Klay Thompson MOVING ON? 😦 Warriors’ outlook + Paul George to 76ers a good fit? | Get Up

Klay Thompson MOVING ON? 😦 Warriors’ outlook + Paul George to 76ers a good fit? | Get Up

is hilarious just so y’all know I laugh when jackon I logged on here and Jackson’s like yo so what about clay I’m like what like what happened it’s like oh he unfollowed the Warriors I think that’s comical um I know you all be one like somebody feelings to be heard of something it ain’t that ain’t never GNA be that that’s hilarious so I don’t follow that I mean what what then what is it like if if you if it’s not that if he’s not unhappy or whatever the case may be then why would he have unfollowed the Warriors it it does seem as though there is a direct effect between those two things to me yeah I think what draymond’s trying to say is draymond’s feelings aren’t hurt from clay unfollowing the Warriors un I think draymond’s like if you want me to say I’m upset about clay unfollowing the Warriors unfollowing people he’s not upset which I think adds another layer to this situation so Clay’s unfollowing the Warriors Draymond who we know has had different things going on with his own teammates and we know he’s not going anywhere draymond’s like I don’t care that clay unfollowed all of us so that adds another layer klay’s unhappy Draymond doesn’t care that he’s unhappy so now what happens is this a thing I I think Dre cares that he’s unhappy I just think I don’t think Dre wants to make it a bigger deal I think it comes down to with the second apron with where they are and when you can speak more to the economics of that in that regard but you have Andrew Wiggins you have Steph Curry are you going through a rebuild there’s a reason I I keep saying this there is a reason why Bob Myers is on NBA Countdown okay there’s a reason why my former teammate is now the general manager of the Golden State Warriors this time everybody knew what’s coming and Klay Thompson’s going to want the money at the level he wants some money the question is is his play correlating to the money he wants I don’t think it is anymore so do you make the a decision in the best interest of the team to move forward with Steph and to try to surround him at this juncture of his career with championship contending pieces you do that by not signing clay to the number he wants what Wendy what I mean what should I make of this it’s very basic it’s a negotiation the negotiation is on if Draymond was a free agent he would be doing stuff on his podcast you know you know sub tweeting and all that stuff I think the key here is it’s not just the amount of money it’s the amount of years so this is the same thing with Paul George kawh Leonard took less than the max but the key I think for Paul was he took three years not the max which could be five I think Paul George wants five or at least four to be sure clay maybe will I mean he’s going to have to take a pay he’s coming down but how many years can he get because Andrew Wiggins took a pay cut but he got four years Draymond took a pay cut but he got 4 years that’s the thing I would not freak out I would if I was a Warriors fan I wouldn’t overreact to this but I do think the negotiation season has absolutely started question even if you do sign clay back are you a contender in the west like you clay he averages 18 points and shoots 40% from three or so that type of player is worth a lot of money I I agree with you I’m just asking for plent of value in him first of all the unfollow is him announcing I’m a free agent that I’m going to be listening to other teams that’s just a passive aggressive way to let you know I’m going into the market of course it’s Petty we love Petty though we love Petty there’s nothing passive about it actually the aggressive way is like what we remember is you stand in front of a Podium say trade me right now like that’s that’s the aggressive way the passive aggressive is we just do onefile and let everybody else figure it out right but I also think for Klay Thompson he’s got to come like come to a realization of where he is in his career and maybe the Warriors are seeing him and this could be part of it too as let’s transition you into a six-man of the Year candidate and maybe that’s a better role for going forward and of course commiserate to how much we’re going to pay you right so for whatever that’s worth I mean you’re going to give four years to a player who’s 34 multiple surgeries that that’s one of the decisions that they have to make now you mentioned Paul George so I hope everyone was watching this but the other night Paul George has been you know on the set for countdown with our whole crew there and the other night embiid is there and they’re asking embiid about the offseason in Philadelphia and This Magnificent moment ensued I can’t stand them I hate Boston you know great City great fans uh you know obviously they got some great players but he he hurts me a lot so hopefully you know this off season we find a way to get better and you know add some kisses and uh that’s Paul George he’s looking at to be clear we didn’t see it in that CLI Paul George PA was so tight Paul was like just no don’t make eye contact don’t make