Klay Thompson & the Warriors feels like a BREAK UP 😟 ‘There’s hurt feelings there’ – RC | Get Up

Klay Thompson & the Warriors feels like a BREAK UP 😟 ‘There’s hurt feelings there’ – RC | Get Up

legs Paul George is the missing Championship piece for the Sixers fact or fiction I’m going to say fiction the reason I’m saying that is because that’s an oversimplification of the problem it’s not just add Paul George and here we go we’re going to win a championship okay first of all you still got to deal with the Boston Celtics in Eastern Conference but to me the bigger issue for the Sixers continues to be can we get Joel embiid 100% healthy on April 15th ready for a two-month run that’s the biggest issue facing the Sixers there’s a lot of issues facing the Sixers right now they need to make a deep playoff run Austin Donovan Mitchell should commit to the Cavs after the signing of Kenny Aon fact uh Kenny has a history of being able to develop guards as you know we saw some of the best years of DLo lebert who’s also on the Cavs right now under him and listen the grass isn’t always greener you know there’s situations out there that could possibly fit Donovan better but he’s got Garland he’s got Moy he’s got good players around him a good Supporting Cast this is the team that if they can improve in some you know small areas can make even a farther push next postseason Donovan Mitchell is one of those Stars that I think gets forgotten sometimes because of the places he’s played legs easy one for you the Warriors should let clay walk I’m going to say fiction and I know that might not be the best answer in terms of from a business standpoint of of trying to make this organization relevant around Steph Curry but I just think some guys with what they have done for an organization over the course of their career deserve that right and now listen if he wants to leave that’s a totally different conversation I think the Warriors in that in that case would uh Aces to him yeah I don’t know it’s always difficult to see these franchise players in different jerseys but Mike Dunley spoke yesterday about Klay Thompson and the possibility of him leaving or bringing him back we want him back I think we said that all along hopefully he’ll come back but to say like a guy like Klay Thompson who’s meant so much to this franchise to completely strip the emotion away from it um I think that’s almost impossible uh but you know this is a business Zach listening to Mike Dunley do you think the war should let Klay Thompson leave it it sounds like they’re emotionally prepared for the possibility and I think there’s some hurt feelings on both sides that need to be mended for this reunion to take place um we’re going to know a lot on Friday June 28th there’s a deadline for Chris Paul’s contract to become guaranteed for $30 million or or for the Warriors to essentially wave him in between now and then the Warriors can work to find trades for Chris Paul that bring back somebody who can help their team if they bring in another high- pric player it just becomes financially very difficult for them to keep this whole team together they don’t want to pay this gigantic tax bill for a team that struggles just to make the playoffs and Clay look everybody needs shooting he can fit anywhere it’s just a matter of like who has the money and the means to go get him and give him a role that he wants I look at Denver for instance if cavius cwell Pope leaves Denver is that a fit for Klay Thompson but they might not be able to get to anything above the little baby mid-level exception which is $5 million is that enough for clay what’s his priority going to be money winning going back to Golden State romantically my romantic Soul wants these three dudes to play together forever we don’t always get what we want Austin the question about emotion right all these things are personal they always talk about it’s strictly business how much does emotion play into these negotiations with Klay Thompson it plays a big part just due to the history and the success that he’s had there in that organization when you look at someone like clay and everything that he’s been through the highs the Lowes the slumps uh the the the dynamic performances he’s been through it all there um you know he obviously unfollowed the Warriors the other day which was a whole thing within itself you don’t do something without emotionally having uh you know but that’s like a breakup no that’s what I’m saying he feels something there’s something there obviously there’s obviously a dialogue already going on numbers probably being thrown out there that he’s not okay with he feels uh you know disrespected just by everything that he’s probably done for the organization you can already see even in Dunley be’s tone they’re preparing for the possibility of him possibly leaving you know it would be a sad thing to see I think as a player in today’s day who’s moved around a lot I was a journeyman we see in modern day NBA all these players move around it is really cool to see a guy play one place his entire career have rings there this is a guy who’s probably going to have a statue there one day alongside Steph Jersey definitely would be hung hopefully he stays p l how do how does that conversation go when you talk about what clay has done for the organization and his options he should have it’s tough because when you there there are players that have been in this boat before and it almost feels more like from the organization standpoint a career Achievement Award than it does you what you’re expecting future production to be right and guys sometimes fall into this category because they’re in that in between phase of their games problem with Clay right now is like the the drop off was so dramatic in terms of his inability to make shots at that consistent rate that we were used to that’s when the Warriors are starting to wonder about the number is he going to be unreasonable about the number or or about his role and if either of those things like he’s holding on to with a great deal of Pride it might Force the warriors’s hand in that situation so I think right now you’re trying to get to a place where I think the mutual respect kicks back in and you can find a number in a role that Klay Thompson’s comfor from a roster standpoint what should the Warriors do to feel the best team this year well look the bottom line is this people want to talk about Steph Curry and the Golden State war is contending I just don’t think that’s going to happen if you run it back I don’t think you can run it back with this core and think that that’s going to happen in the Western Conference uh so you have to build around the margin Zack and I don’t know what exactly that means and what that looks like who they get rid of who they jettison off what they replace it with to stay competitive around Steph Curry who’s still playing at at an elite level so our last memory of Klay Thompson is 0 of 10 in a in a must-win game right he did shoot 40% on threes for like the last 40 50 games of the season the dude can still shoot he can’t defend like he used to and here’s the reality for the Warriors as long as Curry is there they have an obligation to try to win to try to contend the question is does clay help that goal enough to hold back a little bit Moses Moody and kaminga and pky and all the players they need to start playing more to transition to the next era and can you build a championship contending team with Steph and those guys getting more minutes it’s a really hard puzzle to solve and Clay may not be a part of it anymore and that’s just the reality we’ll see what the money is and how it works but he can still the dude can still shoot absolutely and Klay Thompson was such a huge part of the championship run of the Golden State Warriors [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

On Get Up, Zach Lowe, Tim Legler and Austin Rivers join Ryan Clark play Fact or Fiction with the Philadelphia 76ers and Cleveland Cavaliers before discussing how the Golden State Warriors should handle Klay Thompson ahead of free agency.

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