THE PRICE OF GREATNESS 💸 Stephen A. floats Klay Thompson to 76ers & Knicks | First Take
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Brian Windhorst and Jay Williams analyze what's next for Klay Thompson ahead of free agency after unfollowing the Golden State Warriors on social media.
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The warriors have paid him a ton of money and showed they valued all of his contributions to the team. Now he wants max money and hes not a max player anymore. Where is the disrespect?
It’s more like we like curry better although we like you to be in the team we not sure your value is that of your asking price for those services 😅✌️
No. They need to start thinking about the future of the franchise, not trying to please these washed role players like Draymond and Klay.
@@cryptidian3530 and u wonder y players aren't loyal to teams anymore........
@OMG-si3wn it's still a business at the end of day. They been very loyal to Klay
@@THEMANCURTISyea but when it’s the other way around people have a problem with the players leaving teams.
“Klay’s future is in jeopardy!”
Klay: ✌🏻✌🏻👈🏻
😂😂
😂😂😂 4 RINGS
🖐💍
His future would be in jeopardy if he wasn’t a NBA player and high as a kite on drugs. The dude has four rings his future is already bright.
@@dmasterdesigns😂
He should follow every other team but the warriors on social media
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Elite level trolling😂👌🏾
Hey, in this world, why stop with the NBA? Follow all G League, international leagues, heck, even the WNBA. 🤣
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Stephen A is always putting players in a Knicks uniform haha
Wrong he always putting players in a Lakers uniform
@@Theyaintme_cb6it’s Knicks more then the lakers
Wouldn't you want some players you like on your favorite team?
he basically wants to go there for the finals broadcast...and dont forget south beach haha
SAS can't do anything... talking Knicks is the only thing he can,
going 0/10 in a elimination game and unfollowing gsw on IG and deleting photos of there 2022 championship is nasty work.
Sometimes to get a pay raise and increase your value you gotta take care of business, no hard feelings.
Klank Washedson is definitely ready to move on & build brickhouses in a different team, for a different city
THEIR (not THERE) championship. Being remedial and failing TODDLER level, EARLY elementary English… is nasty work. Saying “nasty work, wild, crazy, diabolical” after every statement is… IDIOCRACY CONFIRMED. Lowest IQ society ever. Me calling you out and ostracizing your ineptitude… is nasty work
The injury slowed him down
Klay has always been trash. He needed KD to win as well.
If it was up to Stephen A. The Knicks and Sixers would have notable player to hit free agency since 2013.
FAX
*have EVERY notable player
Have *EVERY notable player. PROOFREAD.
Stephen A Hole
GSW offered him an extension, he declined it to have a prove it year, to bet on himself. . .He then had career low numbers across the board, lost his starting spot to a rookie, and no-showed in the biggest game of the year.
Idk what yall expect GSW to do, up the offer? Come on now.
I just wish they handled Draymond the same. People will talk about his defense not slipping and how they look without him but I didn’t see him being on the court get them anywhere. Instead they went and gave him $100 million
@@henrystreet6152 It’s a replacement thing. Draymond is more unique and they don’t have anyone on the roster to replace what he does. If they did he would’ve been gone years ago.
For Klay they drafted two guys at his position, why do that if you’re then gonna turn around and give Klay big money?
Give him the money. Cause he did all the dirty work and guarded all the opposing team's best player while the " Golden Boy" Steph who is second behind Luka in trash defense, got all the glory
@@gdc6153 1. Teams don’t give out lifetime achievement awards
2. It’s impossible for field a top defense with a “trash” defender like you claim Steph is….there’s only 5 ppl on the floor.
@@dcdj35 blah blah get your💰 Klay
It's wild that there's someone out there watching not just who people follow but, who they unfollow.
People who have no life if you ask me
@@Dontizzle24having a job isn't having no life. Id watch that stuff for 70k a year
u guys know that these things are automated right?
its automated lol
@@jonerving3843 it’s automated so it’s not a job lol
He was great coming off the bench. Wish he was comfortable with doing that. That was a great fit for him. He was getting open shots. Able to get separation against the second units. It worked for the team.
