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Willard and Dibs react to a busy news day for the Warriors, with a focus on Draymond Green's future after reports that the Warriors are not expected to extend his contract with the team.
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00:00Maybe the most important thing that was sort of said publicly, Warriors related today, I think came from our good
00:07friend Anthony Slater on ESPN, who sort of did a what you need to know about the Warriors before this
00:13all gets started and seemingly threw a different pitch with regard to Draymond Green.
00:19Right. And the pitch is yet to be thrown, but they're signaling maybe it's pitch calm and they're signaling what
00:24that pitch is likely going to be. And it feels like if nothing can be done by him taking a
00:31one year deal and making it two, in other words, if they can't use that financial break this year to
00:36do something significant, well, then both sides are kind of resigned to the reality that he'll just come back, pick
00:42up his option and be a warrior one more year or one more day or four more months.
00:48Or maybe one more year and then he signs again after that. But if he plays under 27 million, it
00:54is a much more flexible contract for the Warriors.
00:57Yeah. Don't you think it represents something a lot more than that? I get what you're saying. You're not wrong.
01:03So there's the one year, there's the two year, as I was just talking about, the only reason for the
01:08Warriors to do this decline and sign two year thing with Draymond, there has to be a corresponding move that
01:15makes that reasonable.
01:16Right. Like why? Why? You're not going to just do this because you're like, we really like Draymond Green. I
01:23don't think Mike Dunleavy is going to operate that way. I don't think they're that flimsy. You don't just do
01:28it for the sake of doing it. There has to be a reason.
01:31And in the absence of reason, what the Warriors are saying is, no, just pick up your option.
01:37And then if that means that you're no longer a warrior after this year, or by the way, if it
01:44means you're not a warrior this year,
01:47then doesn't that fit in the sentence that he said 12 times today, everything's on the table.
01:54It does. Yeah. And part of the Anthony Slater article was talking about how sources told Anthony that they were
02:02really impressed with how Draymond handled the trade deadline last year with his name being thrown out there.
02:07And all we heard from Mike Dunleavy last year was a very defiant. No, his name wasn't thrown out there.
02:13And yet source report from Slates today is talking about how some within the organization are really proud of the
02:19way he handled it.
02:20So, yeah, you can listen to all the things Mike Dunleavy said today and Matt Chapman yesterday talking about the
02:26no trade clause.
02:27And it's not so much that these people are lying because lying is such a harsh and dirty word.
02:34They're kind of lying.
02:34Yes, but it's not their job to give us the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
02:38Like, I think it's lying all within an honest space.
02:43The context of their job.
02:44Yeah.
02:44He's supposed to lie.
02:45Like, I mean, I do think there are questions that get asked of them where they have a choice.
02:50They can either lie a little bit, fib, white lie, whatever you want to call it, or they can look
02:56all of us directly in the eye and go, I'm not answering that.
02:59Which is wholly unsatisfying and kind of sets off a whole different, you know, tone to the whole thing.
03:07It sets everybody off like, oh, what's going on here?
03:11Why even show up to the press conference if you're not going to answer anything?
03:14If you get evasive and it sounds sort of like you're terse, then that's going to rub people the wrong
03:19way.
03:20But then, I mean, this is the yin-yang that we do.
03:23So does brutal honesty.
03:25Brutal honesty rubs us the wrong way, too.
03:28Steve Wilkes knows he messed up.
03:29Oh, God.
03:32Oh, my God.
03:34You jerk.
03:35So.
03:36I can honestly say I'm sort of built for this.
03:38They get stuck.
03:39They get stuck.
03:40And that's why, yeah, you're right.
03:41The lying to an agree is, it's acceptable.
03:44Right.
03:44And today he talked about all options open and all the rest.
03:47So the one thing I am thinking more and more about, and you and I talked about it before the
03:51show, is clear in the books.
03:53And so if you have Draymond on a two-year deal for $40 million, $19 million this year, $21 million
03:59next, whatever the number would be, that is going to be on the books.
04:02And you mentioned it before.
04:03Right now you've got Moses, and you've got Guy, and you've got Will Richard in italics, which means it's not
04:09guaranteed.
04:09So your books going into not this coming season, but the one after, wide open.
04:15They're like your dome, dude.
04:16They're clean.
04:17Yeah, yeah.
04:17It'll be clean tomorrow.
04:18Tomorrow's a haircut day.
04:20It's still pretty clean.
04:20But, yeah, I mean, that's what they want is, you know, roster flexibility, not this year, but next.
04:26Well, then you probably don't want to give Draymond Green an extra year yet.
04:30Here's Don Levy.
04:31What he said today, Draymond and Porzingis.
04:34This is what he said at the press conference.
04:37Yeah, I think, you know, now with, I can't remember when the rules change, but there's stuff opens up where
04:42we can talk to our own players sooner, which is nice.
04:44I mean, just to get that going.
04:45But I've had conversations with, you know, kind of all of our free agents, the representatives.
04:50I think we're in a good place with all of them.
04:52Lots of good players.
04:53But as far as Draymond and KP, you know, Draymond's got the player option, but we're in communication with his
04:58group.
04:59And then same thing with KP.
05:01And both guys, I think we value, we want here, and we see them as kind of a piece of
05:05the puzzle next season.
05:06Okay.
05:07And I don't think he's lying.
05:10But I also think it might not go that way.
05:14It might not go that way.
05:16Like, I tell you what, in about 10 minutes, after reading everything and listening to everything today, I put together
05:24what, for me, just as a fan, I'm one fan, what the absolute dream offseason is for the Golden State
05:33Warriors.
05:33I will freely admit, probably won't happen.
05:36I don't think the dream scenario usually does.
05:39But I tell you what, I've got the dream scenario.
