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I'm going to start with the live show from New York that he is going to lead with Derek White, do it, he has a good contract with the sub, good extension, yeah, everyone else is making moves and I don't know why the champions don't stay . champions, this guy is really suddenly going to act like it's a big deal, it's unbelievable. He could buy the Celtics if

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go well. Oh yes, they are for sale. Did you see that Brew Celtics is for sale? Wild Bill Simmons are I'm going to throw, get a wallberg in there. I had some wallers this weekend.

It looked like I was going to get to the lake or the Mavericks and look, I said Friday. The Lakers are going to look for clay. I thought it would be a great move for them, but for clay. I like this better, Dallas is closer. I'm sure he wants some payback with the Warriors, right? And what better way to do it than to win ring number five somewhere else, so I think Dallas has a much better chance than the Lakers. He would have been a good third guy with Ad and LeBron, but they're ready and I like what he's done this offseason getting Quinton Grimes, which is more three-point shooting, obviously, Klay gives him three-point shooting with Kyrie and Luca now.

I wonder if they'll play a little different next year, but with Kyrie and Luca, two ball-dominant guys, you need a guy that can score in bunches without having the ball much, obviously that's Klay Thompson, he averaged 18 points and 39 %. shoot from three, so everyone wants to act like he did it and he didn't, so this is a big move for them, giving them more senior leadership. I like what they're building around Luca, like you have Kyrie, who won the championship. I have Clay who has won several championships. He can even talk to Luca about how to defend even if you're not going to be a great blocking defender.

Steph talked a lot about this just to get in the right position. He can help Luca with all of that, so this. It's a fantastic move, I mean, it fits perfectly and I remember, I think I talked to you about it years ago. Brew, it could have been when before the lak, when LeBron went to the Lakers before they got Anthony Davis and we were like us. We were talking about the perfect fits with LeBron James and the ad was one of them and Klay Thompson was one of the

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guys we mentioned, not that he's the best player in the league even before the injuries, but as far as to fit well, there is no player in the league who plays offensively is as similar to LeBron as Luca does and now they have a lesser version again, but they have Klay Thompson to detect triples.

You know if you were on the Mavs they would spoon-feed you. leaders and even after the injury he catches and shoots triples Clay is one of the best in the league. I understand his last game with the Warriors. He's 0 for 10. It was a sad performance, but in the second half of last year he played much better than he did in the

first

half. first half, so the Mavs I really like it. I am baffled by Rob Pinka's complete inability to do anything. You had a scenario where a week ago I thought they made a good draft pick, but The thing is you have to pick someone and that's not landing a plane, I mean, he fell to it and again I think it was a smart choice and I also give words of praise, but you have a scenario in which the best player of his generation.

In my opinion, the greatest player of all time says: you know what, I'll take a pay cut? You have a scenario where a player clearly wants to hit up his former team in Golden State. The Lakers are closer to the Warriors' rivals than the Mavs. and even if the Mavs are closer to being a contender, the Lakers beat them in the last playoff series, they were on their dad's broadcasts of the games and they are in, they are in the water, they are, they are, they are, they have, they have, all those

things

all those things go in your favor and I understand people like California state taxes.

Clay's used to it, yes, maybe he's tired, but the state taxes thing goes down a little hot. I get it, but I don't think it's the deciding factor if you said it right before it went on the air and maybe you said it in your opening speech? I'm not sure about Nico Harrison, man, he's doing a great job. Nico Harrison ABS arrives in Dallas and starts making moves where he can. margins swooping in on Kyrie Irving If only there was a place where we knew the star wanted Kyrie Irving hires Jason, if only there was a place where we knew the star wanted Jason, this stuff and now Klay Thompson you can't land that plane.

I'm happy for Clay and I don't hold a grudge against him for this, but how many times are we going to hear that the Lakers are involved in something and then the front office couldn't do it and this shouldn't have been it? That's how hard Klay Thompson prefers to go to Dallas over the Lakers, what is Rob Pinka supposed to do? I mean, it's not like you can offer a ton more money, but isn't that, in part, a general manager's percentage point to sell your team to a potential coach or a potential free agent is that, but at how much? sell I mean, if I say, look, they had the opportunity to win the championship than you.

I don't care what you say, it's not like you can offer me twice. but if that's just where Clay wanted to be then why does Nico get the credit? You said Nico is doing a great job if if you get the credit then take the credit away from him no but seriously all I'm saying is if I want to go somewhere. Otherwise I don't care what you tell me, I'm on my own unless you can give me a bunch more money. I'm just saying I don't think you can crush Pinka, oh he couldn't get clay, clay, I want. going to Dallas so again that last part if it is if it was reported that from the moment that clay could leave Golden State that oh he has his eyes on the Mavericks that's where he'll go this came up quickly.

