Draymond wants the Brinks truck or says* not to be mad he joins Lebron.

[Kblaze8855]

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*Supposedly

[Kblaze8855]

If they can maintain the level of recent years an AD/Dray 4/5 combo might be the best defensive big duo since Drob and Rodman unless you wanna put Sheed and Ben Wallace there but….it’s a big “if”. And I feel like I’m forgetting someone else….

[Xiao Yao You]

If they can maintain the level of recent years an AD/Dray 4/5 combo might be the best defensive big duo since Drob and Rodman unless you wanna put Sheed and Ben Wallace there but….it’s a big “if”. And I feel like I’m forgetting someone else….

as long as we forget Davis will be limited by injuries. You aren't winning with Lebron and Davis Draymond. That ship has sailed

[hold this L]

That's not a real quote lol.. but yes Draymond going to join Lebron next summer is a possibility. He's been the biggest Lebron dickrider since he signed for Klutch. My opinion is unless they get an absurd level of shooting, they will fail in such a hypothetical scenario.

[Kblaze8855]

At this point I barely bother checking. I heard him talking about his contract but I don’t listen to his podcast. I have before but it’s way down my list. I occasionally get to Iggy and Evan Turners.

At least whoever posted it cropped out the(I assume) ******** reference. I wonder if this one makes it to first take like the other one.

Im just gonna leave it up with an asterisk since he did say he wants and expects a max(at least I think he did).

[sdot_thadon]

It would a crazy Frontline, well when Lebron decides to play D with them. A few years ago it would have been interesting to see, but how would the Lakers give him the brinks truck anyway? Lol

[Kblaze8855]

Let’s just go with this from cbs making essentially the same point….he wants the max and may leave if he doesn’t get it:


. First on the docket? Draymond Green, who is eligible for an extension on Aug. 3, and according to Anthony Slater and Marcus Thompson of The Athletic (https://theathletic.com/3452144/2022/07/27/warriors-contracts-nba-free-agents/?source=emp_shared_article), wants every penny he can get.Green is slated to make $25.8 million next season, and has a player option for $28.5 million after that. For Green to maximize his earnings on an extension, he would have to turn down that option and re-sign at 120 percent of his current salary. That path would allow the Warriors to pay him over $164 million for the next five seasons. This, according to Slater and Thompson, is what Green wants.

Standard operating procedure in Golden State is to pay players with one year left on their deal. Even Stephen Curry waited until he was a year away from free agency before re-signing last offseason. Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole are in that position now. Wiggins will be an unrestricted free agent in 2023 and Poole will be restricted. Klay Thompson is also eligible for an extension, but with two years left on his deal, the Warriors do not appear to be in a hurry to pay him.


But Curry himself would reportedly prefer the Warriors to pay their veterans. According to Thompson and Slater, he views himself, Thompson and Green as a package deal and wants the three of them to remain together as long as they are with the Warriors. A three-year extension for Green would align his contract with Curry's.
If the Warriors are unwilling to extend Green, he is reportedly willing to pursue other options to get the contract he wants. What exactly that would entail is less certain. Green can become an unrestricted free agent as soon as next offseason. Would he play out this season expecting to possibly leave? Would he try to force a trade? There is no reason to believe he would at this stage, but if his priority is getting paid and the Warriors won't meet his demands, almost anything could reasonably be on the table

[hold this L]

At this point I barely bother checking. I heard him talking about his contract but I don’t listen to his podcast. I have before but it’s way down my list. I occasionally get to Iggy and Evan Turners.

At least whoever posted it cropped out the(I assume) ******** reference. I wonder if this one makes it to first take like the other one.

Im just gonna leave it up with an asterisk since he did say he wants and expects a max(at least I think he did).

That's a quote from balls@ack sports, who is notorious for making fake tweets to make media look stupid. ESPN took one of their quotes recently and ran with a story, until they found out it was fake by EOD and felt foolish. Just one to keep in mind of.

But yeah, there is a 5 year 165m deal extension he's looking for, which he is delusional to believe he has a chance in hell.

[Kblaze8855]

They got a lot of stories on espn or had them react. I think the Josh Smith and Lebron one was first.

[HylianNightmare]

That would be a horrible team

[jlip]

Authenticity of the quote aside, A LeBron/ Draymond team up would probably be a worse fit than Lebron and Westbrook. Draymond is in the perfect situation as he is surrounded by the greatest shooters in NBA history to compensate for his scoring deficiency. There were moments during this most recent playoff run where he was an offensive liability looking like a worse version of Ben Simmons. Defensively, he would be great anywhere, but he needs to stay where he is.

