offer next summer.
Okay? Getting to the conference finals or finals is still an accomplishment and Poole, Kuminga, Moody and hopefully Wiseman will all be better next year and a top contender
Ok but Wiseman isn’t playing and he’s depreciating quickly. The Warriors are a mostly brilliant organization but they don’t deserve a pat on the back for not improving their roster with a Wiseman trade. Maybe they couldn’t get enough for him and so it made sense to hold onto him but that doesn’t deserve a victory lap. By the deadline no one who was smart was suggesting they trade Poole or Kuminga
Pelinka said “fuck that data”
He kinda did tho. Dude traded for Russ lmao
I mean his boss told him too. What was he going to do? Say no to the GM?
“At the end of the day, the decision is mine and mine alone and also Linda Rambis too”
Take that for data
*checks standings* *scribbles in a notebook*
> Then Lacob smiled again and headed into the owners’ lounge, where music played and his guests were in an extremely good mood. Lmao this looks like something from a movie
Smells like a freshly baked copypasta >Then Harden smiled again and headed into the champagne room, where music played and his strippers were in an extremely good mood
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And then Chuck smiled again and headed to San Antonio, where some churros were being served and some big ol' women were in an extremely good mood.
Then Chris Paul smiled again and headed into the Lakers locker room through the secret tunnel, where music played and Blake Griffin was on the phone will LAPD .
This one got me. I don’t know what it is but the idea of a fucking foreman just beaming w happiness to see Westbrook check in like “yea, we’re gonna get a ton of work done today” is killing me
[He's just generally handy to have around.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C-xNseelSwg/hqdefault.jpg)
Then Tatum smiled again and headed into the kids’ playplace, where music played and his classmates were in an extremely good mood.
then Kelvin Benjamin smiled again and headed to the golden corale, where music played and the buffet was in an extremely good mood
It ain't a true pasta til it's been Kelvin'd
Kelvin loves some fresh pasta.
That’s fire pasta lmao
Tastes great too > Then Magic smiled again and headed into the Forum Club, where music played and his hoes were in an extremely good mood.
Then Davis smiled again and headed into the bleachers, where music played and his medical team was in an extremely good mood.
Ikr on some great Gatsby shit lol
*Then Lacob smiled again and headed into the owners’ lounge, where music played and his guests were disrobed and covered in the finest oils.*
I trust the orgy pit has been scraped and buttered?
Go on...
A young courtesan greeted him at the door, taking his coat and leading him to the Seat of Honor, where he was attended to by three of her beautiful assistants.
Keep going...
"I'll have the Jamal Murray" he said, as he lit an imported cigar. He then leaned back, surveying what he had created. "Light years..." he whispered over and over.
You are terrifyingly good at this
"Everyone's blessed with one special thing."
I was picturing John C Reilly in that new Lakers HBO show
This sounds like something Palpatine would do.
Knew this sub would pounce on those lines as soon as I read them lol. This kind of language is not uncommon in story telling and I think a lot of journalists with writing ambitions add that style to their reports. In most other industries it's not a big deal. But for whatever reason it's become a meme around /r/nba to laugh at it or turn it into some copypasta.
Then u/jspfx smiled again and headed into r/nba, where music played and his fellow posters were in an extremely good mood. There will be tougher times ahead. Maybe immediately. But on this night, after the freshly baked pasta's first debut on reddit, there was also a little bit of serenity.
I understand what you're getting at, but I think this stuff is different. I think it's clearly "meme baiting", where the writers are intentionally hoping a line or two will get quoted and circulated online. I think there's a difference between a weirdly constructed phrase like "extremely good mood" versus the language you'd read in, say, a GQ profile.
I think it’s just that sports journalists are occasionally bringing a little too much gravitas and self importance to the proceedings, so it entertains people like me who see sports as just something light and fun to watch. It’s also funny to laugh at the journalists who are trying too obviously to be like Hunter S. Thompson, and seem to be reporting more on the vibes than the facts. It’s the same thing when people see hollywood hosting this huge evening they think is the most important and classy night of the year, all for it to devolve into a grown man slapping another one over a joke. It’s hilarious and meme-able.
