Klay Thompson won't be your typical free agent. He's not gonna go to just any contender, he's not just gonna go to the highest bidder. He's not going to New York or Philadelphia. He's not going somewheres cold or anywheres he might get booed, he sensitive. He's either re-signing with GS or going to play with James.
When you say "I'm keeping my eye on", I feel like you are gonna upload a video the minute Woj or Shams breaks the news. I look forward to your videos this free agency my guy. Keep up the good work!
If lebron dips if im the lakers im def consider full rebuild. AD cannot be 1.A and i doubt they can get a 1.A to replace bron this summer. Then you just risk next season being just good enough for your pick to be meh but nowhere near good enough to win.
Unlikely to happen given NOP will likely own their pick in the 2025 draft (Lakers will probably pick up their pick this season) as well as owing their 2027 pick Top 4 protected. I dont disagree with your last statement, but we've seen front offices remain stubborn to protect their own jobs and interests and dont think LAL will revert back to the pre-LBJ era given how long that took.
beasley and klay are around the same level at this point. Beasley may even be better bc he doesnt expect star level touches and has better shot selection
@@matthewadkins7973 I don’t agree. I think Klay is a much bigger threat that draws a lot more attention. Will create more opportunities for dame and Giannis. Proven winner, performed at the highest level and won’t be scared of the moment. If your comparing percentages sure they are roughly the same. But no way I’m taking Beasley over klay in a playoff series. Not really close in my opinion
Jrue Holiday to the Spurs would be absolutely perfect for them. He plugs one of their biggest defensive gaps while bringing in elite shooting and solid passing chops. Also, since his pts total is down, the Spurs would probably be able to pick him up for less than if he was going crazy this year.
Dang it. Idk why he even put Jrue on the list. He's got a player option for $40M ini 24-25. Unless he signs an extension for similar money, there's no way he doesn't pick that up.
@@wannabelikegzus idk why he put Jrue on this list either. It’s set in stone that both Jrue and Bostons front office are very much both in agreement on a contract extension
@@MrE_eh I don’t think he will, Horford left in free agency then came back via trade after an awful stint in Philadelphia Holiday was traded away from the team he wanted to stay with, got traded again and now is having an amazing year in Boston, OP is right there really isn’t much of a reason for Holiday to leave Boston atm
@@Noah-tu2nw don’t have the money they are gonna be deep in luxury tax but I don’t think browns big money kicks in for 2 years and if you wanna go to a game you’ll realize how they will have enough money for him and white lol tickets will be ridiculous and everything else in the building will skyrocket
The only way I can see Lebron be able to justify signing for the MLE would be if a team like Cleveland or Miami, that he’s played for already, drafts Bronny.
I'm so interested what Morey do with all that cap space... If he sign PG13 would be nice I think even better than have OG. NO to LeBron. DeRozan for mid I'm ok with it he could team up again with Lowry if he take minimum. NO to Klay
I think its overall bad for the NBA if a max player or any player take a significant pay cut. Sure, that player have a higher chance of winning, but I think its damaging to the competitive integrity that is somewhat being questioned already.
@@bart6208 No it doesn't because then all the star players, or more of the star players can go to one team. It may not work out like the Nets with Kyrie, Durant, and Harden, or Harden on the Sixers. In theory, those moves made those teams stronger. It did not turn out that way but that was the theory behind those moves. I know Harden did not take a pay cut in Brooklyn but he did when he signed his extension in Phili. Imagine Lebron, Doncic, Giannis, and Jokic on the same team. That decreases competitiveness throughout the league because the one team has all the star power which makes the league less balanced.
Atlanta has deep pockets man... do not sleep on them snagging a piece, also Charlotte has deep pockets... You seem to be obsessed with a few teams without acknowledging the pockets of others that are yet to spend anything significant...
If I was Lebron, I would want a max contract sign and trade with Spurs, if they are willing. If not max, maybe two years less, so three years with 2 years as player options.
Klay isn’t going anywhere. No team will be dumb enough to pay him a lot. Lebron’s ego won’t permit him to sign elsewhere for MLE. He leaves LA only for the Cavs, or not at all.
