Trade & FA 2024-25:

[Winter]

Let me just go record that I have absolutely no idea how Klay will be on the court. I don't know if we will see more pre-injury Klay or perhaps some of his poorer games from last year. I can't tell and for this reason, I will not be too emotionally up or too down about this sign-and-trade. My bullet points are as follows.

I don't find 20m a year all that troubling. It's not like its unmovable number. I like his championship pedigree, and I think his attitude is fine - he obviously takes pride in how he performs. This is not a guy I expect to slack-off.

I don't expect Nico to guarantee him as a starter. We told DJJ when we acquired him that he would have to earn his starting spot. I expect that to happen with Klay as well.

Heck LeBron is willing to knock 20 mil off his earnings just to acquire this player. What does that say?

I don't expect him to be like THj at all. In other words, if he's not hot that night, I still expect him to hustle and make good decisions.

I think he will be a good teammate. I suspect he will want play with Kyrie and Luka. He just seems like that type of guy.

I am crossing my fingers on his ability to play well, but I have no problems with rolling the dice on this guy. I still watch that crazy video where he scores a gazillion points in one quarter.