[sdot_thadon]

Authenticity of the quote aside, A LeBron/ Draymond team up would probably be a worse fit than Lebron and Westbrook. Draymond is in the perfect situation as he is surrounded by the greatest shooters in NBA history to compensate for his scoring deficiency. There were moments during this most recent playoff run where he was an offensive liability looking like a worse version of Ben Simmons. Defensively, he would be great anywhere, but he needs to stay where he is.

Great point, the elephant in the room. I always assumed simmons would look terrible beside Lebron and AD as well. I'm not really sure how much his athleticism could offset his deficiencies but his vision would work well as he's a better passer than draymond imo.

[SouBeachTalents]

Authenticity of the quote aside, A LeBron/ Draymond team up would probably be a worse fit than Lebron and Westbrook. Draymond is in the perfect situation as he is surrounded by the greatest shooters in NBA history to compensate for his scoring deficiency. There were moments during this most recent playoff run where he was an offensive liability looking like a worse version of Ben Simmons. Defensively, he would be great anywhere, but he needs to stay where he is.
I don’t disagree with anything you said, but I’m taking Dray, even with his offensive shortcomings, over the current version of Westbrook 100% of the time. Dray at least provides quality defense, Westbrook is a complete net negative out there.

[FKAri]

Authenticity of the quote aside, A LeBron/ Draymond team up would probably be a worse fit than Lebron and Westbrook. Draymond is in the perfect situation as he is surrounded by the greatest shooters in NBA history to compensate for his scoring deficiency. There were moments during this most recent playoff run where he was an offensive liability looking like a worse version of Ben Simmons. Defensively, he would be great anywhere, but he needs to stay where he is.

Agreed. Draymond's a very good player...when playing next to Klay and Curry. Elsewhere, especially at his age he'd be a replacement level player. Draymond walking is a lose-lose for both parties. But maybe someone's dumb enough to give him a big contract.

[8Ball]

That's not a real quote lol.. but yes Draymond going to join Lebron next summer is a possibility. He's been the biggest Lebron dickrider since he signed for Klutch. My opinion is unless they get an absurd level of shooting, they will fail in such a hypothetical scenario.

Everyone ends up a LeBron stan. Only a matter of time.

We'll convert Jordan too eventually.

[Real Men Wear Green]

If LA finds a way to offer more money he may as well get paid but playing off the ball beside James he would be useless offensively.

Lacob is already sick of the repeater tax without handing Green a max. I bet they hand him a healthy payday but no one would pay him max at this point and if they do it they will have basically lost a bidding war with themselves. There is no other team to whom he would have such a high value, surrounding him with shooters including the two greatest ever while putting the ball in his hands to make decisions. He's a very unique fit. In LA he would be more likely to be James back up than an all-star.

[8Ball]

If LA finds a way to offer more money he may as well get paid but playing off the ball beside James he would be useless offensively.

Lacob is already sick of the repeater tax without handing Green a max. I bet they hand him a healthy payday but no one would pay him max at this point and if they do it they will have basically lost a bidding war with themselves. There is no other team to whom he would have such a high value, surrounding him with shooters including the two greatest ever while putting the ball in his hands to make decisions. He's a very unique fit. In LA he would be more likely to be James back up than an all-star.

Green is just trolling for pressure.

The man is logical. Bron is retiring in a year or 2.

Unless they humiliate him with a lowball, they will settle in between.

[Overdrive]

I'd love to live in a parallel universe where Green was drafted by the Bobcats.

[Gohan]

We all know draymond is just another house n1gga

[FilmyCogTurner]

I would love to see these two shitbirds turn on each other

[Spurs m8]

He somehow got more insufferable than earlier.

Funny we didn't hear a peep from him when he was worst team in the league without splash help

Never seen a more inflated sense of worth...he even completely sucks now.

**** off, you stupid donkey

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*Supposedly

The dude is not lying. LeBron and Draymond have been talking eachother up for the last 2 or 3 seasons. When LeBron talked about the types of players he wanted on the Lakers back in 2019 he mentioned high IQ guys like Draymond and Andre Igoudala.

Draymond and Darvin Ham are from the same town and went to the same high school.