Klay unfollowed the Warriors and followed Paolo Banchero.
The last thing I want to hear from Klay is any sour grapes about the Warriors. They stuck with him and paid him and if its time to move... good luck cya bye
I would agree with you if they had someone better than him at his position but they don't @@I.am_Groot
@@I.am_Grootfax
Klay washed up. Time to move on. Replace Klay and Draymond
Paolo future Warrior?
As a warriors fan and I appreciate klay and what he gave us. Let’s be honest warriors aren’t contending anymore and if I was klay I got my 4 rings go get the bag and go to a contender team. Knicks, Orlando, okc or pacers
You not a fan of GSW if you don’t think they can win again. Klay didn’t help that much in 2022- Poole did. With Kuminga , Podz, Steph and Draymond , moody , Trayce and a few pieces - they can !
Klay: “I got 4 rings! I’m in the effin HOF!!”
Yeahbut Carmelo and draymond are also in the hall of fame so that doesn't say much.
What have you done for me lately. That's like sating i got employee of the month 10 years but now i dont chet
Ok Shaq 😂
@@roenlezma9361this is shannon sharp lmfao
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Klay going to Orlando, Magic have cap space & are interested in Klay can give him huge bag 💰
why would they do that when he sucks in GSW?
@@DaFactsNoNonsense1713because Orlando is a poverty franchise and don’t care
@@jayclemons3071Orlando has a pretty promising future if you actually are watching ball. They lack shooting which Klay would help immediately
@@jayclemons3071Orlando might be a poverty franchise but you’d be a fool to not see they are on the rise as a basketball team..add DLo or Klay and I expect them to be a top 6 Team behind Boston, Bucks, Sixers, Knicks, Indiana and competing with Cavs and Heat
@@jayclemons3071 so a "poverty" franchise, means they just throw many away, at useless players, who won't do anything for them at all?? Make this make sense to even stupid people
I’m usually with the player in terms of getting their money but in this particular case GSW paid Klay max contract dollars for 2 years and he didn’t play a second. So couple that with the fact that his play has diminished a bit he needs to give them a discount
Facts
Tom thibodeau will run klay into early retirement with his 6 man rotations all 82 games 😂
Thats the nice way to say he is washed
@@beistrong8635 lol did you miss the part where he is shooting better than 90% of the league? he's only competing with his past self.
@@vis4479 and the shooting standards of Steph and GSW.
Stephen A said that Klay is worth double or triple 2 year $60 million dollars….he must have lost his mind. Klay is worth 20 mil per year MAX
Last season numbers is still worth 30 million per
Going rate is 30 for those numbers he put up last season
@@acito_20no team is giving him 30 mil a year
Not even worth that. He's worth like $10 tops.
@@jasonbelton6057JJ Redick got $20 mil from my Sixers when he left L.A. in 2017. A team like Orlando or Detroit would give him $30 mill.
SAS believes every player should go to NYC
Klaus just come on over to the Heat. Look how it worked for Allen, Batier, Miller. We can use that 3 pointer coming off the bench and championship experience. Would be a great fit
heat suck major b@11z now hahaha keep dreaming, didnt you have enough with dB!+ch and legay james, heat suooocck
I was just thinking that! Klay with the Heat would be deadly! There always a sleeper threat come playoff time! & I believe he’d help them a lot! Especially if he has a few PRIME PLAYOFF KLAY games left!
Klays stats are misleading. Overall the decline doesnt look that dramatic, but he was very streaky last season. One game he will go 1-10 the next he will go 7-11. Not consistent enough.
not only that but his energy sucked and defense. wiggins and klay worst plus minus on the team.
Klay is a shell of his former self. Not as good defensively and his shooting is down. Shocked he went scorless in an elimination game
Klay refused a 48 mi, 2 year contract offered by Warriors. If something happens, it's on Klay and that's ok. He has the right to play where he wants and I'll root for him.
source? I am very skeptical they would offer him 50m a year given his past performance. That is a supermax contract.
No one would offer him 30 mil a year. No one.
