What Bob Myers would tell Klay Thompson about his future with the Warriors 👀 | NBA Today

What Bob Myers would tell Klay Thompson about his future with the Warriors 👀 | NBA Today

What’s going to happen this summer is that Klay Thompson is going to have a choice right Brian right so Klay Thompson’s going to have a choice he the Warriors are probably going to offer him less money to stay and he could take less money to stay in Golden State or he

Could leave make more money and go elsewhere because he is still a very very good player both for Golden State and other places but if he leaves that way that will be received much much differently in my opinion than if Golden State were to trade Klay Thompson I

Don’t even think it’s consideration I think they got 15 things on their plate that they’re looking at and trading clay ain’t w I think they got much bigger things that they got that they’re trying trying to deal with like what I I honestly you know Wiggins had one of his best games

He’s played the season last night right you know what you’re hoping for is how can we get him to keep doing that how can we get Chris Paul back he was working out before the game last night I was watching some of his workouts on our ESPN cameras he’s getting back like

That’s what they got to try to do they’re trying they’re trying perk they’re trying Richard you know that’s what they’re doing everybody’s trying try to go to go on the diet every damn day trying is a lot getting it done but getting it done getting it done and holding

Yourself accountable is another thing so I’m going to go down the the the road right now do you have Golden State in the title contention do yes or no do you Malika do you win yes or no yes or yes or okay do you so what are we talking

About since we’re talking about Steph Curry my point is when we talk about Steph Curry we saying you have to build around him because we put Steph Curry in the same conversation as LeBron James when we talk about where they at and how they always competing for titles and all

I’m saying is LeBron is going to speak up whether there subliminal messages passive aggressive messages whatever direct messages Steph has to do the same thing okay perk I am in agreement with you that the players that they currently have they are not a championship Contender I agree that they have a big

Decision with Klay Thompson coming up I 100% agree the only thing that complicates this is not necessarily Clay’s Legacy in my opinion that is already solidified we know he is a legend he’s an NBA legend so that’s not the issue the issue is how do you take

Clay and the pieces around and put players around one of the greatest players that we have ever seen that not necessarily Championship that gets them in the postseason with a with a with a puncher’s chance to be able to go and win some playoff series that is the

Biggest issue right now and they’re dealing with multiple issues that’s what that’s why I’m agreeing with you it’s just amazing to me though and if you’re a Warriors fan to have an owner that’s willing to spend $400 million on a team that’s 11th and not telling Mike Dy Jr

Or anybody we have to cut money that’s pretty unprecedented in this NBA in the modern NBA because what it tells you uh Malika is that they think they’re good enough you heard what Steve Cur said that he thinks this team can do something special when healthy um they

Have been healthy at times and had a couple good runs but they’ve also had some bad stretches so I guess much like the Lakers this team feels like if we’re going to do something and something needs to be done it’s not going to be now it’s going to be basically uh in the

Off season and that’s not a bad strategy the people that would be critical of that would say what about Steph what about Steph Curry and the Counterpoint to that would be if you’re in that front office is well who we supposed to get the opportunity for sakam for an noji

Anobi um are gone so if you look at it now and you say well who’s the best player on the market Deontay Murray is that the best player I don’t think he moves the needle a tremendous amount for the Warriors I don’t think a lot of

People um would believe that as well so you’re here um and again some of these teams are saying this is what we’re going to be because we don’t like our optionality or maybe they Tred to kick the tires on what w reported which is oen and some other guys I don’t I don’t

Think that would have changed their world either so I don’t see a lot 18 minutes 37 36 seconds maybe some small stuff yeah it’s coming down uh Bob I got a question for you perk and I have been arguing for the last uh two hours uh about two years about trade about

Trading clay you understand this like he had opportunity to resign him um you’ve been in the front office for so many years when you have a player that you feel like might be playing below his capability some of it could be the contract how do you kind of weigh that

With a player like clay a legacy player who’s struggling in my opinion because of other things but also maybe because he’s getting older how do you handle something like that or how have you handled that in the past it’s hard you played you both played um you’re more facing your own

