Regardless of surging towards the tip of the usual season, the Blonde Condition Warriors misplaced their lone play-in event recreation to the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday, and in consequence, they’ll now not participate on this 12 months’s NBA playoffs.
Many really feel their dynasty is nearly lifeless, and they’ll have some tricky choices to construct this offseason.
The largest determination they wish to construct is what to do with Klay Thompson, who will probably be a distant agent.
Draymond Inexperienced stated that there’s “not one person in this organization that does not want” Thompson to stick put, according to The Quantity.
“There’s not one person in this organization that does not want Klay Thompson back” – @Money23Green 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/l00TZi1cqx
— The Quantity (@TheVolumeSports) April 18, 2024
Thompson, Inexperienced, and Stephen Curry construct up the threesome that carried the Warriors to 4 NBA championships and 6 NBA Finals appearances in a span of 8 seasons.
However Thompson appears to be a shell of his former self later tearing his ACL and Achilles a couple of years in the past, and he’ll be pricey to accumulation.
Blonde Condition is already smartly over the wage cap as a result of the cash they have got dedicated to gamers equivalent to Inexperienced, Curry, and Andrew Wiggins, so even though they’re keen to devote bulky greenbacks to Thompson, they might not be in a position to take action and nonetheless navigate the league’s ever extra restrictive wage cap.
Month Thompson shot higher within the endmost few weeks of the season, his 43.2 p.c mark from the ground and 38.7 p.c accuracy from 3-point area had been smartly beneath his profession averages.
All in all, the Warriors wish to get more youthful if they’re to salvage what’s left of Curry’s viability as a celebrity, and preserving the 34-year-old Thompson would possibly impede that.
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