“After almost a year of despair, he needed an entirely new experience, sources said. Out of the fishbowl, away from all the history and people he had always known. Two weeks prior, Thompson's camp had made one final offer to the Warriors, a two-year deal for roughly $20 million per season, sources said. The response was the same as it had been for nearly a year: ‘We just can't do it yet.’”
by Mechaultima
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That’s deanthony melton and Kyle Anderson combined annual money
They just don’t care for Thompson anymore
I think there were too many “bad vibes” between the two camps for this partnership to move on, regardless of the money offered (or not offered)
Damn crazy how people where saying klay left because he felt disrespected when they ain’t want him lol
Yes there may have been bad blood but this seems pretty straightforward and not as big as it seems to me.
Klay wanted to lock in an extension, Warriors decided it wasn’t worth automatically paying and wanted to shop. Klay decided that he didn’t want that and left somewhere else.
Warriors offered him a 2/48m extension last summer and he rejected it
why the hell didn’t we take that?
Klay – I stuck with you all these years, I deserve a premium.
Warriors – We stuck with you all these years, you need to take a discount.
When both sides truly believe that their point of view is correct, it’s impossible to find common ground.
He bet on himself and lost… should’ve taken the 2 year/48 mill offer
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Klay turned down 2-years 48M at the beginning of the season to bet on himself. He whiffed horribly and ended up holding it against the Warriors.
Dude has a gigantic, swollen ego.
Shoulda taken the 2 for 48M 🗿🗿🗿
The warriors were only keeping him at a significant discount after paying him max money for 2 injury years. Klay ignoring that and still thinking the org didn’t do him right is stupid, they could’ve just not signed him after his tears
Obviously both sides are in damage control, so I don’t know what stock to put in this.
*However*, if this was a conversation that happened before July 1st, there were really clear reasons the Warriors weren’t ready to lock in Klay’s money. *If* they were intending to guarantee a significant chunk of CP3’s money in a trade for PG13 or someone else, they couldn’t do that with Klay’s money on the books, because that would have made them a 2nd apron team when the trade went down.
Granted, them making that kind of deal likely would have doomed Klay coming back anyway, but the order of operation the Warriors were looking at was clear. If Klay felt disrespected because of how cap rules dictated the Warriors needed to act to keep options open, then I guess it just kinda is what it is.
“It’s not you, it’s me”
Man I just hate reading this shit
It’s because JK is going to be big part of warriors offense, needed to make room…
Really giving new meaning to the word despair
0-10 hits hard
lmao nah this is insane
Didn’t he reject 2y/48?
Exactly, people saying Klay is stupid taking less to leave Warriors are casuals. Offer was never on the table after he turned down 2/48 last summer and then proceed to have one of his worst season ever.
They are paying steph way too much to surround him with an expensive legacy contract. They need to develop guys. At least draymond can still fill a significant role.
Both sides moved on long before the offseason began. And it is for the best for both.
We’ll see on the court for Klay but mentally, it is for the best he has moved on. It is for the best for the Warriors culturally. This team has a lot of young dudes now and the environment in San Fran has not been great the last few years, and that is not the kind of climate you want to develop young players in.
They literally offered him 2/$48 million and he turned it down. I’ll always love Klay but this is some revisionist history.
[https://www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/report-warriors-offered-klay-thompson-two-year-48-million-extension-last-summer-he-turned-it-down](https://www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/report-warriors-offered-klay-thompson-two-year-48-million-extension-last-summer-he-turned-it-down)
Lol they’re crafting this quote like it was life or death. Gotta love the NBA off-season.
They gave this guy a ton of money after the ACL injury and he didn’t come close to that contract.
WTF? That’s more than fair on Klay’s part. If they wouldn’t even play him 20 mil that’s disgraceful. He’s at least that good.
that’s it? jordan poole making 30 and they couldn’t find 20 for a legend who can still hit the 3?
he’s got a better shot at a title in Dallas. I wish him luck