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I have to be honest, the Bay Area press seems to radically UNDERvalue the Warriors’ younger players and radically OVERvalue the veterans and the value of acquiring other veterans in a trade. LeBron and KD MAY get you into contention if you don’t lose nearly anything getting them, but, like Steph, KD and LeBron are now old, as are Draymond and Klay. That’s just reality. If the warriors have to get rid of JK, MM, BP or TJD, they will not win. The youth are already the core of this team, and without these skilled players that are athletic, the Warriors won’t contend for a title. Steph, LeBron and KD are all highly skilled, but none of them are comparably athletic to Shai, Chet, AE, or Wemby. Even Giannis is struggling to remain physically viable vs the newest NBA players. The Warriors need to keep Steph, JK, MM, TJD, Gui and Podz, and move on from everyone else. If LeBron opts out of LA and signs with the Dubs for almost nothing, yay. If not, trading away young assets makes no sense anymore. That phase of the Warriors has passed, we have to realize that when they were given the opportunity, the youth were the consistency this past year, not the vets

No Lebron attached to Bronny on the Warriors.I cant take the "which big name high priced bench decimating aging star will save the Warriors" conversations. The Warriors need size defense and depth. The current Phoenix Suns situation is a cautionary tale on the dangers of going after big names that look good on paper.

KD won't come back, but if he did the narrative would be CRAZY. Couldn't win with Russ n em, came to the Dubs and won with Steph, couldn't with with his boy Kai on a Nets superteam, asks out to the Suns then couldn't win with Book + Beal superteam...and eventually comes crawling back to Steph. Weeooweee. His legacy would be ultra cooked in the media + fans eyes.

Very nice photoshop for KD in that thumbnail.

"Jeannie Buss, that relationship, whatever that means." Lmao

Lauri Marrkanen is a better fit than both

I would like to see KD back - IF the warriors don't have to gamble their whole future to make it happen. I don't want to see the dubs front office in the same mess the Suns currently have themselves in. I HAVE ZERO FUCKING INTEREST in seeing LeBalco in the bay.

Bron is too old to blow up your team to acquire him for like a year! What’s the point? Kd yea, Paul George yea.. but a 40 year old bron?!?!? Cmon man

Klay, Dray and Steph could drink from the Balco Elixir of youth

As a Warrior's fan, I would like to say...."WE DON'T WANT LEBRON. Definitely KD over that guy!

LeBron really really doesn’t want steph to have more* chips than him. The one way he can guarantee that is by joining the Ws

I'd much rather have KD back. He is familiar with Warriors org and system. Lebron comes with the circus and drama, and he's turning 60 years old, ain't no way!

First and foremost, warriors need to upgrade its size. They also need a stronger smarter coaching staff. Then come up with a winning offensive and defense strategy. Then find pieces that fits that puzzle. Until we are at that point, it’s hard to know what pieces to add.

What you said about KD and the weights is what I always felt about Klay when he came back from injury. He should got jacked after those injuries.

I'll never forget when LeBlown Games, back in Cleveland, said: I don't wanna chase championships, I wanna stay here and build a champion. Lmao. Few years later, if that, he was OUTTA there, and only returned when it was favorable to him.

I don’t see how you can look at the youth movement going on in the Western Conference and think “I need my team to be older.” 🙄

If the laker were to blow it up AD would be a better fit for GSW

Imagine how unstoppable Steph becomes if Lebron joins the team! Steph will now get all of the foul calls that he should get per game..he will be averaging 40

Klay and Draymond for Lebron. Starting 5: TJD, Lebron, Kuminga, Wiggins, Steph. Athletic wings to protect Steph, Lebron running point forward, with TJD protecting the paint and Lob Threat.

In this situation I would take Lebron because you don’t have to give up some of our young core since he is a free agent. With KD we would have to trade for him and most likely give up Kuminga or Pods/Davis and picks.

The face tells me he knows what he's doing, it's a simple decision to return to LA, but he'll let the media and fans run with it and keep him in conversations for the next few months.

Both Bron and KD won’t solve any defensive issues. Will help on offense but not the defense.

