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If he opts out of his current contract that would pay him around $29M, the max deal that he could sign with GS would be around $35M per year, but a good portion of that would count against the team's cap space. If he agrees to the '120%' type of deal, then his average salary would be around $32M. In that situation none of the increased salary would count against the salary cap. That's what most expect him to do.
The NBA cap and contract rules are crazy, and I think it'd take a savant to truly understand all the different possibilities.
Read a pretty good article that described how it was possible for the Warriors to even have cap room for Durant's initial contract. Basically the NBA jumped the cap so much for last season by applying the whole TV contract to the revenue pool rather than increasing it gradually, and Curry, Thompson, and Green were playing under contracts based on the old cap, so GS had a huge amount of cap space. Somewhat shrewd business, but somewhat lucky too.
One of the main reasons Durant left OKC was Westbrook and his bullshit. He choked away more finals games by his all about me play, just look at the talet that came and went from OKC after continued playoff meltdowns. Look at how Westbrook did it again this year with Durant gone. Yeah, I know that Durant didn't put any blame on working with Westbrook for his leaving, but I've watched Durant play in person while in college at Texas and while in OKC, it's really pretty obvious what the issues were. Durant liked OKC, and he would have never left if it wasn't for Westbrook in my opinion.
With your reasoning, no rider should ever switch to the team that offers the best opportunity to win a championship either. Pretty frikkin stupid if you ask me.
The Shop
RJ signed with Honda. Was he a lock? No. He still had to win the thing himself. And fuck, people get on Honda for buying titles, none of those moves were as weak sauce as this...
KD joined a 73-9 team to become what, the 5th or 6th all star on the team, a team he barely lost too... and they pissed it in. They probably will next year. How much more satisfying would it have been to do it in OKC?
Why he left OKC? He said he wanted to win. OKC came within paint thinner of going to the finals last year and a lot of talking heads would put that loss on KD more than anything, he didn't finish that series well.
Durant's leaving OKC wasn't a spur of the moment decision. The thoughts of it probably began when the Thunder completely screwed up the James Harden situation and gave him an hour to accept a lowball offer or else. Two hours after getting the non-max offer and an hour after his "deadline", Harden was shipped to Houston. That showed Durant that there isn't a whole lot of loyalty to players by that organization, and most likely showed that the organization might be interested in winning titles, but not entirely committed to it. If they were truly committed, then the $2M per year extra that they could have paid Harden wouldn't have even been a question.
There were no guarantees when Durant went to GS. Just like your RJ assertion, they still had to go out and do the work, and at that level even a little bit of a letdown can get you humbled pretty quickly. The Warriors without Durant probably wouldn't have beaten the Cavs again this year, but he was definitely the difference maker.
He went to bed with the people that beat his people, saying he is "sick of second place and just wants to win"... that's a a kick in the nuts... let alone the fact they almost did win... But instead he joins a 73-9 team who are Draymond's absence away from being two time defending champs...
With him, they cruise all year, beat the Cavs each time (right?), go uncontested through the finals, bar one game where the Cavs had to go fucking break scoring records to scratch one out... the other's weren't even close!
OC. Fuck you dude! haha. Not crying, just think it's piss poor... Wouldn't fly down here, just weak. I get he wants to win, but fuck, way to let em down. Thought similar things about LBJ going to Miami, but at least they had to build something... and he built again going back. That wasn't near this.
Pit Row
If you think it's cool, it's cool. I and many others don't, it's the definition of bandwagoning... excuses have nothing to do with anything, not my title won or lost. Just a fan.
Kyrie Irving is ready to end his run with the Cleveland Cavaliers, as league sources told ESPN that the point guard has asked the team to trade him.
The request came last week and was made to Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert. Irving has expressed that he wants to play in a situation where he can be more of a focal point and that he no longer wants to play alongside LeBron James, sources said.
Among several possibilities discussed in Irving's meeting with the Cavaliers, the San Antonio Spurs were raised as a preferred destination, league sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Other teams Irving said he'd be willing to join were the New York Knicks, Miami Heat and Minnesota Timberwolves, league sources told ESPN.
He isn't asking to be traded to have a better chance of winning, or to make more money. He just wants more attention........
FFS.
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