Finally some good news

Yeah this is got me thinking that Wise/JoKu/Moody are gonna show out but man that vet depth got decimated

Need them to go crazy with the minimum pickups again

always came through w steals in fantasy whenever jrue was hurt, feel like he was hurt his whole time in sac tho cant remember tbh

Had a bad ankle injury and there were reports they weren’t playing him to tank his value

He was one of the better FAs left we could do a lot worse for our 10th option

yea that sounds kingsy lol, like ft said he cant possibly be worse than lee

just need to add anyone whos like...6 8 and were back in business

maybe one of the bigs phx let walk? biyombo or jalen whoever

Dwight or Biyombo

See what TJ Warren up to

ooo forgot about tj, started talking myself into us fixing schroeder but thats an awful idea lol

No no no keep that dude out

We got the roster space might as well see what Iggy doing lol

yea when you mentioned the extra spots earlier i figured theyd might quietly be gauging wiggins market, or maybe it just means well see more callups from santa cruz than usual early in the year

already cringing thinking about fitzs goofy ass nickname for donte

Steph/Poole
Klay/Divencenzo
Wiggins/Moody
Draymond/Kuminga/Baldwin Jr
Looney/Wiseman

4 spots left

Quindarry and Rollins seem like locks to at minimum get 2-ways

Spot will be reserved for Iggy

1 spot for a third center and another for training camp battle or buyout later in the year

Big Ragu

If he's healthy...great pickup

Gonna miss that bounce GP got though

I think they're only going 14 deep this year so two spots left

Looney back + Donte pickup got things looking good though, hope they nail these last 1-2 pickups (depending on if Andre is back or not)

love us getting younger, the more we...indoctrinates a f***ed up word lol but the more years players have in our system the more self sustainable well become (in my head at least)

prolly sound like a d***head but i hope we operate like soccer teams where gs and santa cruz play the same way so g leaguers can get called up and slot in seamlessly

When will it stop

Nah, I get you

With all the youth on the team + recently developed focus on player development having Santa Cruz in lockstep like that makes perfect sense

Thompson Warriors stars have been in conversations with Durant and are open to his return.

"The Warriors superstars have been in conversations with Durant. In addition to catching up, the Hall of Fame-bound peers did entertain the idea of a reunion. It was mostly about the stunning nature of it even being possible. The idea of them playing together again had to seem impossible when Durant left in free agency in 2019. It isn’t lost on them how life has contrived an opportunity for them to come full circle. They see it, like everyone else, and talked about it, like everyone else.

This isn’t a case where the Warriors stars are pressing the front office to go acquire Durant. Sources made it clear they are fine defending their title with Wiggins, Poole and the young players they’ve been grooming to win with them. But if the universe somehow sets it up so legends reunite, they’d be open to it."

theathletic.com/3398430/2022/07/03/kevin-durant-warriors-free-agency/?source=user_shared_article

@homo could you post the full article, I don't have a subscription anymore

I don't think this anything more than just reminiscing but...

PLEASE let KD go somewhere else

Team just won and the young guys got so much left to show and grow into

Plus it doesn't seem like KD really knows what he wants and he already soured to bring on the Warriors once even after two of the most dominant runs ever...why go through that again...either side

justpaste.it/8x5tp

Preciate it heavy

Love Marcus Thompson but:

"If this did happen, and they ended up together, the context would be much different, which assuredly is a factor. Some of the outside narratives that added stress during Durant’s first stretch wouldn’t be applicable this time.

The Warriors’ trio is coming off a championship and not a heart-breaking Game 7 loss. Curry, Green and Thompson proved they could win another title without having the far-and-away best team, like they did with Durant. They are stamped now. And this time, Durant coming to the Warriors would be Brooklyn’s doing. That’s slightly different than Durant choosing to join the 73-win Warriors, which drew massive scrutiny back in 2016. He can’t be blamed (as much) for the Warriors having the best package for the Nets and cashing in their chips"

How this part ignore the fact that the narratives/noise around Durant have turned up by many many orders of magnitude and are definitely impacting him and would definitely impact the team as a whole if he came back?

I'm 100 percent certain this is all just noise and smoke though

Man would have been a perfect third big

Come on

I think the point he’s making is that there’s no rational noise on the Warriors trio. Steph got his FMVP and led the team to another ring

Guess you could make the argument KD just doesn’t give a f*** anymore about the noise and just wants to hoop, but that seems like some s*** he wants people to think and it could be far from reality idk. Regardless if he came back he knows what he’s walking in to and can’t blame anyone but himself this time for how people perceive it

Curry/Poole/Rollins
Klay/Divencenzo/Quinndary(2way)/Quinnones(2way)
Wiggins/Moody
Draymond/Kuminga/Baldwin Jr
Looney/Wiseman

12 roster slots and both 2ways accounted for

Gui and Jessup don’t seem likely to make the squad

Gimme a veteran big and Iggy and let’s take our L for the offseason

Nah I got that and that's the truth but I'm talking about the thoughts concerning any potential ways KD might angle himself towards those noise and react to it