Chris Paul is gone and Klay Thompson is likely to leave as well, possibly with nothing in return for the Warriors.
Golden State Warriors’ Chris Paul chats with Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry during a timeout in the first quarter of their NBA game at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024.
Upgrading the roster — one that missed the playoffs in 2023-24 — without Thompson will be difficult. As flawed as he is, the shooting guard made the fourth most 3s in the league last year, at a 38.7% clip. The Warriors are set to get out of the luxury tax for the first time since 2020 — a stated goal of owner Joe Lacob — but won’t have the cap space to sign an impact free agent. To acquire an All-Star, they’ll have to send away one of the young players the organization covets.
With Paul and Thompson last season, the Warriors paid the highest luxury tax bill ever, only to miss the playoffs as the 10th seed in the West. Unless the Warriors reconcile things with Thompson at the 11th hour or use him in a sign-and-trade, they are on the verge of letting two veterans walk for nothing in return.
In hindsight, the Warriors could have tried to use Paul or Thompson in a trade before last season’s trade deadline, when they were expiring contracts. But Golden State was confident in making a playoff run, and each was a big part of that pursuit.Kurtenbach: If this is it for Klay Thompson in the Bay, he leaves a spectacular, strange legacy
Without a Paul trade and without Thompson, the Warriors aren’t good enough to compete in the West and don’t have clear avenues to get there. The most expensive lottery team in history looks destined for the same fate, only as a more affordable version.
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