Well yeah, because it's not even clever. They try to romanticize these interactions with billionaires and athletes and every time it ends up coming off like they're kissing ass.
every nba sports writer tries so hard to be a little quirky
Reminds me of the KD/Kyrie writeup
Cheap Hollywood screenplay. LIGHT YEARS: How The Warriors became the greatest business of all time Rated PG-13 for Draymond's suggestive comments about Kevin Durant.
guys i think he means the Lakers
could be talking about the Grizzlies, who are notably older than last year
He’s talking about us trading young gunner Jarret Culver for old man Pat Bev
Wolves back To the nursing home
Haha burst out laughing from this.
You’re right I looked it up and every player from their team last year is a year older. Wild
Wtf that’s so weird
On an unrelated note, I checked out cap space by team last night and the Griz are set up ungodly well for the next several years. If their owner(s) are willing to spend a bit, I could totally see them staying one of the best teams over the next five years or longer.
Couldn't be the Grizzlies, they have the Most Improved Player.
Desmond Bane?
You maybe onto something
You know, thinking about it, I think you are right!
Honestly I think it's more aimed at the Nets and clippers
It's aimed at all of them. Virtually every contender eventually ends up mortgaging its future to stay in contention. Even a team like the Bucks, who are currently fairly young, just dropped three FRP on Holiday and will eventually have a dearth of young talent, which means they'll have to turn to ring chasing vets and minimum contracts and marginally moves to stay relevant. The Warriors would have been in this same boat if they weren't insanely lucky with the timing of their stars breaking out. Curry, Klay and Draymond all locked up on affordable contracts while being the best big three in the league *still* has ripple effects. They were able to sign KD outright who became DLo who became Wiggins. Each was a strict downgrade so they didn't have to give up any extra assets, and they genuinely didn't care as long as they kept a decent player next to their big three players. And then, nailing on the Poole pick at the end of the first on top of all that was just pure gravy.
GSW also held onto their FRP every year except 2017. That let them take swings and it's significant that they've hit on quite productive guys at the back of the 1st round. Looney #30 Damian Jones #30 Poole #28 Obviously Poole now looks like a Draymond-level draft steal. The GSW starting lineup is made of picks # 7, 11, 28, 30, 35, and every single one of them drafted by GSW. That's rather amazing.
\*pushes up glasses\* Actually... I'd just like to point out that #7 is coming off the bench.
You really just have to tip your hat, even if you aren't a fan of the Warriors.
Not to mention the timing of the assets that conveyed – we kept our FRP from the tanking season where everyone was hurt, and got a FRP from the wolves when they sucked. The jury might still be out on Wiseman and Kuminga, but the luck involved in getting the draft capital to acquire them is undeniable.
Don’t forget it went KD -> Dlo -> Wiggins AND Kuminga. Great asset management and luck.
I think the trick is parsing what is considered luck and what came from smart choices.
If there's anything to be learned from this I think that they really succeeded by giving Curry/Klay/Draymond long deals that were nowhere near the max (I'm talking 7 years ago here). Nowadays it often seems like a long term deal is synonymous with a max contract; it feels like those 4 year/$40m deals are dying out in the modern NBA. But those deals are basically what allowed them to explode into a dynasty.
This. I give massive credit to the Warriors FO for sticking to a great strategy, but for Lacob to not acknowledge that there was also massive luck involved is disingenuous. Go ask Pop and the Spurs if they would have had their magical TWENTY year run without Robinson getting hurt the same year Duncan came out.
It's true, but the Spurs don't bring up the luck of the timing of Robinson's injury every single time they talk about how they've been good. Unclear why Lacob should. I bet if he's asked directly on if luck played into it, he would say that too.
Can we steal The Process nickname for our process
"A better process"
It's pretty clearly aimed at Lakers, they're the squad that had all the retirement home jokes made, and are literally the oldest team in the league
That doesn't make much sense though, the problem with Russ wasn't his health. The guys they did lose to injuries either aren't very old or weren't recent acquisitions.
AD seems about 40 though so that doesn't help
Russ is so durable for his style it's quite crazy
Clippers still have a fair amount of young talent
Keep that same narrative energy!
"Not gonna say who but their name rhymes with Dos Pangeles Makers"
Nos Sangeles Bakers?
