(ESPN) Sources: Kevin Durant willing to take less than max to keep Warriors' core

exitmusicblue · 06-01-2017, 11:06 PM

Kevin Durant willing to take less than max to keep Golden State Warriors core intact

"Durant's gesture would allow the Warriors to keep their entire core together for years to come. That's even if star point guard Stephen Curry signs one of the first five-year, 'supermax' contracts under the new collective bargaining agreement in which a team can reward one designated veteran per year with a contract starting at 35 percent of next year's projected $101 million salary cap."

Called this ~8 months ago...

6celtics33 · 06-01-2017, 11:09 PM

Cleveland fans take to the street to protest. Only they should be able to sign everybody. Lebron will probably take Cp3 and head to NY or something.

Kingofkings1281 · 06-01-2017, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by 6celtics33

Cleveland fans take to the street to protest. Only they should be able to sign everybody. Lebron will probably take Cp3 and head to NY or something.

Which Cavs fan pissed you off enough to post some of the crap you have tonight? Haha

Siberian13 · 06-01-2017, 11:11 PM

Just pay Durant and drop Klay. Seems pretty simple

6celtics33 · 06-01-2017, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Kingofkings1281

Which Cavs fan pissed you off enough to post some of the crap you have tonight? Haha

Minus jccardstore and tbarn, almost all of them. The never ending obnoxious arrogance and hypocrisy wears me out.

Kingofkings1281 · 06-01-2017, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Siberian13

Just pay Durant and drop Klay. Seems pretty simple

Losing Klay would hurt them quite a bit. I'm curious to see how long they can keep all of these guys together though.

Kingofkings1281 · 06-01-2017, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 6celtics33

Minus jccardstore and tbarn, almost all of them. The never ending obnoxious arrogance and hypocrisy wears me out.

Fair enough. Every fan base has them and it makes the sane fans that don't look at this as life or death look bad.

eastbayak · 06-01-2017, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Siberian13

Just pay Durant and drop Klay. Seems pretty simple

You, my friend, do not watch Warriors basketball.

6celtics33 · 06-01-2017, 11:18 PM

To be clear I wish the CBA didn't allow this either. If it were up to me, there would be a hard cap and no restriction where you had to offer certain amounts. Everyone gets 100 million, spend it however you want and then don't cry about it. I would also institute Bill Simmons idea of a non playoff team tournament where the order starting with the winner would determine the draft so we could create more winners and reward people who try to win than this race to the bottom mentality. You take a team like Portland who was an 8 seed, they win, draft someone like Anthony Davis, boom new contender within 2 years.

Siberian13 · 06-01-2017, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by eastbayak

You, my friend, do not watch Warriors basketball.

West coast team regular season basketball doesn't mean much to me. Just watching him in the playoffs and he's been nothing special to me

fazzle · 06-01-2017, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 6celtics33

To be clear I wish the CBA didn't allow this either. If it were up to me, there would be a hard cap and no restriction where you had to offer certain amounts. Everyone gets 100 million, spend it however you want and then don't cry about it. I would also institute Bill Simmons idea of a non playoff team tournament where the order starting with the winner would determine the draft so we could create more winners and reward people who try to win than this race to the bottom mentality. You take a team like Portland who was an 8 seed, they win, draft someone like Anthony Davis, boom new contender within 2 years.

Screw it. Let's get rid of the cap and max contracts entirely. Let the smart teams rise to the top and the idiot team that offers LeBron or Curry some $1b contract sink to the bottom and go out of business.

6celtics33 · 06-01-2017, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by fazzle

Screw it. Let's get rid of the cap and max contracts entirely. Let the smart teams rise to the top and the idiot team that offers LeBron or Curry some $1b contract sink to the bottom and go out of business.

Haha, imagine what kind of deal Lavar Ball would demand for his sonny boy under that system

Giantrobot · 06-01-2017, 11:30 PM

How about we talk about this crap AFTER the Finals are over?

Tarheelsfan2012 · 06-01-2017, 11:31 PM

What if Curry came home

haha I know not happening but would be unreal.

drob50 · 06-01-2017, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Tarheelsfan2012

What if Curry came home

haha I know not happening but would be unreal.

You mean to Cleveland? Seeing he was born in Akron!

ninjacookies · 06-01-2017, 11:39 PM

How long until every star is willing to take a >35 percent paycut to form a superteam?

elee712 · 06-01-2017, 11:39 PM

Curry would be sure to take less as well.

6celtics33 · 06-01-2017, 11:41 PM

Knicks 2017-18 roster

Chris Paul
Dwayne Wade
Porzingis
Lebron
Carmelo

Warriors v Knicks next year

Tarheelsfan2012 · 06-01-2017, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by drob50

You mean to Cleveland? Seeing he was born in Akron!

