december 2014 michigan legend tim kawakami!
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Is Oakland still in play?
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âStarting HOF shooting guard on the downward slope of his career somewhat resistant to ceding ground to younger backupâ doesnât strike me as that huge a scoop tbh
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it does strike me as an interesting basis upon which to make a decision, though?
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I tend to think the bigger factor was âsecond best player hates Poole enough to commit felony assault against himâ
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And the rest of the team/org didnât like Poole enough to stand up for him when it happened.
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I sort of agree
I think they made the amoral basketball decision that keeping Draymond happy would drive wins more than Poole. Again - I think their choice is basically reprehensible, but also kind of correct (in basketball terms)
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yeah, and i think itâs a pretty easy calculus for tim kawakami or his sources to be like âeveryone blames this guy whoâs still on the team, but have you considered also blaming this guy whoâs no longer on the team and we no longer have to see in the locker room?â
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Also Klay left GS in a cloud of ill will (he is still super vocally bitter they didnât give him another contract, feels it diminishes his contribution to the franchise) - so yeah, super easy target
Klay also basically repurposed Chris Rockâs old âNow Iâd never hit a woman, but I can understandâ routine in defense of Green at the time
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Kinda his own fault, they did offer before the season, about $50 mil for 2 yrs which he declined. (Then after the season he came back and asked for similar and they were like nah weâre good.)
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Klay didnât hurt him.
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Really no wonder these Euro teams play so much better together than the US, they play literally every summer.
WC, Euros, Olympics. 3/4 years. Some of the teams probably have something in the other year too
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I donât think the top-level, NBA guys are always there though. They mostly come for the Olympics and Eurobasket.
No not always, but I know Franz did all 3. And even if they take a summer off itâs still a more consistent team and plugging in a couple guys each summer is not hard when you already have a cohesive system.
If playing in it hurts Franz work with whatever shot-doctor he hopefully is working with 8 hours a day, donât do it. If it allows him to break out his fixed shot where he will hit 33-37% of his threesâŚgo ahead. 
what a hilarious trade
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I think it makes a ton of sense for Washington and nearly none for New Orleans and thatâs not Poole-shade
How many balls do they need for Poole/Murphy/Murray/Zion
These are all shoot first dudes!
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Looks like Diabate made the French National team for the Eurobasket. Wemby and Goebert arenât participating. Itâs interesting that Bilal Coulibaly isnât on the team as well.
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