Did this sub really think the warriors were gonna be like “thanks for opting out so we could try for Bron, sucks it didn’t work out…how about we offer you 50 percent less now!!!”

People think this is a lot and it is, but who else are they going to sign right now? It’s a 1 year deal loll

Bruh

Everyone making fun of this but I respect the warriors for keeping their word and giving him his player option in the end after not being able to make any other moves.

In an age of teams from different sports going back on verbal agreements, this probably goes a long way from a players perspective

I’m convinced most people refuse to understand how these negotiations actually work.

Draymond had a player option. He, the Warriors’ GM, and Rich Paul probably sat down and agreed that he would decline it to give the Warriors more flexibility to pursue free agents. If they ended up using the full MLE, Draymond was willing to restructure his deal and take a lower salary (but probably more years) to help the team. If they didn’t, his new contract would effectively be the same as if he had simply exercised his player option.

Did people really think the Warriors were just going to screw over Rich Paul and Draymond - a guy who had been with the franchise for a decade and a half - just to force him to sign for his market value?

LOL holy overpay

Green clearly only opted out to give the Warriors a chance to sign LeBron with an understanding they’d offer the same thing if they didn’t get LeBron.

Warriors front office is bad but I’m not blaming them for not lying/tricking/backstabbing a player who was willing to potentially sacrifice for the team lol

Don’t understand why everyone is shocked? He waived his player option to help the team get LeBron, they didn’t, they honored his option.

Shams had to clarify the last part cause some idiots are gonna think Warriors are overpaying.

The Draymond Green Warriors farewell tour is about to be anti-climatic as hell.

sorry to the warriors fans

ya’ll are fucking idiots. please read the full post. This was exactly what he opted out of, of course this is what they gave him when Lebron didn’t materialize. There is no reason for us to save $ this season. He will be off the books next year along with a shit ton of other money coming off the books. Then we will probably re-sign him to a much smaller 2 year deal.

ITT: a bunch of people who don’t understand this $27M wasn’t fungible.

Basketball discussion so dead people are saying sorry to an organization that organically created arguably the best team of all time and has won 4 chips in like the past decade. Don’t know when folks are gonna realize throwing jabs at orgs and people declining is lame if you haven’t even been to the same peaks

You guys are idiots, he could have just opted in and given the warriors zero chance. Why would they not return the favor

Lmao this gotta be the worst offseason for a team I’ve seen in a while

I don’t mind this at all. He opted out of the same amount of money to give us flexibility and we couldn’t swing anything. So, give him what he was going to get before opting out. This season we will probably be awful and it’s a 1-year deal, so it’s whatever. I’m glad to have him back and he’s obviously overpaid, but that’s okay considering the situation.

I wanna clown on them, but obviously he doesn’t opt out of his deal if this isn’t decided on beforehand

this sub is irredeemably stupid.

The warriors aren’t doing shit with this money otherwise and it’s sign of loyalty to one of their home grown talents. This type of stuff is how orgs get favor with agents.

Why in the actual fuck are people talking about an overpay of a ONE year deal? They weren’t signing anyone and it expires next year. So why does it matter how much the contract is?

This is essentially the last year of his previous contract.

You know what? I don’t hate it. This isn’t a basketball decision. It’s a matter of goodwill.

Golden State isn’t going to contend this year no matter what moves they make.

Give the fans another year of Draymond/Steph. They’ve completely turned the franchise around. They deserve to be able to get paid and stay at home.

Terrible takes all at the top of this thread, good lord

Good to know the warriors office isn’t a savage hyena.

It also shows that the warriors are willing to operate in good faith

Curious for the uninformed, what would have been a good deal?

The welp we tried to get LeBron and it didn’t work out package lol

Retire with Curry. They made their legacy already. Riding off together is a nice ending

I mean who’s left that moves the needle that the Warriors would be able to sign if Green took a lower deal? Makes sense to honor the original contract

Nothing else on the free agent market of value that the Warriors seem interested in or capable of pursuing. Glad its not a multi-year deal, and he deserves to be treated well by the org on his way out, particularly after the Warriors struck out on everything else.

By my count the Warriors have 13 or 14 standard contracts, depending on what happens with Lajae Jones and if we apply for an exception for Moody. They can use $6 million of the MLE without being hard-capped at the first apron. Gary Payton or Seth Curry could be back from last year. Derozan seems out of our price range. Bradley Beal? Brandon Williams?

Regardless of whether you think this makes sense basketball wise, it shows GSW commitment to their players in some sense.

Dray the 🐐

I know this is a super overpay but the Warriors did right by him for giving him the same money he opted out for.

Which is what everyone with half a brain expected. He opted out to help sign Lebron with the understanding that they’d sign him back to it if it didn’t’ work out.

Warriors vs 76ers final. 

Damn, that’s a major free agent signing there. 4 time nba champion and defensive player of the year. Nice pick up, Golden State.

$27 million for WHO

Draymond’s gone next off-season 

Yeah makes sense.

Jimmy butler and draymond green are making almost 100 million dollars next season 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

This also gives him an implied no trade clause by the way

So more reason to take an absolute small deal next year. If Jimmy and Steph did that too, they could easily keep Podzs Cap hold and sign a max deal player, even if Horford and Porzingis opt in.

But I don’t see Jimmy taking a huge paycut. 

Getting paid 7 LeBron’s worth

So this means you better make sure you make your star player happy bc GSW will still swing (and probably miss) in 2027.

Hometown premium.

Should’ve been 2m max.

its a long term investment. the money here is wasted but they’re showing that if you do right by them they’ll do right by you. whether its dray, klay, or steph. this makes it attractive for future stars

Kind of funny this is only 1 year. Feels like usually in this situation we’d see some kind of option. Could mean retirement, could mean huge discount next year. Interesting, worth monitoring.

If Curry takes paycut with Butler’s contract expiring they may go after Jokic next summer

Warriors are in a weird spot right now where they’re happy to still have Steph and will continue to pay Steph for as long as he wants to keep playing…but are unwilling to spend any money or assets to try to build around him anymore and give him a chance at contending.

Seems like a weird sad purgatory for both sides, honestly.

Congrats to Gurden Steit

He shoulda chased a ring with LeBron in Philly

Cool. At least we won’t see him on Tv for another year…

GSW GM: Steph must be happy

Draymond Green, you are a Golden State Warrior

Backpack

“to pursue Lebron James”

Get a room

The cancer has returned!

Hes not worth that

Steph, Jimmy, Draymond all on one year…I’m just hoping the team is fun to watch this year and maybe Jimmy returns and sneak into the playoffs