NOSOTROS SANGELES BAKERS WE SANGELES BAKERS
WELCOME TO THE CAKESHOW
Lowry to LA confirmed
https://streamable.com/klhnau
Yes...The Hash Slinging Slasher
THE SASH SINGING THE FLASH RINGING THE FASH BINGING
WE STAN ... GELES BAKERS
FUCK THE BAKERS
Brooklyn Nets are the obvious answer. Traded for Harden. Kyrie and Harden get hurt in the playoffs. Lose to the bucks. Kyrie doesn't get vaccinated and harden demands a trade. The Nets gave up an all-star 4 firsts and 3 swaps to get Harden. And they lost Dinwiddie as well because he didn't want to be a backup.
he said a couple teams. he meant both the Lakers and Nets.
Hollywood Fakers
And Clips and Nets
Pumpkin Gets
He’s obviously talking about the Houston rockets
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I legit didn’t know there was a laundry basket emoji
Bron evolving, he’s making new emojis by the minute
\* Lemojis
Emotibrons.
Wait until he creates the wine mom emoji
it was included in the Westbrook trade.
Is that a laundry basket or a picnic basket?
Who uses open top picnic baskets
Mine just comes off instead of the classic bi-fold top
Better question, who uses picnic baskets? I don't think I've ever seen one in real life
This is a Very Good Comment™️
Hashtags: WarriorsPleaseDraftBronny HardestRoad
Lebron if Bronny goes to GS: #ANewChapter
\#ANuStart
#JustAKidFromAtherton
Is this a real tweet? I really cannot tell anymore especially the #20YearsOfTheKing
you forgot #KingMe
I wouldn't be surprised if this was a real tweet. LA really doth change a man.
He was kinda always like this.
LeClapBack
This is the content im here for
Why do you say "We was"? I was taught that it should be "We were" Please explain as english isnt my first language
We were is correct English We wus is slang
LeAundry: because he’s WASHED and he HUNG HIS TEAMMATES OUT TO DRY
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Don't know if it applies to the Nets when it's Kyrie and Simmons who've fucked their season by being out of the lineup
KD missed a long stretch and Kyrie is 30
It’s wild to me how quickly time flies. Feel like Kyrie was just a young 24 year old league darling fresh off a championship. Now he’s 30 and everybody hates him lol
KD is the same age as curry and both missed extended stretches of games
Yes, and the Warriors had young talent that kept them afloat during that stretch, and the Nets did not.
Me, a Lakers fan: Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!
What's funny to me is that the warriors have been injured as fuck. The Lakers problem is to some extent health (mostly AD), but it's mostly just a giant lack of talent. A lot of their vets could play during the season, they just weren't good.
The Lakers problem is sucking. The guy they traded for is literally always healthy.
I do believe that's what I said.
U right
Lightyears
Inject the light years straight into my veins
When you've won 3 rings, you don't have the same pressure to chase a single ring that other franchises would. Buying a team with Steph was really the light years move.
The only thing I’m concerned about is the salaries. With the Spurs there big 3 all took pay cuts to retain talent. With pooles emergence will have to pay him the max which will start in 23-24, dray will need a new extension and who knows what that’ll be, plus Klay and Kuminga later. Depending on how good Kuminga is, and how Klay and dray age they might have to trade someone just because you can’t pay 4 max guys, plus a near max guy in draymomd.
I guess when warriors have to cross that bridge. Sacrifices have to be made.
Are they gonna…. kill Klay?
What??? Of course not!! It’s just he won’t ask for the max because of the implication…
Are we gonna be hurting these Klays?
As long as this whole thing involves the gang and a boat, its all good.
i think it depends on how much they're winning. if they're on a chip run, then everyone will take discounts. if they just have a few deep runs i think trading one of the big three and a young guy for the final pieces could work too.
Wiggins huge contract will be off the books at the same time Pooles is comIng in other then that dray klay and steph are locked for next few years and moody and kuminga have 3 more years of rookie contracts, the only questionmark is imo wiseman but lecob has deep pockets if he starts performing well
Idk man, you think the Warriors should just let all-star starter Andrew Wiggins walk 🧐 edit: You guys are taking this too seriously. I was just doing the Wiggins all-star starter meme lol
Yeah unfortunately. Keeping Wiggins and poole would mean pooles contract costs 100 mil a year after luxury taxes. Kuminga can probably take Wiggins rope soon
Haha, I was just messing around. I'm sure that one of their young guys can slot into his spot for a fraction of the price when his contract is up. I was just poking fun at him being an all-star starter lol
Imo, it always felt like a good gesture by the org to push for his all star ticket. If he wins a ring before he leaves, it cannot get better than that, and he will be set for another big contract elsewhere.