I think KD’s elite 3 ball and better defense would lead to more wins. Warriors desperately need better shooting and interior defense. But a LeBron 2:04 / Steph team up would break records and probably get its own documentary 10 years from now.

Lebron and Kd would bring so much drama God forbid

We need younger blood. But we aren't likely to get it, and what would you rather watch: a bunch of mid hall of famers or some fiery rookies? I think most fans would be happy with KD or LeBron joining Steph for a dream team.

That number 23 line had me rollin 😂! That might be a request tbh and dray hopefully, respectfully gives it up haha (*this won’t happen*)

It’s pretty clear that there has been a change of the guard and that the younger teams are now in the driver seat. It would be pretty cool to see the older guys come together one last time to stick it to the young teams.

I seen on Twitter some guy is predicting Denver wins series 4-1 against lakers which happened and now he’s saying warriors draft bronny in the second round which then Lebron signs with golden state

Lebron coming to warriors and both steph Lebron win their 5th ring will bring world peace.😂

Lebron would be the mature Kuminga version who will maximize an inverted pnr with Steph while being a great facilitator out of the post.

Warriors need better coaching staff especially the ones handling the challenges. Also find an assistant coach thats going to focus on defense

Draymond said they need fresh legs and his referring to Kuminga but the coach wasnt ready about it. Id rather have AD than Lebron. AD and Kuminga combination will be great and will leave Curry open. But anything may happen just like the way CP3 became a Warrior but please dont trade Kuminga. If Warriors acquire either of them the narrative will be Curry need KD/ Lebron inorder to win his 5th ring.

Both Bron and KD have settled nicely into secondary options for teams.

Big no to both

I’d give up Wiggs + Moody for any takers who’d give us a 1st rounder plus salary fillers (I’m looking at the Mavs with Hardaway and Josh Green). I’d send those salary fillers to Utah plus that acquired 1st and 2 more of ours (3 firsts total) and 2 pick swaps for Lauri. As long as OKC doesn’t get involved (for some reasons, they aren’t as high on Lauri), we have a good chance. I’d then pick up GP2’s TO and package that with another 1st and another swap and send that to Chicago for Caruso. We get to keep JK that way and I’d then extend him along the numbers of a Jaden McDaniels/Devin Vasell (5 years 130-140m which is ~ 28-26m a year). I’d let go of CP3’s contract, sign Klay to a 2-3 contract (20-23m range). I’d pick up another athlete defender in Derrick Jones Junior, a stretch 4 (Batum dream choice, maybe bring back Saric if that doesn’t work) and a big bruising big (Drummond my 1st choice but any robust big body would do). Cut Looney (sad but he’s gotta go). Steph, Caruso, JK, Dray, Markannen. Podz, Klay, DJJ, Batum, TJD Drummond etc (I literally don’t care about the rest of the roster). We’d not have any pick control for the next 6-7 years but we’d have 21 yr old Kuminga & Podz who I REALLY believe in. Markannen is still 26 too and we’d still have the big 3 for at least another 3 years I believe. This is the best, most realistic thing we could do this off season imo. That starting 5 would be epic. Caruso & Draymond for perimeter & interior defense respectively plus ultimate Swiss Army knife utility on both ends of the floor including playmaking. JK for rim/interior offense and Lauri basically gives you something close to a prime Klay that 7 FEET tall for rebounding and interior help defense.

This kinda reminds me of when the Niners wanted to go for Tom Brady a couple of years back. Same risk/reward.

I think another thing to consider is that dubs system right now isn't really working without athelticism that the old core doesn't have anymore. I could see dubs switching things around with lebron and maybe recruiting more ring chasers who fit the new system better, or trading CP3/klay for more atheltic bigs?