Unless Paul George is willing to take a lesser role and come for the MLE or something like that, I don't see Indiana bringing him back. Just because I think keeping Pascal Siakam is the more important thing for Indiana to do. Not saying it can't happen, I just don't see it until the Siakam situation is resolved. The team with plenty of money to offer max deals though is tied for the worst record in the NBA. Detroit. So I could see DeRozan and George possibly going there. Because Detroit wants to put a couple of guys around Cunningham who can raise their profile. They have plenty of cap space to make it happen. Hell I think they would use a pick to get Bronny James in the second round if they could get LeBron James to sign with them. That is how desperate for talent they are.
I feel like Miami may look at picking up bronny in the second round if they can snag a serviceable big man in the first and Dj Wagner is gone in the second
@@Keedz Possible. But I think he is still very unlikely to declare in the draft this low. I think he would look to raise his profile with a fully healthy season and see what he can really do. This would allow LeBron to pick up the option and wait a year, knowing he is likely to have to take a significant paycut for any team that drafts his kid.
There is no way in hell he signs for a mle the way his personality is yeah no. I hope he stays far far away from my clippers klay would be better would klay take mle or would George or Harden take paycuts for some extra role players or clippers wanted Holiday when he got traded could they still interested in Holiday. George and harden are staying George goal is to extention and harden wants to come back i think clippers big 3 stays in tact the question is do you add a Klay or a Holiday ir DeRozan guys like that. This new CBA makes offseason very complicated.
If lebron sighns a minumum contract in cleveland and ends up winning a title with donavon mitchell. Would that be ring chasing or him wanting to come back home for the end of his career
Lebron wouldnt ever sign a minimum. I love the guy, he's my GOAT, but dude values his money and time. Hell make sure he's paid for that properly. I don't think he ever takes a minimum, I can see a possibility where he signs a 1+1 on a 20 million/year deal maybe.....But there are teams including the Lakers that'll be offering 30+ for the guy. He just brings way too much value to an organization outside of basketball to justify the price. Sponsors, ticket sales, and generally post-season runs, jersey sales, marketing opportunities. Even if I was Charlotte, id be eying an offer in that range for him. Even if the Lakers suck, they'll be getting the monetary value of his spot on the roster back and much more. Its a business move to sign Lebron and he knows it.
Kinda grasping for straws here tbh. Absolutely no shot we see guys like Lebron, Jrue, or OG on the move, and it's quite unlikely to see Siakam move either. It's really just Klay and Demar, two guys on the wrong side of 30 on the decline.
Think there’s a really good chance lebron leaves he knows there’s no chance he wins for the lakers again only reason he’s stayed this long is because he wanted to bring the lakers past the Celtics in rings
MEH I think Jordan was a better player myself but lets face it Bron has all the records and if he decided to ring chase for lets say 5 years right and ended up winning 2 more chips. Gonna be hard for even Jordan lovers like myself to convince people when that happens let alone in 20 years from now that Lebron wasn't the best player ever and it was Jordan. I also don't think anyone would give a shit at this point if Bron decided to ring chase. Dudes done everything there is to do if he wanted to go somewhere else and play with people he likes that is great and wins who cares.
@nnj1991 I agree but people don't look at shit eith advanced metrics which clearly show Jordan eas better. They will so this exactly watch LeBron has more points More rebounds More assists Been to the finals 10 times Played against better teams (which he didn't these super teams clearly showed they were not better teams) Let's say he sticks around 5 yrs and wins 3 chips just chasing chips. Everyone in 20 yrs will say he eas better. Shit half the people say he's better now let alone if he wins 3 more rings.
Good thing they have video because if you watch MJ the eye test on skill level alone has always been beyond lebrons reach. Remember jordan once avg 37 points and 6 asts how the hell is lebron coming close to that?
This is going to be a pretty lame free agency class. Most of the big names are questionable, at best, to be free agents in the summer. It's why I find Spurs and Wemby fans to be so delusional when they say that they have so much cap space and can build upon Wemby and their 16 win record to be "scary". Like sign who? And those signings will magically add 30+ wins to the team? If Wemby just plays 5 minutes more per game as well? Like are they even hearing themselves?
Don't care where Lebron goea as long as he leaves...preferably leaves the league but that wont happen for another 100 years so the LeCircus will continue!
Klay is washed. I'm going to love if a team gives him a huge bag because he is going to be one of the worst contracts in the league. He's played well in a few games since moving to the bench, playing against teams second units. Congrats champ. Really soured on this guy after he started being a dick to every reporter after he started playing like shit.
Klay Thompson won't be your typical free agent. He's not gonna go to just any contender, he's not just gonna go to the highest bidder. He's not going to New York or Philadelphia. He's not going somewheres cold or anywheres he might get booed, he sensitive.
