FIRST TAKE | “Come to Dallas!” – Stephen A. on why Mavericks can sign Klay Thompson in free agency

FIRST TAKE | “Come to Dallas!” – Stephen A. on why Mavericks can sign Klay Thompson in free agency

to be without the one and only Klay Thompson next season who’s an unrestricted free agent and is increasingly unlikely to resign with the Golden State Warriors by the way I’m already being told he’s going to end up with the Dallas Mavericks this leaves the warriors with 147.21 here’s Zack low on the end of an eror this is the end of something magical basketball Tey from in Oklahoma City to the toron out with a bued ACL to shoot the free throws to the loudest Ovation I heard in that Arena ever this is the end of something we need to take a moment to appreciate it we also need to take a moment to ask what’s Plan B here for this team that has one of the 10 to 12 greatest players of all time still playing in an all NBA level that’s a great question by Zack Loa this isn’t my first question to you big perk the first question would be has Klay Thompson been wronged by the Golden State Warriors look I understand it’s business okay but it’s also business principles and when you talking about Klay Thompson and what he meant to the Golden State Warriors four time NBA champion the man is going to have a statue outside that Arena or practice facility but damn it it’s going to be somewhere in the Bay Area I said said this at the trade deadline that I felt like they should have ended this relationship and and let clay go or got traded him and let him have a new destination now when you’re looking at it it’s bad and the Warriors look bad when clay you know deleting his you know going on social media deleting all this stuff you know his history with the Warriors and here’s my thing where’s Draymond and where’s step because when it comes down to Clay he felt disrespected also season long okay he watched Andrew Wiggins get 100 plus million he watched Jordan P get signed to 100 plus million before he was shipped off to Washington he watched Draymond Green get 100 plus the man felt disrespected and all year long we people were talking about Clay is not the same clay but Shannon Stephen A y’all know this when a player mind is not in the right place he’s not going to perform at the level that he needs to format and I just don’t like how the Warriors are handling this situation I don’t like how it’s been handled when you talk about Klay Thompson and his greatness and what he met his organization absolutely Klay has been wronged by the Golden State Warriors go ahead Shay but see here per this why I disagree with you now when he got his money was was was Draymond them wrong was P wrong if you go back and look at it Jordan P had a career year when his contract was up they paid him Draymond played well they paid him Stephen A said it last week this is statistically Clay’s worst year it happened to be in a contract year they didn’t wrong him think about what you said you said it three times perk think about what clay meant I already paid you for what you meant remember I gave you that that 4 year 140 million in two of those years you missed with a rupture a kees and an ACL I paid you for that I offered you two years 48 million at the beginning of the season you said no you bet on yourself see we always hear stories of people betting on themselves Stephen they don’t we but how many times they bet on theel and they crap out we don’t hear those stories where you just saw one unfold right in front of your eyes they don’t owe clay they paid clay for that there are very few teams the Lakers are one of those teams that will pay you based on what you’ve done for this organization but most businesses most teams like no bro I’m giving you on what I believe you can do moving forward I’ve already paid you for what you’ve done in the past they haven’t wronged him they paid him a ton of money and they paid him two years on that 4year 140 and he only gave him two years of that so uhhh when he was rehabing that Achilles did they take any money back perk nope that year that he tore his ACL did they take any money back did they wrong him then no you can’t you can’t worry about and I get it the worst thing you can do is measure your worth by what you saw someone else got and I know he saw P get that money he saw Draymond he see hardenstein getting 29 million a year but hey you could only get remember value is determined by someone else you don’t get to determine your value if somebody won’t pay it you’re not that valuable well let me say this to you Shannon you you’re absolutely right I don’t disagree with what you’re saying but sometimes it’s not about counting somebody else’s money it’s about recognizing the fact that they’ve set a market and their Market the market that they set if statistically and data and and datawise you measure up then all of a sudden you have a legitimate argument so even though the Market’s being set by somebody else you do have a license to pay attention to the market that they’ve allowed to have been set having said all of that let me say this to you Klay Thompson 17.9 points 43% shooting from the field 39% shooting from three-point range this is a guy that shot 39% from three-point range he had shot 40% or better from three-point range in nine of his first 10 seasons okay we get that here’s the statistic that I think we got to throw out because the highlights and I thought we did I think as a show we did somewhat of a disservice to Klay Thompson just now showing some of those highlights ranked second on the team with 18.9 points per game after the allstar break shooting 45% from the field and 41% from three-point range most dudes in the league 90% of the league can’t do that 90% of the league didn’t do that and so Klay Thompson doing that we got to give credit what creditors do but perk here’s why I agree with Shannon every anything that you just said when you talked about how he was feeling he was a bit salty he may have felt a bit disrespected perk how do we know that Klay Thompson didn’t want to leave how do we know he didn’t call the Warriors and say yo it’s time for me to go it ain’t about what they didn’t do it’s about him saying look I need a fresh start I need to go someplace else I’m