Brian Windhorst Chair is the real MVP of this show. Give that chair a Raise! 💵
He's incredibly huge
So Stephen A wants the knicks to go for klay, which would mean not resigning OG.....this man hates the knicks
"He unfollowed the Warriors on Social Media". Can these players stop acting like High School Girls.
it's probably his team (agent, etc) doing these things to put pressure on GS to match the offer.
I think nowadays with social media the criteria is to act as a highschooler 😂. From kids to senior citizens. So your actions as well as your inactions in social media are taken as legit statements. For us who grew up without social media, but were acquainted to the www is kinda funny how internet nonsense has been elevated to the status as proper and valid declarations. We grew up messing around online thinking we were just doing nothing. It was only fun and games 😂. Now this virtual identity thing is too serious, dude...
Similar to Andre Iguodala, Klay deserves to do whatever he wants. As a Warrior fan that before the we believe era, we've seen the highs and lows of our dub nation and Klay got us 4 championships in 6 NBA finals. The man suffered an ACL injury, came back onto the court, shot his free throws and was still willing to play on that injury. Klay is at the tail end of his career and if he wants to get the full time starting gig or the maximum amount of money elsewhere, he has dub nation blessing. I would love for Klay to come back and retire as a Warrior but only if he takes a pay cut because we need to start thinking about upgrading our team to not only go back into the playoffs but get that 5th ring. Seeing Klay join the Knicks or even Dallas would be an exciting move because they need some elite shooters on that squad to support Brunson and Luka.
This is ridiculous. Why aren’t they talking about LeBron and the Lakers 24/7?!?!?!!
Klay stated that he wanted to be a warrior for life. Team paid him for 2 years of recovery and now when he puts up 0 points in an elimination game and when tides get high he wants to leave? Weak
19 pts a game and 38% for 3 is good and anyone who says otherwise is a casual. Warriors need to stop letting Narratives make decisions. klay is not in his prime but he can clearly still contribute to winning
I think the biggest issue with Klay with the GSW right now is both salary space, as well as role in the team defensively.
Offensively speaking, his numbers were lower, but still acceptable. I agree
Defensively speaking, he cannot keep up with guards anymore, which is his default position. He can still defend fine against wing players as long as they are not too much taller. However, Warriors already has a lot of wing players so that puts him in a really awkward spot.
Since the owner really wants to get under even the soft cap for salary I don't really see this working out, unfortunately.
Absolutely. And 24M is very good too. And anyone saying otherwise is a fool.
Klays stats is skewed because he shot lights out for couple of stretches of the season when Warriors had an easy schedule. Against good teams or crucual games Klay was a no show both on offence and defence.
I’ll tell where sh*t got f*cked up at, once GSW extended Draymond, Klay thought they’d hook him up too. When they didn’t I know for a fact he started comparing what his contributions were to Draymond and he saw more value in himself and wants the same thing.
It’s not a narrative that Klay is on the decline and does not deserve a max contract. He is only going to get worse and they don’t want to be on the hook for him the next 4-5 years at the max
Plot twist. Klay joins the Bucks and they have a crazy run like the Celtics
😂😂😂 Joke of the day.
They showed draymond way more respect and grace than they have shown Klay. It's a disgrace. Maybe if they got rid of draymond instead of kowtowing to him all the time, maybe they keep Poole and other young players who were sacrificed for one last draymond bag
Exactly - Draymond single handed destroyed EVERY GSW championship team - KD left because of Draymond…Poole is gone because of Draymond but they paid Draymond…foh
Klank Thompson bout to miss out on getting a statue in the new arena
It’s quite hilarious that you’re calling him “Klank” while you’re unemployed and still living with your parents 😂😂😂😂
He will get it. They're making one with all 3 stars.
😂🤣😂
@@nsd_respect It's quite hilarious that you can look through walls and see him living at home with his parents
Homeless State can put one near the water (not near the arena) on a retractable dock, where he parks his c0rny boat - Klank can take it or put it back whenever he feels offended by the organization
Stephen A's intro into the conversation was just spectacular...wordsmith is what I call him....
Klay would be perfect fit with the hotnets him and lamelo be a great fit.