KD obviously…but he’s not the same player he was in 2018 and the supporting cast isn’t the same. Warriors need a defensive legit center who can set screens. A Steven Adams would be great if you can’t get a floor spacer. Looney isn’t as effective anymore as he once was because the number and quality of centers has increased and improved in the last few years and his lack of a jump shot is a liability regardless of what he gives you defensively and rebounding. You can use him at the 4 but then you need a 5 who can space. If you put him at the 5 then you need a 4 who is a legit 3 and D guy but then you have redundance of skill sets with Draymond. So Warriors are in a tough spot bc they’re a middle of the pack team now. It’s going to be rough for Golden State for the near future regardless of the moves they make cuz they won’t be at the bottom of the league but they won’t be a contender either

We already done the KD experiment, I’ll take LeBron this time around. Draymond, CP3, and Wiggins can all go. Absolutely keeping Kuminga and Trayce though

The warriors need a big who could put the ball on the floor and score consistently while being an excellent rim protector

KD and LeBron have either learned this or not... They need to come to a team like the Warriors if they want to win another championship. LeBron doesn't need 3-yr max -- he needs a 5th ring and that only happens if he teams up with Steph.

Gotta go with Lebron here, perfect for a 2 year window

Great content, as usual!! Dawg, the KD reunion would be special! Not only the familiarity with the system, but KD would be energized back in the Bay. It just seems like he's not nearly as happy in PHX as he was in the Bay. Born would be dope, but it just feels like he's one belch away from throwing out his back for months! Lol...I know he's a physical specimen, but Father Time takes NO Ls. Either way, THE SQUAD NEEDS HELP!!

LeBron could share some of his Magic Miami Juice with the boys

Neither, unless they accept the veteran minimum, and don't have to give up anything young for them.

Fuck it... bring in Lebron AND KD. 🤣🤣 nah but fr KD would easily be the better option at this point in their careers even though it would be fun to watch lebron and curry on the same team.

LeBron to the Warriors being the reason Draymond finally gets in line, makes me value him even less. That implies he has more respect for LeBron than Steph. Iggy doing the 'hand gesture' while Draymond was giggling with LeBron was a red flag. That, among other, team/future destroying reasons, is why I don't want to see this. At least KD comes with little to no drama. On the other hand, KD comes back and wins a 3rd finals MVP, then the questions Steph worked so hard to answer will come back.

The Warriors flowing movement eliminates isolated play, unless there is a clock issue that is forced upon the players. His highlight defense raises a crowd into a frenzy but doesn't comply with elite defensive effort that Golden State requires. I pass on him and Kevin Durant. Develop the young players into what developed Klay, Draymond and Steph into becoming HOF quality players.

History could be made if these old timers can check there egos at the door and show everyone how great they are together. Imagine if that could happen! Will see in the Olympics!

I think relationship wise it makes more sense for bron considering the past with kd but you’re right on the money with the system familiarity. But honestly I think bron would be better considering he becomes a FA so we can keep kuminga too

Take them both imagine the ticket sales

Either with Warriors would be excellent. Extremely high IQ and even as a second tier superstar would be monstrous upgrade, and playing with Steph, would be ridiculous.

Bron to the warriors would immortalize the 2024/2025 Team. Im here for it.

Anybody except Lebron. Lebron would give them 500+ FTs tho

It would be nice to see that Lebron and Steph link up but I don’t see it. Is there a world where we can get a valancianas and a PG maybe ? If so what would we have to lose to make that happen ?

Of those two I think you have to go with KD. He gives the dubs a lot more of what they need, length, defense, ability to play off ball. Health is a concern for both but with LeBron nearing 40 I don’t think you can count on him being much likelier to avoid injury than KD. Great vid Alch

What about both? 🤔

The only way it could work again with KD is if Dray could be man enough to say sorry, and “we need you now”. Otherwise I think there will be an irreconcilable gap in chemistry. A risk that is not worth the price. But I’d rather sign someone who could actually improve the way the team plays and can grow with our young core. Markennan seems like a great fit. Or someone like him.

Dray and KD ain’t playing together again

Been there, done that with KD. He never sems happy from all the reports out there. It was reported he went an entire month without speaking to the coach of PHX. That's insane. I don't want LeBron for a crazy price. He may be still a beast, but he will be 41 years old, and you can't give $100 plus million for a guy that old.