Mortality um you know you can both relate to it I imagine I can’t but I’ve seen it with players is that’s a huge adjustment for you RJ when you were playing to decide I’m gonna go to Cleveland and play with LeBron and change everything about my game to still

Be effective so there’s a there’s an Reflection Point in every player’s career where they say the way I used to do it doesn’t work anymore now if you’re the Warriors and you’re talking about trading him look it’s a cut throw business I don’t think there’s any desire to trade Klay Thompson but if

There was some great deal you gota that’s part of the thing you got to look at I don’t think the Warriors see a great deal and Klay Thompson has been effective at many times they still think he can play better than he’s played and the idea of trading Klay Thompson would

Be so disruptive to that team just the locker room um the whole the the whole infrastructure of Warriors would would make a huge pivot a huge change and I don’t think they feel like there’s any reason to do that um again if there was some awesome automatic deal it’s a

Business right I mean the only guy that probably would withstand is curry he’s not getting moved everybody knows that everybody understands it um but the idea of just trading clay for a lateral move does I don’t think it makes sense I don’t think they think it makes sense

Well well Bob I’m glad you answered that question from the general manager mind of Bob Mayers but people forget that before you was a GM you were actually a agent and Bob you were my agent so if you were clay agent if you were Clay’s agent right now what would you be

Telling clay because again I feel like this this is Clay last opportunity to get his bag the big bag that he’s actually searching for and so if you’re his agent what is your advice to Klay Thompson yeah those were good days perk remember we had some good times together

Uh in agent talk about it off air but but look um I would call him and say what do you want clay do you want to be moved and that happens more than people understand the agent oftentimes people will be clamoring and saying trade this guy trade that guy and the agent will

Call and say hey what do you want oftentimes the player says I don’t want to deal with getting traded I don’t want I got my kids in school I got family I don’t want to find a new house I don’t I just want to finish out the season here

I I believe strongly Klay Thompson is sending messages not that he needs to that he doesn’t want to be traded so when you talk about money perk the question would be are you okay going into the offseason without an extension which it seems like it’ll happen for

Clay and then it’s do you feel like you’d rather finish out this year somewhere else don’t think clay he said last night no reason doesn’t want to do that so then all you can do as Clay’s representative is say hey look finish out the best you can if you finish well

The more the Warriors are more inclined to pay you as are other teams um so that’s how I would look at it um whether it’s Clay or any player is get the feedback from the player I’m sure that’s happening all across the league agent saying how bad do you want out and some

Players perker saying get me out of here I do not want to be here they’re not going to pay me I’m not playing enough this team ain’t going anywhere Klay Thompson I I imagine a scenario where he might get through the end of the season and even say I’d rather finish here and

Give up some money the guys made I don’t know what three 300 million I don’t $250 million something something 200 million I I mean I’m always amazed that players this is going to sound bad you got to tell me RJ or perk that players don’t sometimes take less money with the

Amount of money I mean RJ you made a ton of money perk I got you a lot of money I hope you sa it wearing Bob yeah no no look and Bob and Bob I will say this he Bob was the first player I played with him my 12th

Year before they traded me off to Utah and Bob you were the first uh like person to ask me how much longer do you want to play like you asked me that in my exit me and that was the first time I started questioning my mortality as a

Player it’s like okay I have a decision to make and yes I have taken less money to stay in places I have said you want to offer me more money I don’t want to go and help young players I don’t want to go do that I got offered more money

To stay in Dallas before I ultimately moved to Cleveland and it just depends on what you want for a player like clay who’s won all the Championships he’s a first ballot Hall of Famer maybe he’s like I want the bag or maybe he’s like hey I will take less money to stay here

And finish my career and be one of the few players that can start and finish your career but it’s going to mean he’s got to take less money his Market to the cat or to to Warriors is different than his market value and Creation

What Bob Myers would tell Klay Thompson about his future with the Warriors 👀 | NBA Today
Bob Myers, Michael Wilbon, Richard Jefferson, Brian Windhorst and Kendrick Perkins join Malika Andrews on NBA Today to discuss the outlook for the Golden State Warriors.
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