Hes going to magic
It's DRAYMOND who will be traded in order to make room for Klay"s money. NOW, THAT'S HILLARIOUS !!!
Clearly yall dont watch Warrior games stats dont lie. His Stats are better than most people he literally led the Nba in threes last season. Just because he had one bad game doesnt mean hes bad.
He is A Lakers for Life
where shannon? aint he spose to be on mondays & tuesdays
Klay is only worth a MLE, he is no longer a max player.
Such a captivating upload.
HIS SHIP HAS PASSED AND HIS WINDOW IS PASSING. KEVIN DURANT THRU A MIRACLE CAME BACK FROM AN ACL TEAR. BUT KLAY HASN'T BEEN THE SAME SINCE.
His numbers don’t tell the whole story. He averaged a few less points, but also played less minutes. His per 36 numbers are almost identical…
Identical to what?
@@agentcodybanx8909 to previous years
0-10 for that Elimination game. Nough Said.
@@DerekLaugann one game doesn’t determine how their season went
@@billy306 The truth is Kaly is washed. He is no different than these other washed up bums in the league. That's what injuries do to you sadly.
Klays next move is a pay cut. Bro isn’t leaving Golden State.
Klay also led the entire league in free throw percentage at almost 93%
I could definitely see Klay on the Mavs
Ion see that team losing if they sign him😅
Of course SAS wants Klay in New York 😂😂😂
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SAS is tired 😴 man 😆
He said I want new yowk a nba title
Stephen A Sellout is SO desperate for anyone (even washed-up players like Klank Washedson) to come play in the middle of dirty Manhattan 🤣🤣🤣
clay the brick isn’t worth trading for 😂
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I don’t think Klay should take it personal. They won a lot together and made a lot of money. Every player reaches this point in their career, just make the best of your career.
Khris Middleton got a 3 year $93 million dollar deal from the Bucks which is annual salary of $31 million. Klay Thompson should be able to get a similar deal.
Maybe Klay can pull a Draymond Green and punch someone in practice?
Dont want klay to get huge bag but decent amount to play with the young elites in orlando
Klay going back to gs…even if they never win again…gs not breaking up that trio
Klay would fit nicely in Philly. I also think it would interesting to see Klay go to SA and play with Wemby.
Stephen A wants everyone to go to New York or Phili cause those are his teams
Gossip sports network 😂
This is why I hate social media lol they’re always worried about who follows and unfollows somebody
When I saw this report, I looked on his Instagram and he was still following them.
Bro, the knicks fans just wanna try and run it back lmao
Imagine still thinking Klay is a starter in todays NBA lol
Lemme get Klay off the bench for us the Thunder we need a veteran like that
Can I get a large pepperoni pie. Add green chili. Can I also get some ranch with that?
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Klay Thompson to the Lakers 😏 his pops will have a hand in it. Book it.
Bad move for both teams
@@I.am_GrootI can see Klay coming off the bench if things don’t pan out
@@I.am_Grootyou don’t know ball
@@allenslimeverson3874 Go suck another rock fact is Lakers can't afford Klay for what he brings and by giving up what it would take to get him won't be better if you disagree with that please 'splain how I am wrong. Golden State wants to send Klay somewhere he can win or play his game with pride Lakers AINT THAT SPOT
@@allenslimeverson3874he isnt joining lakers
The irony of his name being Klay and him shooting bricks is crazy..😂
If u really take a look...Klay numbers from last season was not to far off from his career numbers.What was really missing from Klay over the past 2 seasons was his signature games where he would explode and get on those hot streaks.
Didn't Klay have 0 points in the play-in game? Yeah, I would not pay him a max deal.
The media cost him $30 Million that's stupid.
If I'm making $166 Million instead of $196 Million what difference does it do ? This is stupid Stephen A it's not like Klay is making $3500 a month and the "media" cost him $20,000
You’re quite the idiot
What's the difference? 30million dollars. That's a lot of extra spending
That’s because you don’t like money
Man, the real headline should be why is Draymond still with the Warriors???!
That man needs to go. Keep Klay
He got paid a max contract when he was injured and couldn't play for 2 years. He has been a net negative BPM for the last 2 years. He's not good enough to start on a good team. Warriors would be generous giving him a 3 year, 45M contract with a team option on the 3rd year.