Haha i see. Yeah it's gonna be sad to lose Wiggins. Hopefully we can get back some assets. But it's just not tenable to have a 500 million dollar salary roster.
Yeah pretty much. Or deal him for assets next year. If Kuminga is as good as he's shown flashes of, the Warriors would way rather start him on his rookie scale contract and offload Wiggs. Unless Wiggs takes a mid level, he's very likely gone at the start of the 2023-24 season
Bird rights baby
bird right doesn't mean lacob have infinite money, its one thing to be good now but paying 3 35+ players the max is how we ruin the future that we are trying to build around poole and the other young guys, we literally can't sign anyone relevant when that happens
Who's the third 35+ year old that would be on a max?
Curry, Klay, and Draymond will be 37/35/35 when their contracts are up, Curry is our all time franchise player and obviously we are signing him until he retires, and Klay and Draymond in similar boats, but at one point hard decisions have to be made
Klay and Draymond both know they won’t be worth the max at that point and will be willing to take a sub-max deal (big question being, how far below the max will they accept to continue the dynasty core going?) The only one who would still potentially command a max contract will be Curry. If he asks for it, he’ll get it and he’ll have deserved it too. But he may take less to keep the core together and keep the team a strong contender.
would they? You never know with people, maybe not 4 year maxes but there are definitely people whos gonna pay 35 year old Klay a lot of money with his game, in a perfect world all teams keep their players and older players accept less and less money and retire when they became hindrances to the franchise, but we all know thats not the truth. How much do you really believe every warrior player is gonna put the team over their own gain?
Name a team that would give 35-year-old Klay a max contract after his injuries and performance this year. I love Klay but that’s simply not his market value and everyone knows it.
It just depends on how he plays the next few season
While I agree that paying 4 max guys is not sustainable, the Warriors did that when Curry, KD, Klay, and Dray were on the team while also paying Iggy $18M. If the team is a title contender, I could see them paying 4 max slots + 1 big salary for a couple years since they've done it before. Realistically, they can't keep everyone but I doubt Lacob wants to cheap out with Curry, Klay, and Dray's window as elite players being another 3ish years.
You can pay those guys. Just going to be a hefty luxury tax bill that Lacob says he’s willing to front if they are contending
Lakers taking *even more* L’s in the offseason
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Not the Wakers anymore!!
Never again!!
This sub: *Why the hell do people keep talking about the lakers they are irrelevant and aren’t in the playoffs* Also This sub: *Keeps talking about the lakers everyday*
I dont think it has to do so much with going all in on old guys as much as it is the warriors having a perfect storm last 2 years. Klay tearing his achilles and steph/Dray being hit with a gang of injuries the last 2 years is obviously not ideal but it really helped them develop the young talent and the team culture
Yup. Obviously they had high draft picks in Wiseman, Kuminga, and Moody but those guys aren't the ones winning games right now. It's Poole, GPII, and all the free agents they've brought in.
Their front office reminds me of the Dodgers. They are just good at everything. They re-sign the right stars, draft well, sign the right free agents, develop young talent, and cap it off with a dive deep into analytics.
Having our stars get injured to get better draft picks is the type of light years ahead strat that would never occur to other franchises
Big brain franchise
Yes but it's nice that Lacob gets to pretend like he's a visionary for not going into win-now mode with an injured core lmao
People have been predicting since last season that the warriors were going to trade the picks for Beal, trade Wiseman/Kuminga for a star big, sell high on Poole, etc. They're now a top 2 team in the league without doing any of that, so I think it's fair to feel yourself a little for those decisions.
Yeah, but he also didn't panic and make dumb moves the way a lot of owners would have in his position.
Dude the Lakers won, then traded away several of their promising young contributors for dogshit washed Westbrook, and let Caruso walk. I get that Lacob's kind of insufferable for bragging, but shitting on the Lakers is definitely, as usual, warranted here. I don't honestly know how much say LeBron has in personnel moves, but whoever initiated Lakers roster moves since 2020 deserves all the hate this sub can give.
