This is an Absolute HEIST for the Warriors…

This is an Absolute HEIST for the Warriors…

This is an absolute heist for the Golden State Warriors as everyone’s been waiting for Mike Dunlevy to make a move, to make a change that will put this Warriors team back into championship contention. But the Warriors haven’t been able to resign Jonathan Kaminga, much less make any moves out here so far this off season. So that’s why this latest update is frankly gamechanging for Warriors fans and has a lot of people excited as we know how important it is to capitalize on the twilight years of having a generational talent like Steph Curry opening up that 2-year window with Jimmy Butler’s contract extension. How crucial it is to add elite talent to this group. And while it might not immediately play off due to injuries, this move, this update, this change, frankly, opens up that championship window if it ends up going down and comes at an absolute bargain. So, we’re going to break down what these latest updates are saying, why this is such a golden opportunity for the Golden State Warriors, and frankly, why I am very, very excited about these latest developments. We’ll dive into all that in this video, but folks, before we do, folks, we’re delivering daily, twice a day, three times a day. Arthur Randy been killing it out here on the channel and still over 75% of our viewers are not subscribed to the channel. So make sure you guys if you’re enjoying the daily Warriors coverage and don’t want to miss a single thing going on with this Warriors team, make sure you guys hit that subscribe button cuz frankly we’re going to keep delivering you all of the latest updates regarding this squad. But let’s dive into this one because frankly this is very very intriguing for Golden State Warriors fans as first things first. If you aren’t familiar, the Milwaukee Bucks waved Damen Lillard and stretched the remaining $113 million on his contract in order to acquire Miles Turner, sources tell ESPN. And basically, the reason this is the case, it’s not because Damen Lillard is trash or something along those lines. It’s because he tore Achilles out there in the playoffs. And the Bucks were desperate to make a move to make something happen. And if we talked about even a month ago, the thought process even though it’s Dame’s hometown, you know, Oakland, all that type of stuff, right? If we thought about this Damen Lillard coming to Golden State Warriors, it was a pipe dream. It was impossible. It just wasn’t going to happen. But now everything has changed with this buyout. And we had a report immediately drop following this Shams report saying that uh essentially Damen Lillard is elated with the Bucks decisions to wave and stretch him as he’ll be able to join a contending team of his choosing without the financial aspect uh playing a significant part. So looking at that, you say, okay, Damen Lord’s still going to, you know, the financial aspect is still going to play a part in terms of his next team. And it feels still unrealistic for the Golden State Warriors with Jonathan Kaminga signing incoming with the current cap that’s already on the Warriors books right now, paying uh, you know, Steph Curry, of course, you know, the $60 million per year annually. You sign that two-year deal with Jimmy Butler at the, you know, high50s number. You have Draymond Green on $20 million. in the new current cap era, it’s like, okay, even if Damen Lord wants a decent amount of money relative to what he’s worth, then uh you know, it’s really going to be impossible for him to land out there in Golden State, even if the financial aspect is less a part of the equation. But things have started to really really change in the past couple days with the biggest bombshell dropping today as essentially uh so the Celtics and the Warriors found themselves at the top of the list for Damen Lillard. So that is something that’s fairly new. the Damen Lawrence interested in coming here. The Celtics are also a team that’s seriously in contention, but the Warriors is hometown of course is uh you know an interesting place landing spot. So that’s all well and good. The financial aspect, no real developments out there on that front, but basically this is the big bombshell. This is the big game changer for Damen Lillard. There is reason to believe that Damen Lillard would be open to signing a minimum contract to join a contending team. And there you go. That is exactly what Mike Dunlevy needed to hear in terms of getting Damen Lillard out here on this group. Now, some people might be saying, “Hey, what’s going with Damen Lillard? He can’t play this season. What’s going on?” We’re looking at this Warriors team and they have made no moves. They have made no moves yet this off seasonason. Again, this core is still strong. There could be trades to be made. There’s stuff that still can happen in the short term to make this deal go down. But when you signed Jimmy Butler to that extension last season, when you look at that deal that Jimmy Butler brought in, it was you should win a championship in either 2025 2026 season or the 26 27 season. Those are the years. This is the window all the contracts come off the books following that season. That’s the year where you look at this group and say, “Hey, we are going all in on the next