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0:19 recapping the NTMLE idea:    • #Warriors can sign $10-13M free agent...   — Klay was pegged at $24M to make that happen so if that didn’t happen, then does that mean Orlando has offered him (much) more than $24M?
2:14 reminder Bobby Marks said he’d offer $70M/2y
2:45 if the Warriors offered near $35/yr, such as $33M/yr (let’s say for 3 years), then there’s not much roster optionality — only championship teams ever run it back (2017 GSW, 2024 BOS)
3:56 ORL has about $50M in cap space, thereby being able to overpay Klay at that $30-35M/year
4:28 on Malik Monk taking a $78M/4y extension with SAC not mattering if ORL is the one team that really wants Klay
5:10 Klay would fit in with ORL, probably be a starter over Jonathan Isaac (or Gary Harris, who started G7 vs CLE)
5:27 Eric G of NBADraft.net discussed in detail why Klay is a better fit with ORL than GSW (see that video’s timestamps):    • #Warriors x #NBADraft.net+re-watch pa...  
5:45 Anthony Slater’s article which had a dire tone: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5583...
6:28 Slater also reported Looney would get guaranteed (consistent with the NTMLE idea not working)
6:55 on aggregators misreporting that Tim McMahon said Klay was “only” offered 2 years — he did not actually do that, he was referencing Shams’ report in December that GSW offered $48M/2y at the beginning of the season, which Klay passed on
7:47 theory: Lacob and Dunleavy haven’t offered anything (“frozen”) because at this juncture and with the ORL offer probably at $30-35M, why start a bidding war this early?
9:19 on Klay’s long flight to Japan giving him the time to change his profile pic and then other IG activity, rather than him just reacting on any given day — also his profile pic wearing a Team USA t-shirt had to be changed because he was about to train with Team Bahamas (in Houston, I’m told, although they are now in Greece; Klay was only in Houston)
11:30 on Klay’s fit with Orlando: the stars have aligned, it only takes one team
12:07 remember when Andre Iguodala pushed GSW offer up to $16M just by getting the same offer from one team (SAC)
12:34 article on how doomscrolling leads to high competitiveness and stress/outrage: https://www.bustle.com/wellness/what-...
13:45 on Joe Mazzulla always saying this past season that the Celtics “keep an open mind”
14:18 I don’t care to be right or wrong — I just would like people to stop competing and just be open-minded and therefore positive
14:56 Klay stayed on bench after game with towel over his head, remaining crowd chanted , “Thompson!” which was also inspiring. Moral of the story: he deserves the stars to be aligned with Orlando after what happened with the ACL then Achilles    • 📺 Emotional Klay gets uplifted by Cha...  
16:00 if Klay lands in ORL they’ll probably be my favorite Eastern Conference team
16:50 not much optionality for the Warriors, regardless. We’ll do a new video on that and the conundrum of Wiggins

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