I don't want to say that out of nowhere people thought magic was a possibility, people thought Oklahoma City or Philadelphia were a possibility, something happened and all of a sudden Dallas became their preferred destination for me, that's a sign of a good front office which is I don't think they like it that much I don't think there was any magical meeting where they oh God really where Clay was I never thought about that wow thanks Nico you're giving me and Lebron called him yeah Le I I mean, Why aren't you looking at Le? Lebron couldn't include the plan that he called Clay.

LeBron is not the general manager, yes, but he took it upon himself to call him. That's my point, even with the help of LeBron James with Danny Hurley and with Klay Thompson, they can't get their guy, but that wasn't enough for Clay, so maybe Clay would rather play with him and if that's it, that's right, so be the point where I now have the belief and maybe I will be. bad, maybe they end up getting DeMar Rosen or maybe and then everything will be fine, but I think we're going to end up with LeBron not taking a pay cut because they have no one to give the money to and that's a failure. of something or that is an organizational failure and then I listen.

If Clay's number one goal is to win a championship, I think the Mavs are there. I think the Mavs with Clay are in a better position than the Lakers, they are in a better position. in Orlando Oh, I'm in Orlando, so that means, okay, look, there's an argument, yeah, maybe I didn't want to go all the way east, who knows, but there were a lot of things about me that you made fun of before the show. and then maybe here I also think you had a real Michael Thompson nostalgia angle, his team being the one I thought was a chip that could work in his favor maybe you wouldn't agree with me, I just don't think it's a big chip I think and I'm sure Nico is doing a great job, but if he says yes, I just talked to LeBron like, oh yeah, did he talk to you about how he got bounced in the first round as we were heading to the finals? and we think we can go further if we have you, okay, that's done like clay, it's about winning, it's not about, you're leaving a fade, a championship roster that's fading, you're joining another roster of championship. that is fading, he will try to fight and get into the play unless it is a lot of money, which he already has money, let's not ignore human nature, if I were in Klay Thompson's place, I want to hit him to the Warriors, he would You paid Draymond, you paid Wiggins.

You won't pay me. I totally agree with going to the Lakers and going out in the first or second round. It's not rewarding the Warriors to go to Dallas and win a championship. Now you have one more. I'm not saying I have beef with Stephen Draymond. but now you have one more than them, that's huge. I agree, what else do you have? No, I just thought about the Warriors part, that's another one that I thought was an advantage for the Lakers over Dallas, yeah, because I think I watch the Lakers and Warriors game on Christmas. The Lakers and Warriors played in the playoffs.

The Lakers and the Warriors there is a real LeBron ST and there is a California LeBron ST. you're trying to stick it to the Warriors teaming up with your guys generational rival is sticking it to him sticking it to Stephan sticking to Ste heavyweight fight with no title belts on the line it's like what battle like where are the belts? we don't really have any Bel, that's fair, that's fair, but you get what I mean about the Lakers Warriors feeling like a thing in a way that the Warriors Mavs. I agree that there are no Mavs Warriors.

Maybe it will certainly be that way. Still, on clay he wins a championship, it's incredible and, suddenly, he's a guy with five points. Up what he certainly gets in that new top 75? Okay, so now let's talk about the Golden State Splash Brothers, now a stranger on clay will be wearing a Dallas jersey the next time we see him after almost 1,000 games with the Warriors. This trio Draymond Steph and Clay conclude their career. Six appearances in finals. Four titles. 720 games together. the official end of the Warriors, yeah, I mean, it's certainly the end of an era, I mean, because these are their championships even with Kevin Durant there because he was there, obviously, just for the two of them.

This is Steph Clay and Draymond Step and Clay, the best backyard ever. Mark Jackson said it was the best shot on defense early in his career and they became the best defense of all time, so in that sense it's the end of an era. I think the Warriors are still going to try to make some moves. Lar Marinin is out there from Utah I love that I love that too I would love to I don't see how they can get it but hey it's going to be different you're right he fits the bill if they can get it and even if they get it I think you know I think I have No I know if I don't I have a Chart on the tears later, but not for this one, but I think there's a gra that's coming, I think, um, they're basically where they were last year, they're fighting to make the postseason, which which includes playing not only the actual playoffs but also playing at 10 and 11, yes there are a lot and by the way I also saw the marketing thing but I also saw this weekend that they could have gotten LaVine and they said not because to me just because of Chris Paul or Wiggin Right and then a little salary padding, that to me indicates that Joe Lob was telling the truth that his number one goal is not to get under the apron but to stay under the tax and that this is over now.

I don't see this as the end of the end. We can know what is the beginning of the end. it was the beginning of the end it was this moment right here uh before they played a single game in the defense of their title this as history will tell it was the beginning of the end for the Warriors we just didn't know it yet but that's how it was and nothing was right since then, that year, you know, they tried to deal with it and then they quietly went out in the second round against LeBron and the Lakers, then next year we don't have to keep playing this next year, um, they deal with more nonsense related to Draymond and are now separated.