Where he was raised lol. Charlotte. The impact it would have on the city would be like when LeBron went back to Cleveland.

drob50 · 06-01-2017, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Tarheelsfan2012

Where he was raised lol. Charlotte. The impact it would have on the city would be like when LeBron went back to Cleveland.

Haha, I knew from your name. Just messing.

drob50 · 06-01-2017, 11:58 PM

That is one thing I like about the Australian NBL points system.

The apply a point ranking to players based on their previous season, so that no matter what salary they agree to, the still account for a certain amount of points towards the team's total allowance.

There are obviously much more details involved, but it is at least a genuine system that creates parity in the league and stops the players being able to manipulate teams by taking cuts, especially when they are making huge endorsement dollars to offset.

mfw13 · 06-02-2017, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Kingofkings1281

Losing Klay would hurt them quite a bit. I'm curious to see how long they can keep all of these guys together though.

If Curry and Durant are willing to give up some $$$ to keep Iggy and Livingston around for another couple of years, they should be able to keep them around for another two years, at least.

That said, McCaw is developing nicely, and will be taking more and more of Livingston & Iggy's minutes as the years pass anyway.

regularp · 06-02-2017, 01:37 AM

A paycut will be $25+ million a year.

SirVolan · 06-02-2017, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Siberian13

West coast team regular season basketball doesn't mean much to me. Just watching him in the playoffs and he's been nothing special to me

So how do you feel about his defensive stat during that game? Cleveland was 1-12 when he was the primary defender, still not valuable to you?

Scottish Punk · 06-02-2017, 07:24 AM

Getting rid of Klay would be dumb, he is their best perimeter defender and a great shooter. He is also one of the two big four that is already under contract. I have said before, this off season will be the most challenging for the Warriors. If Durant is OK not being a max guy, that could be the difference in bringing somebody like Iggy back. If Curry follows suit, then expect the Warriors to be in the finals for the next two years.

06-01-2017, 11:06 PM	#1
exitmusicblue Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 14,027	(ESPN) Sources: Kevin Durant willing to take less than max to keep Warriors' core Kevin Durant willing to take less than max to keep Golden State Warriors core intact "Durant's gesture would allow the Warriors to keep their entire core together for years to come. That's even if star point guard Stephen Curry signs one of the first five-year, 'supermax' contracts under the new collective bargaining agreement in which a team can reward one designated veteran per year with a contract starting at 35 percent of next year's projected $101 million salary cap." Called this ~8 months ago...

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6celtics33 Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 8,269	Cleveland fans take to the street to protest. Only they should be able to sign everybody. Lebron will probably take Cp3 and head to NY or something.

06-01-2017, 11:11 PM	#4
Siberian13 Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 76,227 shiller13	Just pay Durant and drop Klay. Seems pretty simple

06-01-2017, 11:18 PM	#9
6celtics33 Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 8,269	To be clear I wish the CBA didn't allow this either. If it were up to me, there would be a hard cap and no restriction where you had to offer certain amounts. Everyone gets 100 million, spend it however you want and then don't cry about it. I would also institute Bill Simmons idea of a non playoff team tournament where the order starting with the winner would determine the draft so we could create more winners and reward people who try to win than this race to the bottom mentality. You take a team like Portland who was an 8 seed, they win, draft someone like Anthony Davis, boom new contender within 2 years.

06-01-2017, 11:30 PM	#13
Giantrobot Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 4,826	How about we talk about this crap AFTER the Finals are over?

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ninjacookies Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: All the girls see the (boi)/ Look at his flips / Look at his kards / All they say is (oh boi). Posts: 56,478	How long until every star is willing to take a >35 percent paycut to form a superteam?

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elee712 Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Bay Area Posts: 2,635 elee712	Curry would be sure to take less as well.

06-01-2017, 11:41 PM	#18
6celtics33 Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 8,269	Knicks 2017-18 roster Chris Paul Dwayne Wade Porzingis Lebron Carmelo Warriors v Knicks next year

06-01-2017, 11:58 PM	#21
drob50 Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 4,369 spur92021	That is one thing I like about the Australian NBL points system. The apply a point ranking to players based on their previous season, so that no matter what salary they agree to, the still account for a certain amount of points towards the team's total allowance. There are obviously much more details involved, but it is at least a genuine system that creates parity in the league and stops the players being able to manipulate teams by taking cuts, especially when they are making huge endorsement dollars to offset.

06-02-2017, 01:37 AM	#23
regularp Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,125	A paycut will be $25+ million a year.

06-02-2017, 07:24 AM	#25
Scottish Punk Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 9,373 scottishpunk	Getting rid of Klay would be dumb, he is their best perimeter defender and a great shooter. He is also one of the two big four that is already under contract. I have said before, this off season will be the most challenging for the Warriors. If Durant is OK not being a max guy, that could be the difference in bringing somebody like Iggy back. If Curry follows suit, then expect the Warriors to be in the finals for the next two years.