Agree with almost all of this. On the whole “they would still be in college” point - sure but the young guys were drafted with no experience. It was a known factor. Warriors could have gone for a guy with at least some college experience (Wagner) instead of JK or traded the pick. I happen to like JK but we chose him to plug into what we (correctly) thought was a title team at the time. We robbed Peter to pay Paul and now we are headed into an off-season where we don’t know whether we could trade, say, Wiggins (whom I love but is by far their most marketable trade chip apart from JK himself) with any confidence that JK could take his slot. And trading JK doesn’t bring the salary cap relief we need.
I hadn’t really thought about the Jerome and Lamb points but they are spot on. We spent a TON of time agonizing over these 2 way guys to take minutes which could have
Well, my crackpot theory is that Kerr holds on for another year because he’s the Olympic team coach. Winning a gold would be a nice way to go out. They keep saying they are going to keep everyone, but it seems impossible someone doesn’t have to go. Draymond would be a shocker, but there has to be conversation about losing him
Agree with almost all of this. On the whole “they would still be in college” point - sure but the young guys were drafted with no experience. It was a known factor. Warriors could have gone for a guy with at least some college experience (Wagner) instead of JK or traded the pick. I happen to like JK but we chose him to plug into what we (correctly) thought was a title team at the time. We robbed Peter to pay Paul and now we are headed into an off-season where we don’t know whether we could trade, say, Wiggins (whom I love but is by far their most marketable trade chip apart from JK himself) with any confidence that JK could take his slot. And trading JK doesn’t bring the salary cap relief we need.
I hadn’t really thought about the Jerome and Lamb points but they are spot on. We spent a TON of time agonizing over these 2 way guys to take minutes which could have
So I’m trying to read between the lines, here. Do you think Klay will be back? Kerr? Myers?
I think Kerr looks frustrated (understandably) and burned-out. I’ve speculated that he might announce a well-earned retirement.
Well, my crackpot theory is that Kerr holds on for another year because he’s the Olympic team coach. Winning a gold would be a nice way to go out. They keep saying they are going to keep everyone, but it seems impossible someone doesn’t have to go. Draymond would be a shocker, but there has to be conversation about losing him
Do you think Klay will accept a pay cut?