watching Kinga play I’m watching P jimsky play I saw the pursuit of Paul George over the last few weeks who who’s the same age as me so it is entirely possible because that’s one of the things I’ve heard it’s entirely possible that Klay Thompson looked at the Warriors and said don’t bother I want to get up out of here and I’m hearing he’s going to Dallas I don’t think that’s an accident why would I be here and he’s going to Dallas because somehow someway he’s already let Golden State know look I don’t want to be here no more that could be it perk no but yeah that could be it now but that wasn’t it during the season or at the start of the season you don’t you think Klay Thompson wanted to leave Golden State you think he wanted to leave Steph Curry and Draymond Green you think he wanted to leave his boat that he take to the to the games and The Practice Facility every day no he had it was a lifestyle for Klay Thompson living in the Bay Area and I want to go back to Shannon point when you talk about Draymond getting his 100 million I mean at that point Draymond was averaging when he signed when he signed he was averaging like seven points seven rebounds seven assists I mean at was was that deserving of a 100 million I mean let’s be real here and I understand per that’s not what Draymond Green is measured by though you and I both know that Draymond Green is measured by this defense and his leadership I I know I know that defense and Leadership for 100 million I’m just saying he got rewarded for it right no matter if you want to because if we bringing up the numbers then what you just said Klay Thompson had one of his worst seasons at 39% shooting he still was one of the best Shooters in the game perk perk you can’t say ESPN come to you and say perk we got a three-year deal this is what we want to pay you you say no okay at the end of the year they go in a different direction you can’t say they disrespected you they came to clay at the beginning of the year offered him two years and 48 million does that does that not say now he’s about to have to play for the mid level which is about 12 to 13 how do you mean they didn’t want you oh hold on check this out but see what happened Boston gave holiday 4 years 135 he’s like hold on I’m pretty close to the same age if not younger than holiday I can still do some of the things holiday again perk you know how this go you and I both been professional athletes Stephen A you you covered this thing for three decades you start looking over there and you see a player that’s comparable and he get this kind of money well I already know they going to take care of your boy cuz I got four of these things and I’ve been Yad ya yada bro you can’t worry about how another team measure and treats their players I can only judge by how what ESPN does for me what fox what NBC CBS does for somebody else shanon sharp is not over there shanon Sharp’s right here and give me what I feel I would have taken it two years 24 million I would have taken it but that’s just me he turns it down they moving on he’s moving on what’s the problem hold real quick before you charm in and I’ll give you the last word on this just to elevate your point Shannon Klay Thompson and Drew holiday are both 34 years of age Klay Thompson turns 35 in February Drew turns 35 in June go ahead perk see it’s not but it’s not what you do Stephen A it’s how you do it all I’m saying is the way the way that this is happening right now this looks bad on the Golden State Warriors this separation or this divorce ain’t have to end ugly and then on top of that let me say this to you did you see what Dylan Brooks got the uh from the Houston Rockets I believe uh last off season he got four year I believe it was 4 year 80 million 4 year 80 million my thing my thing is is this I’ve been saying Klay Thompson need a fresh start but when we’re talking about Klay Thompson we’re talking about a guy that’s going to have a statue we’re talking about a guy that’s probably going into the Hall of Fame we’re talking about one one of the greatest Shooters to ever touch the basketball along with arguably the greatest backcourt ever to play the damn game of basketball the man deserve to be if you’re going to part ways it’s not what it’s not what you doing it’s how you do it that’s all I’m saying I ain’t saying they shouldn’t have parted ways but it right now this is ugly the way that is going and let me ask you this let me ask you this let ask you this both of y’all let me ask you this the Warriors lose and Clay did they get better I don’t think so but it remains to be seen it definitely is the case with Paul George with the clippers but it remains to be seen with the Golden State Warriors and here’s the deal perk Shannon was right they offered him 24 he wanted 35 per now he might get he might get 13 to 15 he getting more than that he getting more I I hope you’re right CU he deserves it I think T I think Klay Thomson Dan a shanon is a $25 million a year player minimum absolutely Stephen A you know what you know what you know I’m G at relationship per you married let’s just say OHA married and me and my wife I said babe we going to get a Hey Stephen A we get a divorce I said babe I got 35 million for you right now take it leave it she say no I’m GNA take your black you know what to court she go to court the judge give her five million how you going to turn around and say oh Shay deal a wrong I offered a 35 she didn’t take it we went to court she got five go to State offered him 24 per he turned it down how go to state do him wrong well well first first of all first of all if you’re getting a divorce you’re not going to your wife your ex-wife and say Bae I got 35 for you do that you ain’t doing that’s right sh you know you lying you know you’re lying if you had 35 you going to say you had 17 that’s what you going to do that’s what you going to do you know you know I got I got 250 for you babe I got 250 Lord let me cut this statement off right here for you get yourself in trouble we got to go to break coming up y’all coming up I told the one and only Shan and Shar to be hello for for for for for for for for spee for Fore for go on

FIRST TAKE | “Come to Dallas!” – Stephen A. on why Mavericks can sign Klay Thompson in free agency