06-25-2023, 11:54 PM
(06-25-2023, 05:12 PM)BigDirk41 Wrote: I don't know what to say if you think that is too much for one of the most impactful players in the NBA. What he would add to this team, Kleber and Green will never touch. Plus he's rumored to want 4/100. That's so much better than Ayton's 33 plus you keep pushing. The impact he would have on this franchise and especially Luka go way beyond his stats. He is the motor of the Warriors.
I'm highly skeptical about Draymonds impact if he isn't around the 2 best shooters the game has ever seen. There is no doubt that Draymond is a savant defensively, but I wouldn't say his individual defense is so stratospherically high that it dwarfs both the contributions of Kleber+Josh combined.
Plus we're not even getting to the fact that Kleber+Josh can actually score on the offensive side and isn't a total liability there. Draymond also has a significant history of becoming grating to his own team. He ran KD out of town, he literally punched Poole in the face, his own coach has had multiple public blowups with him.
All of this is forgivable on GSW because of his niche role. I don't see him fulfilling that role here nearly as cleanly. That's not to say I'm totally out on Draymond, I just think his value for any other team other than GSW (and maybe the Kings since they're GSW 2.0) is significantly less. Tack on a 20+mil a year deal for him that will have him here into his late thirties when he's already breaking down and I'm out if he's going to cost anything more than McGee+Bullock.
14x All-Star, 12x all-NBA, 1x MVP, 1x Finals MVP, 1 NBA Championship: Dirk Nowitzki, the man, the myth, the legend.