Klay to Dallas. The end of an era

Klay to Dallas. The end of an era

transitioning to the one and only Klay Thompson four-time Champion one of the greatest Shooters we’ve ever seen in the history of the NBA um who by the way spent the second half of this season averaging uh about 20 points or so 45% shooting from the field 41% shooting from three-point range since the All-Star break which more than 90% of the league couldn’t do on their best days that same Klay Thompson is departing from the Golden State Warriors to join the Dallas Mavericks they worked out a sign and trade deal with the warriors uh Klay Thompson’s going to get about $50 million over three years uh via a sign and trade deal that will also see the Mavericks sending Josh Green to the Charlotte Hornets um however TNT sports analyst Chris Haynes says golden state is still working do details with Dallas and the deal is not close at this point um various other people are reporting on this story bottom line is Thompson’s leav I’m sad but it was necessary kaminga has gotten better paj jimsky the rookie from last year has gotten better Steph Curry is still playing like a superstar Draymond Green you gave a 100 million to he deserves every penny and um Clay is not what he was defensively he’s not what he was offensively but I still am not giving up on him and what he can bring to the table and what he can do from what I’m being told um Klay Thompson wanted to leave he thought it was time that makes sense to me and the reason why that makes sense to me is because at the beginning of the year a few months ago rather the Golden State Warriors offered Klay Thompson two years $48 million that’s 24 million a year Klay Thompson just settled for a little over 16 and a half for three years that doesn’t make sense to me I mean if you’re going to hold out and you feel that adamant about it or whatever I understand if it was an extra 15 to 20 million but you’re going to depart from Golden State for just $2 million more in total and that’s over a threeyear span instead of a two-year span I don’t quite understand that but I will say this it does make sense that clay wanted to leave according to what I’m hearing because why would you leave Golden State for that and by the way California 14.4% state income taxes federal is about 39% we get all of that um in the case of Dallas he’s in Texas so there’s no state income taxes in Texas plus you have Kyrie Irving and Luca donic as your as your teammates so we understand what that’s about and major props to Nico Harrison the president of basketball operations and Jason kid for acquiring um Klay Thompson because Dallas was like second in the league in three-point attempts but like like 13 in the league and field goal percentages made okay so we get that the Lakers obviously wanted Kay Thompson LeBron obviously was willing to take a pay cut according to Rich Paul his agent just to make sure that they got a guy like Klay Thompson on board but at the end of the day if you are Klay Thompson you’re looking at staying in the state of California you’re looking at the fact that the income tax rate is still applicable there too at 14.4% you’re looking at the fact that the Lakers while they were like top 10 in three-point shooting percentage they were 28th in three-pointers attempted so you might be wondering whether or not you was going to get the ball from an Anthony Davis or Lebron James enough as you know when you just oppose that to what transpired in Golden State then we also got to take into consideration that it is the Lakers which is a rivalry for the Warriors and Klay Thompson just may not have wanted to go to the Los Angeles Lakers he may have wanted to go somewhere other than Los Angeles so I always thought it would be the Lakers if he wasn’t with golden state I prayed I wish that it was the Knicks but not as much once I got Mel Bridges but in the when you look at Dallas um they are a better team than the Los Angeles Lakers at this particular moment Klay Thompson’s not making anybody worse he’s only going to make you better um they lost Derek Jones Jr but again he was a guy that couldn’t generate any offense for you Klay can and Klay can put the ball in the hole in a very prolific fashion when he gets hot and when that stroke starts working and so you can comine that with PJ Washington with Gafford with Lively and what have you Dallas is no joke I understand it why clay made the move I’m sad that it had to happen uh but these things happen in the world of professional sports that’s just the way that it goes that just the way that it goes it’s be interesting to see what happens with golden state now and I’m really interested in seeing who’s going to talk about Steve Kirk because guys talk about it’s just their time to leave it’s just their time to move on Klay Thompson has moved on um and now CP3 is moving on uh Golden State didn’t want to keep them well maybe they did uh but I know this much they didn’t make it very attractive for him I know that there were a lot of things said and there was a lot of promises made that wasn’t followed up at least in the eyes of many when it comes to Chris Paul and Steve Kerr and as you look at these folks these notable agreements and signings hartenstein three years 87 million Chris Paul one year 11 million cavius Carwell Pope okay he’s going to Orlando 3 years 66 million James Harden stays with the Clippers at 2 years 70 million Derek Jones forgot where he’s going 3 years 30 million Tobias Harris with the Detroit business Derek Jones with the Clippers I’m sorry three years 30 million Tobias Harris with Detroit two years 52 million yonas valent chunis uh three years uh 30 million and who is that for the Washington Wizards yeah they needed to pay him more to get him to go to the nation’s capital the swamp these days and age this day and age but anyway

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