He's either re-signing with GS or going to play with James.
Didn’t know you were klay thompson
Klay on his yt account now
hi klay say hi to steph for me
i don’t think they will resign klay after what he just did
I think the Magic will offer the bag
There is no chance LeBron signs for the MLE. He will take ALL the cap and then complain that he doesn't have enough help.
Unfortunately your probably right, I would love lebron to take a huge paycut but we will see
The only way I see him taking a huge pay cut is waiting in free agency to see where his son goes. Since he said he wants to play 1 year with his son
Yeah he should take the minimum to go play for the cavs but he will likely sign a max deal in LA
His son will go to where Lebron goes not the other way around. No team is drafting Bronny he ain’t a real nba player
He’ll do it to close the gap on Jordan’s rings
When you say "I'm keeping my eye on", I feel like you are gonna upload a video the minute Woj or Shams breaks the news. I look forward to your videos this free agency my guy. Keep up the good work!
If lebron dips if im the lakers im def consider full rebuild. AD cannot be 1.A and i doubt they can get a 1.A to replace bron this summer. Then you just risk next season being just good enough for your pick to be meh but nowhere near good enough to win.
Do you even remember the pre 🤴🏻 yrs when they consistently won 27 games? No one wants to go back to that
@user-iq2hy4ug4y lmao do i remember. Ohhh yes i do. But chips are all that matter. If we arent/can't build a title team we gotta reset.
@@dennisdunker8764it's called retooling..or trading for another star player :)
ive been an AD fan since college but he isnt a 1B either. hes outright number 2
Unlikely to happen given NOP will likely own their pick in the 2025 draft (Lakers will probably pick up their pick this season) as well as owing their 2027 pick Top 4 protected.
I dont disagree with your last statement, but we've seen front offices remain stubborn to protect their own jobs and interests and dont think LAL will revert back to the pre-LBJ era given how long that took.
Love your channel, 1 of only 4 nba channels I go to. You speak a little too fast. I'm from New England so I'm used to it
I feel w kawhi committing to Clippers George and harden will return
Jrue and Bostons front office have both expressed the desire for an extension and it’ll be completed when they are allowed. On April 1st
How are they gonna do it cause browns contract is gonna kick in
@@Noah-tu2nw they have Jrues bird rights and can go over cap to sign him
Klay is from SoCal and grew up a Lakers and Dodgers fan. He’s coming to LA.
Paul George is resigning, he’s from LA
Would love to see klay on the bucks to plug in to that 2 guard spot. Beasley isn’t it
beasley and klay are around the same level at this point. Beasley may even be better bc he doesnt expect star level touches and has better shot selection
@@matthewadkins7973 I don’t agree. I think Klay is a much bigger threat that draws a lot more attention. Will create more opportunities for dame and Giannis. Proven winner, performed at the highest level and won’t be scared of the moment. If your comparing percentages sure they are roughly the same. But no way I’m taking Beasley over klay in a playoff series. Not really close in my opinion
Jrue Holiday to the Spurs would be absolutely perfect for them. He plugs one of their biggest defensive gaps while bringing in elite shooting and solid passing chops. Also, since his pts total is down, the Spurs would probably be able to pick him up for less than if he was going crazy this year.
He’s getting extended April 1st
Dang it. Idk why he even put Jrue on the list. He's got a player option for $40M ini 24-25. Unless he signs an extension for similar money, there's no way he doesn't pick that up.
@@wannabelikegzus idk why he put Jrue on this list either. It’s set in stone that both Jrue and Bostons front office are very much both in agreement on a contract extension
Not really. He is on the older side. The spurs will need another several years to rebuild.
Jrue has a player option for almost 40m absolutely no way he doesn’t take it on the best team in the nba
He is going to Denver then that’s cool
I really hope the bucks can somehow get him back. Kind of like al Horford on the Celtics who left and then came back
@@MrE_eh I don’t think he will, Horford left in free agency then came back via trade after an awful stint in Philadelphia
Holiday was traded away from the team he wanted to stay with, got traded again and now is having an amazing year in Boston, OP is right there really isn’t much of a reason for Holiday to leave Boston atm
Is that even possible cause with browns contract kicking in how are they gonna have enough money
@@Noah-tu2nw don’t have the money they are gonna be deep in luxury tax but I don’t think browns big money kicks in for 2 years and if you wanna go to a game you’ll realize how they will have enough money for him and white lol tickets will be ridiculous and everything else in the building will skyrocket
I'm a Lakers fan...we should trade bron and his buddy AD.