Agree wit you on the weight room aspect with KD, Warriors don’t win another Championship if Steph didn’t hit the weight room prior to our last chip 2021-2022 season

Very well done video, Unc. Taking Bron if I had to choose. Wish we could get AD somehow but I doubt they letting him go anywhere. Having a good locker room go a long ways tho. KD might disrupt that especially how Dray been acting. & we don’t need another JP situation.

I take neither. At this point in everyone's careers, Its just not going to happen. It'll be like The Lakers last "Superteam" with Nash, Kobe, Pau, and Dwight, with 2 of those 4 just straight up injured most of the time, and Kobe on his last productive legs. Trying to get Lebon + Steph or KD + Steph for "One Last Hurrah" will only set the team farther back with a 1st round exit to show for it (See Phoenix this year). At this point, they need to lean into their youth. They need to start running through Kuminga more (I know, I know), and play Trayce and Moody more. They need to find a way to dump Wiggs, CP, and Klay (unless Klay takes a MASSIVE discount and a much reduced role). Then turn that into one more good player or more productive depth and ride out Curry's final days. That's really the only way for the team to not completely crash and burn once the wheels come off the vets for good. I'd love to dump Wiggs and CP for one really good player, but I seriously doubt that'll happen, so I say get some decent role players and some picks to refresh the war chest. Maybe we strike gold again in the draft. Maybe we are able to turn it into a better player down the line when someone else gets disgruntled. But I feel that's the only positive way forward.

You don't become a billionaire by taking a discount of any kind ever. You become a billionaire by forcing everything you can get.

Adding Durant or LeBron would stil keep this team old. These young teams (look at the Timberwolves last night) would run the Warriors off the court. The Warriors need some of these young, long perimeter 3&D guys and a true big to compete.

KD only because he knows the system and he’d come back in and fit in like a glove.

The problem is that our trade assets like Wiggins & Klay didn't have good years and clearly on the decline. That reduced their trade value and the Suns aren't going to want high priced bench players in exchange for a mercurial starter. So a trade for KD is probably out, unless he sits out or something like that. Lebron could be interesting and it's probably time to rework the offense anyway. Yes he's lazy on defense and he's injury prone, but so is Klay. If we drop Klay and trade Wiggins for a better 2 way and keep the bench intact, we won't need Steph & LeBron playing 40 minutes a game. Kuminga & Podz can start more games and become the offensive threats we need, like they were starting to be this season. Frankly though I'm not at the "let's blow it up" stage. This year feels more like an outlier in terms of the West's performance. I am not certain the other teams can continue that winning pace- those sorry ass East teams will improve this offseason and they won't be as easy pickings next season.

Your analyst moved me towards LeBron and Steph together as oppose to KD. But I'm still thinking about both scenario's.

Unless either of the 2 explicitly force their way here and take huge pay cuts, they won't help win a title. We'd have to give up too much:. We've gotta be wily in the trade market like when we got an all star season outa forgotten Wiggins, or else keep finding diamonds in the rough in the draft, ie; Podz and TJD. Probably the best would be a complete rebuild, getting rid of the big 3 and Wiggs. Not a very fun process to begin though, so I expect to hear more Lebron and KD pipe dreams throughout the summer

Id much rather improve the roster with young talent/vet players still in their prime.

Who can afford all the sells outs at Chase center with Lebron/Curry team up?

Not even a Q, KD can play existing system, you don’t have destroy you identity, KD one of a kind player, skilled, efficient, he’s a threat every corner of the floor.

It would take more than KD part 2 tho. We would still need another piece.

Not trying to see an even older warriors team run out of gas while young bucks cook em every night in the 4th

What I like about both of these ideas? I think Draymond needs to go for either of them to make sense. In other words, I'm already over 50% in on either one of them!

I expect Steph Kerr and Steph to be cooking this summer with recruitment

KD would be perfect for the Warriors...I would welcome KD back.😊😊😊

There is nothing that would make me want LBJ on the team. He is too disruptive. Nope, nope, nope. If you want to win I wouldnt take him for $1. If you want him for the profile, for the jersey sales, for the headlines well that is the owners choice. If you want to win I would not go near LBJ.