[Real Men Wear Green]

The dude is not lying. LeBron and Draymond have been talking eachother up for the last 2 or 3 seasons. When LeBron talked about the types of players he wanted on the Lakers back in 2019 he mentioned high IQ guys like Draymond and Andre Igoudala.

Draymond and Darvin Ham are from the same town and went to the same high school.

Talk about intelligence all he wants to but James should realize by now that the guys on the floor with him need to be good shooters if he is dominating the ball. Green plays smarter than Westbrook but the main reason Westbrook didn't work is that he needs to dominate the ball and can't shoot. What team wouldn't double James off of Green? That's as basic as strategy gets.

[999Guy]

Authenticity of the quote aside, A LeBron/ Draymond team up would probably be a worse fit than Lebron and Westbrook. Draymond is in the perfect situation as he is surrounded by the greatest shooters in NBA history to compensate for his scoring deficiency. There were moments during this most recent playoff run where he was an offensive liability looking like a worse version of Ben Simmons. Defensively, he would be great anywhere, but he needs to stay where he is.

Draymond is smarter and better than Westbrook on both ends.

People love to overcomplicate things.

Healthy LeBron + Draymond is never gonna be anything but really good. Because they’re really good players.

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Talk about intelligence all he wants to but James should realize by now that the guys on the floor with him need to be good shooters if he is dominating the ball. Green plays smarter than Westbrook but the main reason Westbrook didn't work is that he needs to dominate the ball and can't shoot. What team wouldn't double James off of Green? That's as basic as strategy gets.

You're making a mistake if you think everything is about shooting and spacing. LeBron won back-to-back with a non-shooting sidekick. LeBron has also won with great shooters. The point is that there are several ways to win and winning with Westbrook is not out of the question.

Besides, you're not even considering the other opinion that states that the main reason Westbrook didn't work was because of the one-dimensional nature of Frank Vogel.

The Lakers had a roster loaded with offensive talent and Vogel tried to force the roster to become a defensive team. For comparison, what Vogel tried to do with last year's Lakers is the opposite of what Ty Lue did with an offensive roster in Cleveland. Lue built a system to fit the team. Vogel tried to force a team into his system. I'm of the opinion that THAT was the primary reason for the Lakers failures last season.

[Real Men Wear Green]

You're making a mistake if you think everything is about shooting and spacing. LeBron won back-to-back with a non-shooting sidekick. LeBron has also won with great shooters. The point is that there are several ways to win and winning with Westbrook is not out of the question.

Besides, you're not even considering the other opinion that states that the main reason Westbrook didn't work was because of the one-dimensional nature of Frank Vogel.

The Lakers had a roster loaded with offensive talent and Vogel tried to force the roster to become a defensive team. For comparison, what Vogel tried to do with last year's Lakers is the opposite of what Ty Lue did with an offensive roster in Cleveland. Lue built a system to fit the team. Vogel tried to force a team into his system. I'm of the opinion that THAT was the primary reason for the Lakers failures last season.

The difference between superstar Wade and Westbrook (or Green) is massive. You are ignoring how the Heat failed when Wade started falling off. James is great but history shows that he needs teammates that can shoot.

To get the most out of Westbrook they have to take the ball out of James hands and g8ve it to hook. Jan had already said the offense will be James. But here's hoping they make Westbrook the focus of the offense. I want to see that. Of vitae in not a Lakers fan.

[hold this L]

The dude is not lying. LeBron and Draymond have been talking eachother up for the last 2 or 3 seasons. When LeBron talked about the types of players he wanted on the Lakers back in 2019 he mentioned high IQ guys like Draymond and Andre Igoudala.

Draymond and Darvin Ham are from the same town and went to the same high school.
That's because Lebron is all about his legacy and the bottom line. Sure Iggy and Dray are great players, but why do you think he purposefully mentioned those 2? Both played with Steph who is closest to him in terms of achievements. "Look at how good his teammates are." It could also be the last few years that him and Dray just became good friends, or he's doing what he can to break up the band from the guy that has as many rings as he does. It's a chess move, poor little Draymond of course unsurprisingly is too much of a dumbass to ever realize he's just a pawn. I remember a story back when for 2012 with Bron and Wade saying a bunch of things to Harden in the final to egg him on to leaving.