But what about replicating the greatest sweep ever
@@blablablaa14 you had a healthy 🍆 for dinner I see.
And get what? Both are getting older and most teams don’t need either. We’ll go from a playoff team to a lottery team just like the 2012-18 era
BRON BRON COME 2 THE BIG APPLE KNICKS BABY!
1:26 are you trolling me rn ?
if bron is willing to take maybe a 15-20 mill pay cut, play harder on defense, and become a 2nd or 3rd option he could get another ring....possibly.
I predict lbj will sign with GS if cant built another super team.
Call me crazy but I can see Demar Derozen going to the Denver Nuggets in a sign and trade for Zeke Nnaij and there late 1st round pick
No way. No name player and basically a second round pick.
The Embiid, Maxey and Bron Sixers gonna be a movie.
Klay Thompson best fit in Philadelphia, Orlando or Lakers 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Heat
THE KNICKS NEED NIC CLAXTON BABY!!!! LETS GO
Jrue is def staying
wtf is up with this comment seciton HAHA,
He’s buying sex bots
Yeah I’m lost a bunch of bozos
Crystal Meth..
What about a sign-and-trade for Lebron?
Lebron could be a sign and trade though
The only way I can see Lebron be able to justify signing for the MLE would be if a team like Cleveland or Miami, that he’s played for already, drafts Bronny.
Its pretty obvious the script. Cleveland will draft him and then he retires on a stacked cavs team
I'm so interested what Morey do with all that cap space... If he sign PG13 would be nice I think even better than have OG. NO to LeBron. DeRozan for mid I'm ok with it he could team up again with Lowry if he take minimum. NO to Klay
yes to lebron and play, lebron is a playmaker/scorer and if we resign buddy yield and get klay too that solves our 3 point problem
GIANNIS TO THE PACERS SHOWTIME WITH HALI
I think its overall bad for the NBA if a max player or any player take a significant pay cut. Sure, that player have a higher chance of winning, but I think its damaging to the competitive integrity that is somewhat being questioned already.
Bro what, doesn’t taking less money increase this perceived competitiveness? As they’re willing to take less money to win it all?
y’all just be saying shit
@@bart6208 No it doesn't because then all the star players, or more of the star players can go to one team. It may not work out like the Nets with Kyrie, Durant, and Harden, or Harden on the Sixers. In theory, those moves made those teams stronger. It did not turn out that way but that was the theory behind those moves. I know Harden did not take a pay cut in Brooklyn but he did when he signed his extension in Phili. Imagine Lebron, Doncic, Giannis, and Jokic on the same team. That decreases competitiveness throughout the league because the one team has all the star power which makes the league less balanced.
This was the dumbest comment I read all morning
Atlanta has deep pockets man... do not sleep on them snagging a piece, also Charlotte has deep pockets... You seem to be obsessed with a few teams without acknowledging the pockets of others that are yet to spend anything significant...
If I was Lebron, I would want a max contract sign and trade with Spurs, if they are willing. If not max, maybe two years less, so three years with 2 years as player options.
39 on a max............
Bruh shut up 😂
Bum comment
Would be quite the upgrade if OKC replaced Giddey with Jrue Holiday.
They already have a PG in SGA
@@user-iq2hy4ug4y giddey is also a pg, that just doesnt matter, you have 2 guards spot and thats it
Wade and Duncan won titles bec they were willing to take less money. I really wish Lebron would take less money like they did.
he did ….
Klay isn’t going anywhere. No team will be dumb enough to pay him a lot. Lebron’s ego won’t permit him to sign elsewhere for MLE. He leaves LA only for the Cavs, or not at all.
Drake told me Bron & Bronny are coming to the Raptors 💪🏽
Lebron to Miami with family
only way for lebron to win another chip is to leave in free agency without hindering a team with trades
Unless Paul George is willing to take a lesser role and come for the MLE or something like that, I don't see Indiana bringing him back. Just because I think keeping Pascal Siakam is the more important thing for Indiana to do.
Not saying it can't happen, I just don't see it until the Siakam situation is resolved.
The team with plenty of money to offer max deals though is tied for the worst record in the NBA. Detroit.
