Klay Thompson is leaving for Dallas. He leaves behind serious wreckage in Golden State.
Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson stops near the entrance of the players tunnel and takes a moment to himself after being defeated by the Sacramento Kings during their NBA play-in tournament game at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. The Sacramento Kings defeated the Golden State Warriors 118-94.
Though I imagine the four-time champion took one last look back at the flaming wreckage he helped create in San Francisco. Dunleavy inherited some problems, no doubt, but in the 382 days since he took over, he turned Thompson, Jordan Poole, and a first-round pick into nothing more than a steaming pile of funny money.Is it all Dunleavy’s fault? Hardly. The inscrutable Thompson turned down a fair contract extension offer from the Warriors before the start of last season, opting instead to bet on himself.
Instead, he helped drive the team off the cliff. In a job that demanded the stacking of wins, even small ones, amid roster arbitrage, Dunleavy came up woefully short move after move. This point was made even more clear by the fact that the Warriors have already agreed to use one of the team’s few mechanisms for improvement, the non-taxpayer mid-level exception, on former 76er and Grizzly De’Anthony Melton.
Then there’s a $4.7 million bi-annual exception. That could bring in a player for something a bit more than the league’s veteran minimum.The situation is dire.Chris Paul to sign with Spurs: reports
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