I would get both of them. Big3. Definitely 2 fit and u get role players and all fit u win a chip.

we dont need Lebron at all, he will be using us more than we using him

Idk once something like that happens between 2 people like what happened with KD and Dray. I feel like no matter how much you patch shit up It'll never be the same, there's always going to be some resentment deep down.

Bro with the ego these players have, do you really think lebron would go to Steph’s team????

We know KD fits from years ago with those pieces but we don’t know for sure he’d work now without Klay and everyone older. Honestly feel we need both guys and think it’s possible because they all need a similar age and stage scenario to really work

KD, if the money right. The Warriors need to keep as many of their young stars. The Warrior's still need a center and Purdue's Edey is the path.

No Thankyou on either Lebron or KD. It's time to move forward.

LeBron would be amazing in Golden State but it means Draymond is gone. He would be Draymond on crack even at 40 years old. He’s as good of a passer, rebounder, and coach on the floor. He may not be the defender Draymond is because of how he disperses his energy at this age but he will do more at 6’9 than 6’6. LeBron is also a better shooter and far better scorer all-around. He would make Klay and Curry far better and give Curry new life as a consistent gravitational offensive player who makes the offense easier on him which is key for this latter part of Curry’s career.

I think lebron might be down to play with Steph in GSW...but it's gonna make draymond's a little duplicative. If we took KD, we'd have to give up a lot and we'd be stuck with that kd- steph version for 2 more years. I think it'd be better to try for one more with Lebron, just 1 year and then retool vs getting stuck with KD and probably having what happened to PHX, a team that doesn't make it to the finals, and has very little wiggle room, even less b/c a KD trade would be worth less.

Lebron + Steph would be fire asf ‼️‼️

I sort of prefer KD but I have the same thought process as u. I worry tradrd could ruin us, we alr struggling and if we have to give up picks I think those picks are way too valuable

How about both 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾

Don't give up Kuminga and TJD. for either LeBron or KD

I would not want either on The Dubs. I rather them grow with their youth but keep their Bg 3 (Klay, Dray, and Steph) then get elite players at the end of their careers to move the Dubs forward as a contender. The media hype sounds great but thats not a positive in the long run of the Dubs future, in my opinion.

There is no way I would want LeBalco on the Warriors. His narcissism will destroy chemistry. The upside is that we would at least start getting some foul calls :(

The narrative from Steph is how much he loves he loves the Bay area. The reflection is always we owe it to him to get him another ring. I'm not certain the attempt is worth costing possibly 10 to 15 seasons after he is gone to even sniff playoff success. If the organization has to ship off most of JK, TJD, BP and Moody to make it happen that is what will be the outcome. If LeBron wants to taken an unlikely discount so the Dub can find other complimentary bench strength, maybe extra rim protection, ok. KD would cost too much and has only one less injury than Klay, the reason Klay can't be a two-way asset anymore. It would be a ticking time bomb. I want to see how much progress a summers work by those 4 young guys and consistent playing time next season changes the Dubs trajectory. Despite the rhetoric the only "real" development nba teams provide is playing time (amazing how JK "blossomed" after calling out his lack of PT). The young guys go just to chase rainbows them I'm probably going to find something else to pass time in the winter.

Why not both

Klay can go respectfully! No assists, no rebounds, horrible attitude when his shots ain’t falling

Bron and KD are old guard. Let's get creative - Bam Adabayo? Who else? Giannis?

KD definitely can work on his strength and durability without lifting heavy weights and eating a lot. He probably would get his way a lot more if he spoke on it ahead of time. (I can be guilty of that too)

I like KD better as a person than LBJ. I know he has his flaws and can be hypersensitive but there is nothing to like about LeBron save the prospect of winning s and I don't value winning that much. KD has a better comeback narrative as well. Should have traded for him in the off-season after the chip. Could have signed Poole and sent him to Brooklyn with Wiseman, Moody and picks. Hell, I would've thrown in Kuminga if the salaries needed to match.