Jerry West is trying to sell Durant something as far as being a player who continuously fell short of winning a title. GS is doing everything they can to do that but in the same regard we have the same selling point. GS is much more strapped to their stars if they sign Durant. We have much more flexibility that way plus star players. I can see Durant biting on that though. Whether it's in Durants best interest is possibly something else.
I think coming here is in his best interest for similar but different reasons. I think we are in just as good a position to set the tone in the nba if not moreso if we got Durant.
We are a better situation than OKC that way. We also aren't as strapped as GS will be with Durant. That's pretty much it if he signs there.
I hope Jerry West mentioned that team that was the reason for him constantly coming short of a title. Oh yeah, the Celtics! That's all KD should need to know.
This is what I mean though. We are smarter and set up better.
It's him, Curry, Klay and Draymond. They are going to lose everyone else. With the additional cap space it's possible though. But between those 4 guys they are going to run into issues. That's 4 potential max players and teams are going to bid for those guys and drive their value up plus their roleplayers.
The cap just went up a huge amount, but it's still at 95 mil or whatever it is. All teams need to do is throw lots of money at their players and roleplayers and GS is toast.
They are going to struggle to keep Draymond when he is up for contract. I also doubt Jerry West is smart enough to fill those voids.
They aren't going to be able to pay all their roleplayers either. Teams will outbid them.