eye contact you were there right I mean so here’s some context that was not planned Joel embiid showed up Tim bontemps who covers the Sixers for us all the time saw him in the tunnel like hey what are you doing blah hey well you want to go on countdown bontemps booked him and brought him onto the set okay so I I know that there’s like this like by the way congrats to our producers said get that man a microphone so Paul George didn’t know he was coming it wasn’t some sort of grand plan just sort of happen if you want to blame somebody blame bonm but I it didn’t take that little you know look to to know that the Sixers were going to come after I won’t do that but I will say this what what is what is interesting to me is that the Clippers are very aware that somebody is going to offer him a four-year Max contract whether it’s 76ers or the magic or a team could even trade for him because there’s another thing with Paul George I want to point out he has an option in his contract this is known as the Chris Paul move where you come to the team and say I’m either going to sign with this team over here or you’re going to pick I’m going to pick up my option and you’re going to trade me there so even if you don’t have cap space a team for example underline for example like the New York Knicks okay if they wanted Paul George they could say you can come to us we will trade for you you don’t have to sign them out right Clippers know all this is going to go on and yet they’re still not making this offer they’re still not doing to do this and so again if you get to July 1 and the Clippers have done this and they’re going to play hard ball that’s when you know he’s truly going to be in the market I I suspect the Clippers read at least on June 17th is that they don’t think he’s actually they’re calling his bluff that they don’t actually think he’s going to leave his hometown of LA to go to Philly or Orlando or something like that he’s also 34 by the way he he and Klay Thompson both at the same age what do you think of this Paul George to Philly does that make them a championship team should someone like the Knicks be involved in this what do you think Drea well I think Paul George could fit with the Knicks because they need three-point shooting they need knock down three-point Shooters but when I think about him with Philly I had the Clippers earlier this season when I was doing NBA slideline and the one thing Paul George told me he said some of our guys like to play certain ways like James Harden likes pick and roll actions and he said I like to play in Randomness I like to be creative I like to play fast I like to play with Pace when I think about Tyrese Maxi pushing the ball in transition kicking it to Paul George so he can play in Randomness playing off of Joel embiid and also catch and shoot threes Philly was 25th in the league in catch and shoot threes Paul George hit those at 45% this season so he feels an immediate need for Philly and I do see him fitting really well with the pace that Maxi plays with and the way that he likes to play he being Paul George look the Celtics have some decisions to make on Derek white obviously Jason Tatum’s going to get paid a lot there’s a lot of second apron penalties that come along with them being over the cap like I I think Paul George makes Joel embiid a contender for a world championship and shout out to Joel embiid I know we’re missing we’re talking Paul George here on the low hanging fruit like I I love how he always incites conversation like this and for a guy that hasn’t been to the Easter Conference Finals that understands all that I love that he stated he hates Boston I want to see rivalries Nick named himself Trel I love it so this is what he does uh and and then Alan back to you as my resident Nick’s person here Wendy just said there’s a way the Knicks could trade for him some might look at him and say if he was on the floor and healthy which of course for the Knicks nobody was they might be playing right now what do you think well I know that last summer they did actually try to trade for him at least had discussions about trying to trade for him it was the extension part that really was the end of the conversation but they they have been interested in Paul George and he would be a by way another player who could in theory negotiate and get a contract done within hours of the end of the finals is OG anobi yep let’s keep an eye on that most people believe that anobi will stay with New York but there have been indications that he may want to test the market because he’s not thrilled with what the Nick I’ve heard I’ve heard that internally as well okay we’re going to get to that as we continue [Music] [Applause] [Music] NBA is

On Get Up, Andraya Carter, Brian Windhorst, Jay Williams and Alan Hahn join Mike Greenberg to discuss Klay Thompson’s future after publicly disowning the Golden State Warriors on social media before speaking on Joel Embiid’s surprise appearance on NBA Countdown with Paul George.

0:00 Klay Thompson departing Warriors?
1:54 Warriors better or worse without Klay?
3:49 Joel Embiid on NBACD
5:03 Pairing Paul George & Embiid?

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