As for Dray at the Lakers, that team would be a disaster. The only exception would if they sign a ton of shooters that can move off the ball, at least 3 of them. Lebron plays little off ball nowadays, so Draymond being at the top of the key hits a little different in the other 29 teams compared to the greatest off ball duo in NBA history. Dray is not as good as he was, team when they were #1 defensively in the league before he went down was better with him off the court than on (60% into the season). In the playoffs, team also had a better def rtg with him off than on by 2 points. Compare that to 2019 when Draymond was off, the team was -9 worse off defensively. Dude had far and away his worst postseason of his career last year, with his worst series ever in the Memphis series and 2nd worst vs Boston. I don't know how Warriors would work unless they get 1-2 very good players to make up for it, but Dray with Bron would be a hilarious ****ing disaster.

https://www.pbpstats.com/wowy-combos/nba?TeamId=1610612744&Season=2021-22&SeasonType=Playoffs&PlayerIds=203110&OnlyCommonGames=true

[NBAGOAT]

one team off top of my head that should consider overpaying dray(30mil+ range) is portland. They've just been waiting forever for that big who can play 4 on 3 so dame doesnt get trapped and they desperately need defense.

[Xiao Yao You]

You're making a mistake if you think everything is about shooting and spacing. LeBron won back-to-back with a non-shooting sidekick. LeBron has also won with great shooters. The point is that there are several ways to win and winning with Westbrook is not out of the question.

Besides, you're not even considering the other opinion that states that the main reason Westbrook didn't work was because of the one-dimensional nature of Frank Vogel.

The Lakers had a roster loaded with offensive talent and Vogel tried to force the roster to become a defensive team. For comparison, what Vogel tried to do with last year's Lakers is the opposite of what Ty Lue did with an offensive roster in Cleveland. Lue built a system to fit the team. Vogel tried to force a team into his system. I'm of the opinion that THAT was the primary reason for the Lakers failures last season.

Vogel wasn't the problem. The problem is they suck without Lebron and Davis and those two didn't play much. If Westbrook could have carried them when those guys weren't playing they might have had a chance.

[hold this L]

Vogel wasn't the problem. The problem is they suck without Lebron and Davis and those two didn't play much. If Westbrook could have carried them when those guys weren't playing they might have had a chance.

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/lakers-record-with-lebron-and-anthony-davis-2022

They sucked with them also.

[Xiao Yao You]

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/lakers-record-with-lebron-and-anthony-davis-2022

They sucked with them also.

22 games spread over the year. Not surprising they never got it together

[bullettooth]

So now LeBron is gonna be carried by Draymond?

[LeCola]

Do you really think he will reject 27m$ player option and another team will offer him 50+m$ per year?

[Overdrive]

You're making a mistake if you think everything is about shooting and spacing. LeBron won back-to-back with a non-shooting sidekick. LeBron has also won with great shooters. The point is that there are several ways to win and winning with Westbrook is not out of the question.

Besides, you're not even considering the other opinion that states that the main reason Westbrook didn't work was because of the one-dimensional nature of Frank Vogel.

The Lakers had a roster loaded with offensive talent and Vogel tried to force the roster to become a defensive team. For comparison, what Vogel tried to do with last year's Lakers is the opposite of what Ty Lue did with an offensive roster in Cleveland. Lue built a system to fit the team. Vogel tried to force a team into his system. I'm of the opinion that THAT was the primary reason for the Lakers failures last season.

The Heat had good 3 pt shooting outside Lebron/Wade both winning years.

[ArbitraryWater]

delusional

[LAL]

Why do people still talk about lebron like he's not some 39 year old lazy stat padder failing in the west? LeGrandpa is unimportant now or in a couple of years wtf.

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Why do people still talk about lebron like he's not some 39 year old lazy stat padder failing in the west? LeGrandpa is unimportant now or in a couple of years wtf.

Because of this, fam:

30 points
1.1 blocks
1.3 steals
6.2 assists
8.2 rebounds

Nobody in history has done that except 37 year old LeBron James.

Jordan has never averaged at least 30 points, 1 block, 1 steal, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in any season.

For single seasons, in the NBA/BAA, in the regular season, requiring Total Rebounds/G >= 8 and Points/G >= 30 and Steals/G >= 1 and Blocks/G >= 1 and Assists/G >= 6, sorted by descending Points/G:

https://stathead.com/tiny/gGULT

[Gohan]

If they pay draymond that much they should pay me 15 mil a year. I can be a good chucker on orlando

[highwhey]

he must have found warriorfans crack stash

[nayte]

The warriors should pay him but the threat of going to LeBron isn't really that big in the scheme of things