“We made an offer to him, it’s well chronicled, in the fall, substantially higher than what he ultimately did end up signing for. So I thought it was very fair,” Lacob said of the reported two-year, $48 million offer before last season. “Very fair, if not more than fair at the time. We’re trying to anticipate what the market is for him. We’re trying to be really fair to him and recognize him for who he is. And so we did that and that was not acceptable to them. That’s their choice. At that point, you know, we sort of have to go to free agency, we told them. Get closer to that day and see how the team is forming, so how we do this year, and see how the team-forming process was going. And we were doing that. “But you know, to be frank and honest, Klay made the decision prior to the beginning of free agency and he informed us of it that his intention was to not come back. … He called me and said the same things you heard (at Klay’s Dallas news conference). Klay is an open book. He felt he needed for a variety of reasons to have a fresh start.
Source: New York Times
Source: New York Times
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Pick a starting 5:
’96 Bulls
MJ (MVP, FMVP, All-Star, All-NBA, All-Def)
Pippen (All-Star, All-NBA, All-Def)
Rodman (All-Def)
Longley
Harper
’17 Warriors
Steph (All-Star, All-NBA)
KD (FMVP, All-Star, All-NBA)
Klay (All-Star)
Dray (DPOY, All-Star, All-NBA, All-Def)
Zaza pic.twitter.com/3F3FnU5a6Q – 1:22 PM
Pick a starting 5:
’96 Bulls
MJ (MVP, FMVP, All-Star, All-NBA, All-Def)
Pippen (All-Star, All-NBA, All-Def)
Rodman (All-Def)
Longley
Harper
’17 Warriors
Steph (All-Star, All-NBA)
KD (FMVP, All-Star, All-NBA)
Klay (All-Star)
Dray (DPOY, All-Star, All-NBA, All-Def)
Zaza pic.twitter.com/3F3FnU5a6Q – 1:22 PM
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Draymond always wanted the best for Klay 🫶
(via @club520podcast ) pic.twitter.com/YS2e2vqdNH – 10:36 PM
Draymond always wanted the best for Klay 🫶
(via @club520podcast ) pic.twitter.com/YS2e2vqdNH – 10:36 PM
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Buddy Hield isn’t feeling pressure to replace Klay Thompson warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/07/23/bud… pic.twitter.com/R6XAg9zcLg – 4:05 AM
Buddy Hield isn’t feeling pressure to replace Klay Thompson warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/07/23/bud… pic.twitter.com/R6XAg9zcLg – 4:05 AM
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Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Buddy Hield isn’t feeling pressure to replace Klay Thompson warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/07/23/bud… pic.twitter.com/rIQlPwbByt – 3:00 AM
Buddy Hield isn’t feeling pressure to replace Klay Thompson warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/07/23/bud… pic.twitter.com/rIQlPwbByt – 3:00 AM
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More on this storyline
ClutchPoints: “I’m happy as hell he gone. The reason I’m happy he’s gone is because he wasn’t happy no more. As a brother, I only want what’s best for you, not what’s best for me, not what’s best for this team.” Draymond Green on Klay Thompson going to the Mavs 👀 pic.twitter.com/wwNORTZ6qm -via Twitter @ClutchPointsApp / July 25, 2024
Brandin Podziemski on Klay Thompson: “Getting a call from him a couple of days ago, and him telling me I’ll always have a brother in him for life is pretty cool. We can’t wait to go against him and compete against him when we play Dallas.” -via NBC Sports Bay Area / July 20, 2024
“It meant a lot,” Brandin Podziemski told Chris Haynes of Klay Thompson’s mentorship during the 2023-24 NBA season. “It’s something you can’t just go on Google or go on YouTube and search up when you get advice from someone like that. And so for me, just appreciating his presence, appreciating everything he shared with me from an on-court and off-court perspective.” -via NBC Sports Bay Area / July 20, 2024