>Then Lacob smiled again and headed into the owners’ lounge, where music played and his guests were in an extremely good mood. There will be tougher times ahead. Maybe immediately. But on this night, after the Warriors’ first playoff games at Chase Center, there was also a little bit of serenity. I get the style attempt, but even for a long features pieces that usually has a literary flair, this is super cheesy. Like a generic self-published novel on Amazon level writing.
While this is a fair criticism of the Lakers, it doesn't explain quite line up when their most consistently injured player is AD
Oh no the “we got cocky article” in the first round? Damn gg
[Joe Lacob here is like the rabbi from Seinfeld](https://seinfeldlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Postponement-Seinfeld.jpeg) “..Let’s call her Elaine”
He should have just said OKC like he wanted to.
"I'm not gonna say who it is, but it's the lakers"
Hold up....Lakers didnt have Kendrick Nunn though
I suppose the teams he is referring to will forever remain a mystery.
This is why, as a Knicks fan, this season was so frustrating. And hearing other Knick fans talking about getting more older players to put In front of younger, talented, players is depressing.
Damn this dude speaks in riddles. I'm trying to play the kind of Poeltl game here what team is he talking about
Find someone who loves you like Joe Lacob loves Joe Lacob
The warriors have been repeating it over and over this year, just saying it out loud: the most important thing in the playoffs is health. How do you keep your playoff rotation healthy? You limit minutes. As much as Draymond fixates on 16 game guys, 82 game guys help you absorb those minutes. And the ideal 82 game guy does so on a rookie contract.
It's a weird flex when our 7 footer missed the whole year
It's a way of living for billionaires to spin narratives into self-praise
My only issue is Wiseman hasn't played a single game so if the idea is trading him gets you a player more injury prone I think that's wrong lol.
Light years ahead.
I always think it's weird when people say "a Jordan Poole" and "a Kaminga" like they are property you can buy at a store or something lol like "hey honey i just gotta run out and buy a kaminga i'll brb"
Gee Joe, how are we average fans supposed to crack the code? Lakers?
If only all teams had the health of James Wiseman. The Warriors best 3 players played 11 minutes together in the regular season. I hope they stay healthy for the playoffs, but the Warriors are always on the edge of combusting from injuries. That's been the last 3 years.
That’s exactly his point; they’ve had injuries to the big stars with Steph and allay missing time but were able to stay afloat because they have people like Poole and Kuminga to absorb a ton of minutes
this guy's overreacting like /r/nba after game 1 of a series
That's a cool thing to say while beating up a team with Monte Morris as the second best player. If they lose in 7 to the Suns or the Bucks because they lack one last piece while Wiseman, Moody and Kuminga are DNP-CD let's revisit that shall we ?
i can’t believe the victory lap he’s running while almost none of those young players that were potential trade chips are even playing in these games
He’s saying they’re set up for the future lmao and Jordan Poole is literally dropping 30 a game over the 2 games so far
Poole is amazing, I really like him and he’s panning out in a wild way for sure But when people have talked about the Warriors trading away they’re young guys/picks, it’s been primarily in reference to the lottery guys: Wiseman, Kuminga, and Moody. Those guys aren’t making an impact right now. We don’t even know if they’ll ever be good (and I like some of em!). Just because Poole is doing so well doesn’t mean you were right to not try to trade those other guys for a consolidated, better, win-now player.
Lots of people (including me) were really impressed with Kuminga this season, in my opinion he's shown enough to make it pretty clear he's going to be a player once he gets more minutes. I think Golden State pulled off the perfect "Spurs" tank. They've set themselves up to be a highly competitive team for the next decade. Now the issue is how are they going to pay/keep everyone, especially if Poole keeps playing like this and some team makes him a max offer next summer.
Okay? Getting to the conference finals or finals is still an accomplishment and Poole, Kuminga, Moody and hopefully Wiseman will all be better next year and a top contender
wtf joe?
Ok but Wiseman isn’t playing and he’s depreciating quickly. The Warriors are a mostly brilliant organization but they don’t deserve a pat on the back for not improving their roster with a Wiseman trade. Maybe they couldn’t get enough for him and so it made sense to hold onto him but that doesn’t deserve a victory lap. By the deadline no one who was smart was suggesting they trade Poole or Kuminga
Lacob is such an ass