(04-18-2023, 07:49 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: 1. IF DD opts out and IF he wants more than the Warriors are able to give him as a non-Bird FA (which given his level of play this season, I think he deserves), then what does Golden State do?
2. In the snippet you copied, I made reference to a post from the previous day. Don’t know if you read it or not
1 The answer to your question is "then he walks and they look for someone else." I get the idea that GS might not have the ability to offer DD enough to get him to stay. But not convinced that's a "second apron" or new CBA issue. They lost both OPJ and Payton last summer for the same reason (under the old rules). It's the risk that always has gone with signing a discount free agent, on a one-year contract.
I would also add that it's very possible this outcome was GS's game plan -- ie, they hoped he would be useful enough to outplay the contract, with the outcome that he walks and they replace him with a different one-year bargain player (perhaps at the minimum). Their bloated total payroll is getting to be an issue for them.
2 My opinion on the likelihood of Kyrie-to-HOU is clearly much different than yours -- I don't see it as likely enough of a possibility to think it offers a feasible plan to get DG from GS. I don't see any need to debate it - we can just agree to disagree and then see what happens from here.