Windy: finals end tonight!
Luka: are u sure about dat?
Jayson: Pretty Sure.
klay going to orlando lol
Maybe so and if he is their Kevin Love it would be great to see
Why would the warriors pay draymond 4yr/$100m and jordan poole to a max 4yr/$140m off the bench but nothing to klay Thompson smh hes more valuable than these 2
He's not worth that money at this point
@@roberttammaro7305Neither was Poole or Mr. Triple single
He is absolutely not worth more than Draymond, and they paid him a jumbo supermax contract while he was injured and washed. The Dubs don't owe him anything anymore.
@@JohnnyYeet123-sr8xkhe never had a super max
Because Klank Thompson isn't the player he was before that injury
Klay and NY would be deadly. I like Klay and OG together though.
As a Klay fan who owns multiple pairs of KT's and shirts from Anta I think he should take cut and stay in GS. Him going 0-11 in elimination game and playing bad previous year big games have been huge disappointment for me.
This is next level.
“Learn to like New York” 😂 SAS wants Klay in the big apple
If Klay is gone before Draymond is gone....I swear I'm flipping every table I can find
Right. If Klay leaves he needs to take Draymond with him. I'm so done with Draymond. And after that Doughnut Klay had in the play in he can go also if he can't accept a bench role.
Must be a good feeling to know the only one challenging your greatness is yourself
How is there no space in LA for Klay?
18PPG, 39% 3PT, 93% FT, 3.5 3PM, above average defender...
Despite some bad games and everyone saying he had a horrible season, most teams would kill for a player with those numbers.
his offensive is still fine last year, but his defense on guards is very poor now since he cannot keep up anymore. Against slower wing players he might be able to hold his ground.
...as a sixth man, not making over 30 million a year.
Klay Thompson going to the Orlando Magic is what's best 👌🏾 he can help out the future young core that casuals are sleeping on
Trade him to the clippers for PJ Tucker. He lives in LA in the off season & Tucker wants out
He is good buds with kawhi
What respect when you shoot 0-10 in an elimination game ? Man Brian it bothers all of us hearing you talk sports. And you know exactly why
Finally....I've been saying Klay in NY is the perfect fit for a bunch of reasons...1st...a change of scenery for Klay....He' s a floor spacer....good defender...and still can shoot better than 80% of the league...Klay is not soft....experience....championship experience cannot be overlooked! Come on Knicks....sign this dude....
not when you put up 0/11 in an elimination game and didn't show up last years post season.
Knicks take on the knicks is always insane lmao
It’s Gross how Stephen A. Is so dismissive of Orlando simply because they aren’t a major market
Klay to Knicks ??? Maybe a heavy contender
I hope my magic does not overpay for
Klay, we need shooting true but it have to be better options
Why Green acting like unfollowing your team is 'nothing'..
it tells the entire world and all his follows that he dont want updates from them..
in the world we live that speaks volume of whats happening..
It's been smoke with Draymond and Klay ever since they gave Draymond the bag, and offered Klay less
Klay Thompson playing for Coach Tibbs while not being able to move laterally anymore would be worth the entertainment alone
Why does every free agent destination have to be la, miami, philly, ny? Players don't care about "big markets" they care about winning and being competitive, stephen a needs to stop pushing this city agenda.
These guys have enough money like geez.
As a Knicks fan, I do not want Klay. Respect to the future Hall of Famer but I’d want somebody with more runway
If he’s so obessed with that max contract sht. Klay should go to WNBA
Who ever pays Klay big money will regret paying him anything. Age catches up to everyone.
The league doesn't operate OFF RESPECT
I thinking he’ll wanna play in Cali so Sac or LA probably But I’m sure he could use some new scenery and I’m sure he would like to be apart of whats about to happen in NY or Philly
Unfollowing and deleting photos is so insecure lol 😂
Its society now lol
Divo can catch and shoot and play defense. Can’t break but the Nova Knicks for Klay.
The Bulls love overpaying for old 2 guards if Orlando and GSW don't work out.