One of my biggest takeaways from this deal was wait, what were the Warriors willing to offer to clay like this? Josh or d. Can someone tell me to remind me in my ear what Malik did? Well, I thought about it. It was two years 48 million, so, but Malik monk? I'm out of my head. I thought he got four for 78, but maybe I'm wrong. It's four times 78. Well, then the war is 19.5 million a year three. for 50 from Dallas, I understand that state taxes are 16.7 a year, the Warriors were not willing to give money to the monk Klay Thompson Malik, I understand that they would not give him a Max I I, but there was no one like, well, man like you, you're the second or The third most important player in franchise history, Steph, is still here.

We paid Draymond, who's been crazy like there, and for them to point out to me that this wasn't just a "we can't afford you," it was a "we are." Turning the page, we as a franchise are turning the page and we can't completely turn it with Steph Clay and Draymond all here, so we're not going to, we're not going to equalize in a world where Haren Stein is worth 87 and listen. I understand that the different position of the younger players is not apples to apples, but apparently there was no loyalty bonus for clay, which is perhaps a good thing.business, but he indicated to me that the

warriors

had finished as if the

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were turning around.

Can I ask you one? Brew asks so we spent the last five minutes like okay palinka couldn't land the plane uh Lebron made the call couldn't land the plane are you surprised? I'm going to be a two-way brother, choose your question, are you surprised? that stephno threw his body in front of this and do you think this will affect this trio that has been together for so long and had their maximum points? Do you think eliminating one part of the trio negatively affects the other two guys? That's a great, great question. questions um, I'm not going to blame Steph for not jumping in and saying, hey, you have to keep Clay because it's not like keeping Clay will make them a championship contender, and I'm not saying that Steph is okay with him leaving.

Oh. I'm sure he'd want it there, but I'm Steph, he probably also wants to do everything he can to get back to a championship level and I think the best thing he can do is probably just stay out front. away from it because it would just be emotional, it would just be sentimental if they gave up Clay, we'd be saying they're better than them, I mean, they, he's better than nothing, you know, that's what they have now, but I'm just. Saying that, the second part, Draymond and I, I don't know what his relationship with Clay was, but when he laughed on the podcast, do you remember when Clay unfollowed him on social media and all that?

That shows that I believe Draymond. It seems like he will be fine moving forward. I think Steph will be upset as long as Draymond has Jackson for the podcast. He must not work. He has his equipment in his place. I do not see. I also think Clay could have taken less money elsewhere. a little bit different than taking money less money from where you've been, you won the championship. That part I totally agree with that there's a place, you know, I'll use Fox as an example just because there's only television. job I've had I've worked my entire career if I suddenly felt like they were, you know, basically trying to leave me behind because they offered me, you know, $X, a tenth of what I was making before I did it.

I could take the exact same deal with someone else, that wouldn't feel disrespectful because it's like no, I've built it, I have Sweat Equity and in Clay's case, Championship Equity was built with you, so I'm okay, I'm okay with it. I agree with that and with the role they were asking for. Maybe he comes out of the B, so that part and I also think it was an emotion of the man. I won't be able to stop thinking about the player he was before the injuries as long as I continue to use this purchase. That's the way I do it, I think it's a legitimate human thing, if in order to fully accept that I'm in a different place, I need to literally be in a different place, that would make sense for the Warriors. his miss was that draft pi.

You had the opportunity in the middle of the championship race to select number two overall, number seven and number 14, and the only one of them is a total zero in Wisan Moody. You haven't gotten anything from him yet. so young you want to give up on him but Kaminga has shown flashes but it's still less about those players not becoming stars and more about his refusal to package those players in known quantities and then you add to that what you now got the final results on the Jordan pool

trade

, nothing, you essentially

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d him for Chris Paul and you just bought Chris Paul, so you had this so late first, he was the last first or early second round pick.

I don't remember that in the group. over, you had the second pick, you had two other lottery picks and what you have to show is that I think obviously the Jordan group thing is terrible, you don't get anything for him, but look, Trace Jackson Davis, you have Uminga Pinski , as if they had some. Young talent, I'm not saying it's not championship level talent, but if they can get a mark again and I don't want to make it seem like it's second, that was my number one, I think that's great, but I just don't do it. look how they're going to be able to square up, it seems like the LaVine thing is weird like they're just trying to cut money if they think we need to be under the tax to reset all the I think it's being under the tax that we unless we can build as a team that we know is up there with the best contenders in the league, yeah that's fair, give me a quick exit. brw the Warriors are where at the end of the year, oh I have it 10th, yes I had 11, thanks.

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