02-12-2023, 07:42 AM
When you must shoot over 40% on a high volume from 3pt range, and keep the other team from shooting more than 25 FTs, to win an NBA game, you aren't going to win most NBA games. The Warriors' last two losses to the Blazers and Lakers have made this clear. Joe Lacob is going to have some real interesting decisions to make this offseason. Pretty hard to justify a $400M payroll for a .500 team that can't even win a round in the playoffs I would think.
Klay Thompson will be on an expiring contract in a few months and assuming Draymond Green opts into his, they will cost $70M next season against the cap but be on expiring contracts, which will make them trade bait. They could well be traded to contenders for younger, cheaper players. If they were on expiring deals this year, they might have been traded last week.
It's too bad the Warriors had to give up on James Wiseman. Would have been fun to see Wiseman, Kuminga, PBJ, Moody, and Poole play together. They aren't winning much when Wiseman plays a little, but they aren't winning much when he doesn't play at all either, and who knows if Payton II will even play a game for the W's this year. In retrospect, should have played Wiseman more to see what would happen when he played 30 mins a game and could get the experience he needs.
At this point, my best outcome for this season would be to miss the playoffs and win the lottery to draft you know who.
Klay Thompson will be on an expiring contract in a few months and assuming Draymond Green opts into his, they will cost $70M next season against the cap but be on expiring contracts, which will make them trade bait. They could well be traded to contenders for younger, cheaper players. If they were on expiring deals this year, they might have been traded last week.
It's too bad the Warriors had to give up on James Wiseman. Would have been fun to see Wiseman, Kuminga, PBJ, Moody, and Poole play together. They aren't winning much when Wiseman plays a little, but they aren't winning much when he doesn't play at all either, and who knows if Payton II will even play a game for the W's this year. In retrospect, should have played Wiseman more to see what would happen when he played 30 mins a game and could get the experience he needs.
At this point, my best outcome for this season would be to miss the playoffs and win the lottery to draft you know who.