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History is going to repeat if the Warriors mortgage their future to get AD to entice Bron Bron to join GSW. Similar to how Lakers fucked their title winning team for Westbrook, this time it is the future of Warriors.

Rui on MLE would be amazing for this team. He's a consistent 50/40 player for three years now. And he always rises up in the playoffs, keeping the same efficiency while creating more scoring for the team. He's a legit C&S threat during the playoffs. And he doesn't turn the ball over. He never avaeraged more than 1 turnover in his whole stint with the Lakers. His defense is a bit suspect, but he gives good effort on that side of the ball, and doesn't foul a lot.

Blazers, Spurs, and the Cavs are also onto him, but the Blazers can also only offer MLE, and we can offer more than both the Spurs and the Cavs. I think it's fair to say that we should give it a shot. And with KP's contract being non-guaranteed next year, we can say that we can offer him more next year if he plays well.

Lebron is a great player and for sure he would help us, but why is he such a drama queen. He/Rich Paul purposely makes it a big deal everytime he wants to switch teams. It's like they purposely want to put a magnifying glass on this. Com'on, you're already an NBA legend, you don't need to worry about not being on the front page of the sports section. It's almost like you need the whole world to know you considered eveything in your decision-making process. We know you're not stupid, now just make the damn decision.

Draft picks can be really overrated. Look at the results of those 3 “great” picks they had several years ago.

Now look at the Knicks.

Not one starter was drafted by them.

Use the picks to do whatever you need to do to make these next 2 years title contention or to at least be a legit threat in the playoffs.

In two years they will have a $150 million give or take in expired contracts to rebuild with players that are proven and ready to go.

Seems like the obvious best choice.

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Gui Santos is about to enter his 4th season with the Warriors this October and it'll also be the first year of his new 3 year deal.

Before the AS break, he averaged 5.7 PPG, 2.9 RPG, and 1.5 APG in just 14.7 MPG, starting only 9 games. After the break once he got consistent starter minutes, he put up 15.5 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 3.9 APG, and 1.3 SPG in 31.3 MPG over 21 starts.

There were definitely a lot of ups and downs this season, but I'd argue Gui was one of the few guys who was always ready whenever his number was called. He dropped a career high 31 points on Latino Heritage Night against the Nets, then finished the season as the second leading scorer alongside KP in the play in win that eliminated the Clippers.

With Jimmy and Moody expected to miss some time, do you think Gui has earned a starting spot to open next season? Maybe a lineup with Steph, Gui, and Yaxel if Yaxel proves he's ready?

Do you think Gui takes another step this year? He just turned 24 a couple of weeks ago, so there's still plenty of room for growth.

What do you all think?

We wait for a player to make a decision(last year JoKu and this year LeBron) and it takes a decent amount of time for the decision to kick in and we finally sign some mediocre players, letting go of some better FA signings and call it a while

When thinking about the whole whiteboard thing , and asking myself what is the point of this? I think i was able to figure it out.

The core 5 teams on the whiteboard are the ones that make sense , but he added a few that are kinda ridiculous like Dallas and then put Oil and Golf for reasons . The goal of the podcast was clear. Send the message "We may go anywhere"

So why? The obvious answer would be leveraging the teams against each other but for what ? LeBron's prepared to take the minimum so it cant be for more money. Then the answer became clear.

Anthony Davis

We all know lebron wants to play with AD , If golden state would've acquired him he'd already be there. I also think putting Golden state off to the side of the whiteboard, not mentioning kerr and barely saying anything about them after being the favorite this entire time was strategic, letting them know "you dont got this in the bag and you better do something. "

But the other piece is AD is Rich's 2nd best client and he desperately needs to get to a team that will extend him . Another year playing less than 50 games could tank his value and ruin his last chance at cashing in . Im sure Paul doesnt want this and again lebron wants to play with him.

Then you have the Wizards "We're NOT trading Anthony Davis" but they've also already decided they're not extending him either. Then they trade for a center. Its negotiation. Theyre actually being smart for once. They know they hold the key to Lebron and they wanna get the best deal possible .

When you look at the 5 Core Teams (and GS) on the board everyone but Miami has a salary package they could sent out for davis that makes sense positionally. Not saying they should just that the main player would be at a position Davis can play outside of GS . Im also not saying the wizards would take these packages just that there is a starting point.

Sixers : Embiid + Picks - Davis becomes starter center

Nuggets: Gordon + Braun + Naji - Davis Becomes starting PF

Timberwolves: Gobert + Divecenzo + Beringer - Davis at center

Cavaliers : Jarret Allen + Strus + Schroder - Davis at center

Golden State: Jimmy

Any of these trades could obviously have a 3rd team as well and involve picks

Rich Paul is putting all these possibilities out there in the hope that 1 front office makes a move to tip the scales in their favor and its not a bad strategy becausse you are essentially trading for Lebron and AD . He also made it a point to say that bron never said he was only playing 1 more year. Which could entice someone even more to pull the trigger on a trade knowing its not just a 1 year rental and is probably 2 years.

From a sixers standpoint Im not here to argue with embiid fans about whether we should do it. It would probably cost us the 2029 clippers pick swap and another pick or two. But i think washington would have to listen considering we have a good pick to send and AD isnt really more durable than Embiid . They can also move embiid when he's an expiring or send him to a 3rd team now.

I don't have an opinion either way. That's for Gansey and the front office to debate but you would have to at least have the conversation in private.

Now assuming they did decide to go for it . As far as the AD extension i think you would likely just promise him if he opts out after this year you will give him a 2 year contract at the max putting him on the exact same timeline as the Embiid, Brown , and Maxey contract . He gets a raise and 1 extra year. If thats acceptable then okay. You would also ask for a 2 year commitment from Bron.

My prediction is that this drags out a Week or two while they wait to see if someone goes for it and secures AD. In a week or so Paul may start telling teams directly if you get AD we will come , but i think he's trying to avoid that and be subtle for now to avoid the LeGM storylines and all the hate that comes around the long running narratives of klutch sports trying to manipulate rosters. If he starts telling teams directly it will leak out fast.

I also don't think he wants to hurt the team Bron is going to in negotiations with Washington giving the wizards more leverage to rake them over the coals for AD. That bit of leverage may be a valuable young player that has to be thrown in.

I cannot be completely objective when it comes to The Warriors, but despite The Lakers' rust, Awful Coaching can be more objective on these Summer League first impressions.