couple of seasons.” The the final years of Steph Curry. It’s, you know, weird to say like prime Steph Curry. It’s such late in his career. Of course, he’s dipped off a little bit, but he’s playing still such phenomenal basketball. These two seasons are the two seasons that you need to capitalize, cash in on the generational talent that you have out there on the roster. And frankly, the moves like the opportunities, the big fish swings, the Giannises, all of that type of stuff, it didn’t happen here right now this off season. There was an opportunity for Mike Dun Levy to strike, to make a big move made. And of course, Jonathan Kaminga played a part in that. And those are all things to factor in consideration. But you have an opportunity now. You have an opportunity to You see that window? There’s year two on that window. You have an opportunity to bring in a guy that this season, everyone calls him washed, averaged 25 points per game, five rebounds, seven assists per night for the Milwaukee Bucks this season. Yes, he’s 34, but his game will age like fine wine despite the Achilles, despite the injuries and all that type of stuff. Shoots 38% of the three-point line, 39% out there on corner threes. Again, we’ve seen the best shooting back court in NBA history out here on this Warriors team for years with Steph Curry, with Klay Thompson out there, and then of course, you know, Katie out there. We’ve seen generational shooting teams out there in these Warriors rosters for years. Steph Curry and Damen Lillard would be different. I’m not saying we better, of course, like Prime, Clay, Prime, Steph, you know, the fit is there. it’s elite and all that stuff, but Damen Lillard provides something similar to Steph in regards to gravity in terms of like how people have to guard him. Damen Lillard off the dribble is just, you know, it’s one and two. One and two for off the dribble movement, three-point shooters in NBA history, it’s Steph Curry number one, Damen Lillard number two. Of course, you know, in terms of pure shooting, like Klay Thompson has to get involved, get all these types of guys, but adding Damen Lillard into the mix on that final season, so you bring him in for the minimum this year. So it doesn’t affect your cap. It doesn’t affect anything that’s going on here now at this point. And then you have the opportunity to go allin with a lineup with Steph Curry, with Damen Lloyd, with Jimmy Butler, with Draymond Green out here on the mix. Hopefully within the next year, you can find a really, really solid center out there in this group. Assuming Jonathan Kaminga is coming back, right? You have some Elite Buddy Heel. You have Pajki, who I know the comment sections always polarized by. you have an opportunity to build the foundations of a team that in 2026, 2027, you are going for that home run swing. You are going all out in terms of making something happen for this Warriors team. I’m not saying, you know, again, there’s question marks with older age, injury, and stuff and all that, but I’m going to bet on Steph Curry. I’m going to bet on, you know, Jimmy Ber coming in, Draymond Green. These guys just coming in, being locked in, focused. Health is the only real concern here at this point. But I mean, if you’re you have the opportunity to bring a debut lord of the bid of him and then extend him or sign him to a contract for that just 2026 2027 season at an extended amount and then you know let all those contracts expire if they’re not working get resign if they’re all playing like fine agent like fine wine and playing into their primes and stuff like that. This is an opportunity that is impossible to pass up and even though Mike Dunlevy has passed up on a lot of things over the course of this off season and moves that can happen. Sure. We haven’t even seen Al Horford get signed by this Warriors team, which I imagine will happen here now in the coming days. This is an opportunity that you do not pass on. This is an opportunity that you jump head first in, especially if it doesn’t handcuff you with the cap. Defense, you’ll figure it out. You’ll figure it out out there. This team, you got to figure it out. That’s why you’re getting paid the big bucks out there in the front office. But if you can add that much shooting and that much championship poise regards to, you know, with Draymond Green, with Steph Curry, adding Jimmy Butler’s mentality out there in this group, the way he impacted this team and not having the scoring load on that, you have Jimmy Butler as your third option. That’s a team that I’m betting on. That’s a team I’m betting on in the 2026 2027 season to be very, very good. And I don’t know who’s going to stop that offense. So, let me know what you guys think about all this in the comments section down below. Do you want to see the Warriors go after Damen Lillard? Let me know in the comment section. You guys the best make this far. Subscribe to the channel if you guys haven’t already. Anyways, I’m signing out.

The Golden State Warriors have a golden opportunity on their hands right now, as there is a major update regarding Damian Lillard being interested in joining the team, and doing so on an absolute bargain contract. Ben Rogers breaks down the reports and what they mean for the Warriors.
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