05:45And the only teaser I'll give you is that if Draymond Green just does a simple opt-in to the
05:52contract, then Draymond Green becomes a very tradable, expiring deal.
06:00Yep.
06:00And I'm not sure if that would be something you could do now or if it's more likely at the
06:05deadline, but you certainly would think about trying to do it now.
06:09And I believe that the deadline is June 29th for Draymond Green to make that decision.
06:15So between now and then, he'll talk to Draymond's people, and Draymond will have his people talk to Dunleavy and
06:21his people, various Lacobs.
06:22And before the 29th, though, there's a draft.
06:25And so if the Warriors do want to draft at 11, they might draft a player and trade that player
06:31along with Draymond Green for somebody between, I don't know, July 4th and the start of the year.
06:37Well, I mean, all in all, Mike Dunleavy today kept his cards close to the vest, as he should.
06:45Do you know what I mean?
06:46And so I think what everybody, you tell me if I'm wrong on this, what everybody really wants to access
06:52is, hey, Warriors, what's your philosophy for the offseason?
06:57It's not what move are you going to make and, you know, are you going to draft the player?
07:03Are you going to make a trade?
07:04I think what we're looking for is some sort of philosophical answer.
07:10And what I mean by that is, are you going to aggressively this offseason be about this season?
07:17Or are you going to aggressively this offseason be about the larger picture?
07:23And I think he kept all of his cards closed.
07:27And so sure, all options are on the table.
07:31But I certainly got the vibe from him that if he was going to answer that question fully honestly, I
07:41would say that this offseason they're prioritizing the bigger picture.
07:46Right.
07:46They are not everything for Steph this year.
07:50I don't think that is their philosophy.
07:52I'm just reading from the Slater piece and the second paragraph is something that was sourced from the front office.
07:58And it's referring to Steve Kerr, who reportedly said, don't mortgage the future for the present.
08:03Don't throw around first round picks for marginal upgrades.
08:06So there are players out there who might not be marginal upgrades, but you may have to throw around first
08:12round picks to bring those players in.
08:15Assuming you can take Draymond Green and package him or Jimmy Butler and package him.
08:20You may have to throw around first round picks.
08:22But to your point about the philosophy, it feels that the philosophy is more about, you know, doing everything you
08:29can now.
08:29You use the pick.
08:30You bring back Chris Stapps.
08:32You try to make some maneuvers to get your team a little bit better.
08:37You get to the deadline and maybe you can do something with Jimmy's contract.
08:40But you don't mortgage the future with your picks and you see what you can do.
08:44You clear the books for next year.
08:46And maybe next year is actually the last dance.
08:48Well, I mean, and I think this was in the Slater piece as well.
08:52What is sort of evident to me is that the Warriors very, very much, they are prioritizing that financial flexibility
09:03that they have after the upcoming season.
09:07And certainly a Steph Curry extension is one thing that they will rope into that.
09:12But outside of that, Moody's deal and Guy Santos' deal, that's it.
09:16And that's nothing.
09:17That's less than 20 million bucks.
09:19So that's no big deal at all.
09:21Do you put a Steph extension in on there?
09:23Sure.
09:24Is it 50?
09:25Is it 60?
09:25Is it 40?
09:26I don't know.
09:27And I don't care, quite frankly.
09:30But after that, that's where the whole Draymond question comes in.
09:35That's where the idea of Anthony Davis comes in.
09:39And I tell you what, to read Slater's piece, to listen to Dunleavy on two different interviews today, Anthony Davis'
09:48name never even came up.
09:50And I know they wouldn't ask him directly about it because you can't say anything about it on June 17th.
09:57But I certainly, I look at the names that did come up in Slater's article, and Anthony Davis was not
10:03one of them.
10:04And I just, I don't believe that that is the Warriors' philosophy.
10:09What was stated by Bleacher Report yesterday is, well, this is an obvious move for the Warriors because they've got
10:15to have a good player next to Steph Curry.
10:17Obvious move for the Warriors?
10:18Yeah.
10:19No.
10:19How about for the Wizards?
10:22It doesn't even matter.
10:23Right.
10:23I disagree.
10:24I think the Warriors disagree.
10:27I don't think they think it's an obvious move.
10:29I think they think it's a terrible move.
10:30Well, I don't think that there are any obvious moves at that level.
10:33And in the piece, he talks about the LeBron James situation.
10:37And, you know, many reports now indicate that he's much more likely to stay in L.A.
10:41For sure, yeah.
10:41The Clippers aren't trading Kawhi Leonard to the Warriors.
10:44The Warriors were knocking on that door at the deadline last year.
10:47And the reports are that Steve Ballmer picked up the phone and said, no, we're not doing that.
10:51We're not trading him there.
10:52They still want to build around him.
10:54And if the Anthony Davis move is dead on arrival, and if Giannis is going to either Miami or Boston,
10:59what are we looking at?
11:00Well, the Giannis thing to me is the clearest sign of how the organizational philosophy has changed.
11:06In February of 2026, the Warriors were willing to give four future firsts for Giannis.
11:13In June of 2026, they don't even want in on the conversation.
11:18Right.
11:18That's four months.
11:19They don't even want to call.
11:22They're not interested in getting into the Giannis conversation.
11:27This is a big deal.
11:28I mean, think about where this town has been for three years and what we've talked about with this organization.
11:34Big game hunting.
11:35Big game hunting.
11:36No.
11:37Not anymore.
11:37Not anymore.
11:38And I think the Jimmy ACL injury might be the ultimate pendulum swing, the tipping point on all this,
11:45because if you had Jimmy Butler for one more year, you might be more motivated to bring in a third
11:51really good player.
11:52But with Jimmy out until February or maybe longer, I think you have to pivot.
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