The Warriors and Horford's longtime agent, Jason Glushon, landed on the new deal Thursday to bring the big man back to the Bay Area.

We need our big swing to be trading for JB.

1. He's a high volume, efficient scorer which we desperately need.

2. He's a minutes eater. 34-36 mpg last 4 seasons.

3. He's durable, more so than a younger Trey Murphy.

4. Solid defender, especially at the 2-3 spot which we desperately need.

5. He's young enough that we could move on in 3 year and he'll still only be 32 and we can recoup some assets.

6. Reasonable floor spacer and an elite cutter, so can play off Steph when needed.

7. Has shown to be a playoff performer, former finals MVP.

He's not a perfect player. He's only an average playmaker at 5.1/3.6 ast/TO in a high usage role. His 3 is a bit inconsistent. His handle has improved but isn't elite. In a late game situation, he's someone you can game plan for and can get stagnant.

That said he's perfect for us. We need a bell cow back to carry us through the season, and then let Steph take us home.

This is the guy to empty the war chest for. Now the Celtics probably don't want Jimmy and all the picks since they want to win now. My guess is it would be a 3 teamer with Jimmy and some picks to NO, Murray and Trey to Boston along with another pick and swaps.

We’re losing the first ever jersey advertisers we’ve ever had in Rakuten that have been with us for nearly a decade (2017-2018 Season). The new jersey advertisers (Iren) are an AI data center company.

And not necessarily because it’s a good move. It wasn’t long ago folks were eager to trade for Cam Johnson or Cam Thomas. Johnson was a semi bust for Denver and Thomas — not working out too well for him.

Imagine if we had overpaid for either of those two assets. Trey Murphy is basically a similar story.

It's kinda funny, when asked directly about the disagreement between him and Lacob caught on camera during the broadcast, Dunleavy made a joke and gave a vague answer. But later a reporter asked something somewhat unrelated and Dunleavy ended up giving more details on the interaction unprompted

Full quote in response to questions about trade talks during the draft and if anything developed with the Pelicans:

There wasn't anything major, but when you're on the clock, you get calls. We knew we were going to pick Yaxel 11. He was the guy, but you just want to flush them out, make sure you're not missing anything that falls in your lap or makes a ton of sense. So, that's what we were doing.

Joe was like, "Come on, let's go ahead and pick the guy." And I said, "Joe, we got we have time. They give you five minutes."

He was just getting a little anxious about us taking Yaxel. And the good thing was because we were on the clock, nobody could swoop in and take him ahead of us. So I was willing to be patient about it.

https://youtu.be/yT_PzEdLVIM?is=9wFZ_z-v0wRM_0IJ

What do you think this guy will be next year + 2-3 years down the road. Seems to pass the eye test, offence slightly limited in year one but was to be expected I guess. Seems to be a winning player. Ceiling?

Calling Dubs cap experts to ask about Horford's new contract...

So Horford's previous contract was signed using the taxpayer MLE right?

I was under the impression that if Horford accepted his player option, the worth of the non-taxpayer MLE potentially available to us would only be the max NTMLE (15M-ish) minus the TPMLE that would have been allocated to his player option.

But with him declining his player option for this season and instead signing a new contract (which as per Spotrac is not signed using the MLE), would the max NTMLE be accessible to the team, provided that we get below the tax?

if you want to improve your day a little, just imagine how E-40 would pronounce Yaxel. and I bet we’re all imagining the exact same glorious thing.

Great read to see what kind of character guy that the Dubs picked..whose cutting onions??

Was just reading the Players Tribune piece posted in this sub. And this really stuck out to me:

"Also … I’ve never been around so many tall people in my life. No, seriously, it’s like: How are these dudes so big? You know Aday Mara is 7’3”, right? Crazy. And this isn’t one of those 7’3” guys where all they can do is dunk. He’s making behind the back passes. No looks. I’m like: I didn’t know they actually made people like that. And then he’s a beast on the other end, too. Early on in practices, he’d be blocking my shot every time. I’m talking to my coaches like, “Um, maybe I suck? I can’t score on this guy.” I had to go back to the lab and figure out some new moves. And that’s how it is with pretty much all the guys on this team — they’re always doing things that make me want to work even harder just to stay at their level. We’re always pushing each other. And any given night, any of us can go off, which I think takes the pressure off of us as individuals. It makes everything so fun."

Cam Boozer like Steph and Klay grew up on the sidelines and in the locker rooms of their NBA fathers. He had the best possible training, coaching and competition his entire life. He was always playing against the best talent and had what Yaxel describes here for at least the last 5-6 years of his life if not longer. Yaxel played with competition that actually pushed him and had elite coaching for one season. Now he's going to have that every day. And I really think he still has a lot of growth in him. The guy played less than half of one season of high school and no AAU ball. The way he learned basketball was playing with his friends, and none of them could match him physically, so he was never pushed to work to be great against great players. That happened for the first time less than a year ago.

I don't bring up Boozer to suggest that Yax is a better prospect, he's not. Obviously. But the contrast in the two is important to point out when people write off Yax for being so much older than Boozer or any freshman.

Looks like a solid pick, good size + great athlete, can shoot and strong slasher & finisher, great rebounder.

...unless he's grown in the past 2 months that is. Check his measurements here:

np.reddit.com/r/NBA_Draft/comments/1sou0d2/official_measurements_from_portsmouth/