Durant ijury, the cosequences for the entire league's future..

[Heatles84]

If Durant exercises his option, they don't have anywhere near enough money to offer Thompson a max deal.

Yes they do. They have Klay Thompson's bird rights.

 

[Wamu]

Nope.

Why not? And try to make your explanation as long as possible.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Why not? And try to make your explanation as long as possible.

He damned better tab out five spaces

 

[msgkings322]

Why not? And try to make your explanation as long as possible.

Because I said so

 

[Shanemansj13]

Correct. I said money. Not cap space.

If Durant opts in, Thompson is gone.

Nope. That’s not how it works. Try again lol

 

[Shanemansj13]

And the Warriors can offer Durant all the Supermax deals they want. He's not signing. He very clearly wants out of Golden State.

So you are his close family or his agent? Interesting.

 

[Wamu]

Because I said so

Mic drop!

 

[dtgold88]

Because I said so

Don't make me come back there.

 

[dtgold88]

So you are his close family or his agent? Interesting.

woj told him.

 

[msgkings322]

Don't make me come back there.

Parenting tropes never change

 

[Shanemansj13]

woj told him.

He must have inside “sauces”

 

[flyerhawk]

Missed this thread.

The biggest impact, IMO, of KD's injury is on what the Knicks will do with regards to AD.

IMO, the Knicks will still give KD a max, if that was indeed where he was planning on going. But with him missing next season, trading away everything for AD doesn't make a lot of sense.

IMO, KD would be foolish to take the player option.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Missed this thread.

The biggest impact, IMO, of KD's injury is on what the Knicks will do with regards to AD.

IMO, the Knicks will still give KD a max, if that was indeed where he was planning on going. But with him missing next season, trading away everything for AD doesn't make a lot of sense.

IMO, KD would be foolish to take the player option.

Yea...it could be a decent strategy to max KD and still tank next year and try to add another young guy to the core. Hope AD doesn't sign an extension wherever he goes.

 

[flyerhawk]

Yea...it could be a decent strategy to max KD and still tank next year and try to add another young guy to the core. Hope AD doesn't sign an extension wherever he goes.

Or they could sign someone like Kemba and KD, keep their No. 4 pick and the young guys and try to reload for a year.

Of course this is all contingent on whether there wasn't already an agreement in place between KD/AD and the Knicks which may be the case.

 

[blazer prophet]

KD is 30. Presuming he sits out next year, he may take the player option to maximize his money as who knows if, or how well, he will ever be again. Then he will be a FA and several teams will roll the dice for him. If someone offers him the max deal now, knowing he sits next season, then he takes it. Interesting choice.

 

[Retroram52]

Well despite what everyone thinks, history has shown that when you rupture the Achilles, and even if you return to an athletic status, you are never the same player as before the injury. Kobe said his biggest change when he came back was that he couldn't explode off of a change in direction like he once did. He admitted he was relegated to a straight-line player more than one that could change directions with authority. Others have stated something similar.

The NBA is learning a hard lesson that the NFL already has. You can't play players to the point of total soft tissue integrity degradation and compromise. Pat Riley has been clamoring for a reduced number of games in the regular season from 82 down to 75 or 72 dating back to when he was a player with the Lakers. This ain't going to happen with rich owners asking to give-up more revenue as they see it.

What it will eventually cost them though is more superstars like KD going down with injuries like this and that alone, in the end, is going to cost them anyways because people pay large sums of money to see players play well into June from a start in the previous October.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/the-ke...ne-is-a-costly-relic-in-sports-032442064.html

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Well despite what everyone thinks, history has shown that when you rupture the Achilles, and even if you return to an athletic status, you are never the same player as before the injury. Kobe said his biggest change when he came back was that he couldn't explode off of a change in direction like he once did. He admitted he was relegated to a straight-line player more than one that could change directions with authority. Others have stated something similar.

The NBA is learning a hard lesson that the NFL already has. You can't play players to the point of total soft tissue integrity degradation and compromise. Pat Riley has been clamoring for a reduced number of games in the regular season from 82 down to 75 or 72 dating back to when he was a player with the Lakers. This ain't going to happen with rich owners asking to give-up more revenue as they see it.

What it will eventually cost them though is more superstars like KD going down with injuries like this and that alone, in the end, is going to cost them anyways because people pay large sums of money to see players play well into June from a start in the previous October.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/the-ke...ne-is-a-costly-relic-in-sports-032442064.html

Outside of expanding the first round they have had basically the same amount of games for what...40 years...?

 

[Retroram52]

You are right Stakes but that doesn't make the number of games the right amount to protect against such a career-destructive injury. Just ask Pat Riley.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

You are right Stakes but that doesn't make the number of games the right amount to protect against such a career-destructive injury. Just ask Pat Riley.

You won't ever hear my bitch about players resting

(Except Kawhi this year after being off all season...oh and I did call Blake Griffin Blair)

But obviously the rest has worked for Kawhi

They lengthened the season to reduce back to backs at least

 

[Retroram52]

True indeed.

 

[DorianRo]

At best.. Warriors were probably done after this season anyways . None of them get along and so stacked with talent they can't decide who's gonna be "the man". Its the same way the Kobe/Shaq Lakers run came into an end. They SHOULD have won 3-4 more titles at least but egos got in the way. Im sure theres gonna be 3-4 super teams next year, since thats all superstars do these days. Join forces. So really this means nothing.

And KD isn't worth any Max deal anymore. He's already in his 30s and most guys don't come back from this type of injury at 100 percent. He got his superteam titles and FMVPs and too much money (for little value anyways) when you consider his value to the team that won titles before he came and can still win another title without him this year. ROFLMAO