Klay Thompson turns down the Lakers, signs with the Mavericks | What’s Wright?

Klay Thompson turns down the Lakers, signs with the Mavericks | What’s Wright?

all right so Klay Thompson’s heading over to Dallas to play with your large Slovenian son um The Warriors let no so Klay Thompson even got a deal from the Lakers that he turned down U which is pretty surprising uh what does that say the most about the Mavericks the Warriors of the Lakers all right so we’ll talk more about the Lakers in a moment it is being reported the Lakers offered clay 4 for 80 that’s impossible they literally did not have the capability to offer him that now maybe they they were like oh we’ll be able to make these moves we’ll do these things but they were not in a position where they were able to slide across a contract to Klay Thompson saying sign and it’s ready for it even though LeBron was willing to take a pay cut I the the Lakers total inability to land their guy it it’s just it’s historic and and all of us and folks are like oh the state taxes all right a couple things first of all NBA players pay tax per game so this idea of oh these Texas teams have such a massive Edge well for half of their games yeah which is a real amount of money I understand but when you play a game in California you’re paying taxes California taxes when you play game in Dallas you’re playing Texas Texas I get that part of it but the other part of that media narrative that’s so maddening is Texas didn’t just change their state tax law it’s been like that and the Mavericks have been striking out on free agents for a decade the Lakers front office targeted Danny Hurley couldn’t get the job done the Lakers front office who F targeted Klay Thompson whose dad is a franchise Legend and works for the team and he loves being on the water and he from Southern California and LeBron recruited him and they couldn’t get it done it’s almost like the Lakers front office doesn’t have a godforsaken clue what they’re doing now for the MTH side of it I like this a lot listen you’re going to take a slight step back defensively what Deon go yeah no definitely like you you hit it you hit it on the nose slight step back defensively definitely isn’t going to help with the perimeter defense but they could have used a a shooter in that series for sure right 100% And like to they have now added uh Nai Marshall Quinton Grimes you saw that they got your old Grimes that’s crazy yeah yeah that’s that’s nice pick up for them um and Clay so Quinton will defend Quinton will defend and hit threes Clay is just going to hit spot up threes all day and and Luca is going to spoon feed him those spot up threes so I yes I do think they take a slight step back defensively no doubt about it but to lose Derek Jones Jr and Tim Hardaway and to add Naji Marshall Quinton Grimes who again I’m partial to because he and dman were teammates uh for basketball University in Houston and that team Deon was on in Houston had eight guys go D1 Quinton was the youngest by two years and do you think it was fair to say he was the best then the best when he was 15 and the rest of you guys were 17 he was the best uh and so he and so again I’m partial to it because I’ve watched him since he was a kid watched him play with the mon and he’s such a nice kid so I’m really like he’s in a good basketball spot for him uh and so I I like this for clay a lot I also find and now we’ll get to the Warriors piece of it Damon three for 50 is not a lot it’s not and I mean Malik monk just got four for 78 from the Kings so this tells the fact that the Warriors and Clay it’d be one thing if a team gave him you know 4 for 120 then it’s like all right this doesn’t make sense for us but the fact that the Warriors couldn’t find a way to bridge the gap tells me they were ready to move on and maybe clay was ready to move on in this regard tell me if you buy this I think that for clay to fully accept he’s in a different place in his career he might literally need to be in a different place in his career does that make sense like that as long as he’s with Steph and Dre and wearing that uniform it’s going to be more painful for him that he’s not what he want was I guarantee if he’s on a different team he’s probably not throwing up the fours on the sideline I think that was like a weird psychological thing with him I think you’re exactly right I think that is exactly right so I’m happy for clay now what does this mean for the Warriors I am going to keep so what it means for them this year in the short term with or without Clay they’re not contenders they will be lucky to make the playoffs okay that’s just where they’re at what does it mean for Steph and what does it mean for step’s ability to contend with what’s left of the end of his Prime and be a lifelong Warrior because I think those two things are now contradictory and I think that but it had the Warriors a year ago when they resigned Draymond also resigned clay that to me would have guaranteed that Steph chose loyalty over contention CU it’s like all right we came in together we’re all going to retire together but the Warriors organization broke the band up so don’t then be upset if the lead singer says I want to go elsewhere the the the label broke up the band you can’t then ask the front man to stay loyal to the label well you what about my partner well what about my Splash brother so it’s not a story right now but a bubbling NBA story in my opinion is when the Warriors this year missed the playin entirely and Steph has another very good year this off season does Steph say h do I want to spend the end of my career playing basketball with a part-time player full-time podcaster a bunch of kids and not playing in games that matter I don’t know I think that is uh I think that is a real question and something to monitor hey thanks for watching hit the Subscribe button to get more from the show and make sure to click the Bell to get notified every time new content drops check out full episodes of what’s right wherever you get your podcast or just click the link in the description below

Klay Thompson was reportedly offered a 4-year, $80 million contract by the Los Angeles Lakers, but decided to sign with the Dallas Mavericks. Nick Wright reflects on the state of the Lakers, and Klay Thompson’s departure from the Golden State Warriors.

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