So I could see DeRozan and George possibly going there. Because Detroit wants to put a couple of guys around Cunningham who can raise their profile. They have plenty of cap space to make it happen. Hell I think they would use a pick to get Bronny James in the second round if they could get LeBron James to sign with them. That is how desperate for talent they are.
I feel like Miami may look at picking up bronny in the second round if they can snag a serviceable big man in the first and Dj Wagner is gone in the second
@@Keedz Possible. But I think he is still very unlikely to declare in the draft this low. I think he would look to raise his profile with a fully healthy season and see what he can really do. This would allow LeBron to pick up the option and wait a year, knowing he is likely to have to take a significant paycut for any team that drafts his kid.
@@WolfsDE yeah I agree his best option would be to play another year with collier gone, should get more opportunities to grow and develop
Trade LeBron for Wemby ... 😊
There is no way in hell he signs for a mle the way his personality is yeah no. I hope he stays far far away from my clippers klay would be better would klay take mle or would George or Harden take paycuts for some extra role players or clippers wanted Holiday when he got traded could they still interested in Holiday. George and harden are staying George goal is to extention and harden wants to come back i think clippers big 3 stays in tact the question is do you add a Klay or a Holiday ir DeRozan guys like that. This new CBA makes offseason very complicated.
First
Bron to the warriors. That duo is going to be even better than Durant and Curry ever were
If lebron sighns a minumum contract in cleveland and ends up winning a title with donavon mitchell. Would that be ring chasing or him wanting to come back home for the end of his career
Depends on what narrative you want to push
Its lebron ppl will push narratives
Lebron wouldnt ever sign a minimum. I love the guy, he's my GOAT, but dude values his money and time. Hell make sure he's paid for that properly. I don't think he ever takes a minimum, I can see a possibility where he signs a 1+1 on a 20 million/year deal maybe.....But there are teams including the Lakers that'll be offering 30+ for the guy. He just brings way too much value to an organization outside of basketball to justify the price. Sponsors, ticket sales, and generally post-season runs, jersey sales, marketing opportunities. Even if I was Charlotte, id be eying an offer in that range for him. Even if the Lakers suck, they'll be getting the monetary value of his spot on the roster back and much more. Its a business move to sign Lebron and he knows it.
Obviously ring chasing. He left Cleveland cause they sucked again and would come back when they have a good team again
ngl kid you do not know ball at all 💯
Why do u hate the kings so badly?!!! Did they hurt you? In none of your videos u never mention Sacramento, I thing derozan goes to sac
bro relax just because he didnt mention the mid ass kings doesnt mean the world is against yall. demar in sac would be dope
nba fans when no one mentions their boring franchise: 😡😡😡
LeBron doesn’t care how he gets the titles as long as he gets them where the hell did you get that idea all his titles are suspect
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People whine he had to go against the warriors like he didn’t create super teams himself
Pwedi yan trade lebron ky klay at kumingga 3 first round pick
Kinda grasping for straws here tbh. Absolutely no shot we see guys like Lebron, Jrue, or OG on the move, and it's quite unlikely to see Siakam move either. It's really just Klay and Demar, two guys on the wrong side of 30 on the decline.
Think there’s a really good chance lebron leaves he knows there’s no chance he wins for the lakers again only reason he’s stayed this long is because he wanted to bring the lakers past the Celtics in rings
@@whitewolf2727 There's 0 chance he leaves the Lakers, what?All this is drummed up by the shitty NBA media ecosystem
MEH I think Jordan was a better player myself but lets face it Bron has all the records and if he decided to ring chase for lets say 5 years right and ended up winning 2 more chips. Gonna be hard for even Jordan lovers like myself to convince people when that happens let alone in 20 years from now that Lebron wasn't the best player ever and it was Jordan. I also don't think anyone would give a shit at this point if Bron decided to ring chase. Dudes done everything there is to do if he wanted to go somewhere else and play with people he likes that is great and wins who cares.
@nnj1991 I agree but people don't look at shit eith advanced metrics which clearly show Jordan eas better. They will so this exactly watch
LeBron has more points
More rebounds
More assists
Been to the finals 10 times
Played against better teams (which he didn't these super teams clearly showed they were not better teams)
Let's say he sticks around 5 yrs and wins 3 chips just chasing chips.
Everyone in 20 yrs will say he eas better. Shit half the people say he's better now let alone if he wins 3 more rings.
@@nnj1991you ring culture people are hilarious
Good thing they have video because if you watch MJ the eye test on skill level alone has always been beyond lebrons reach. Remember jordan once avg 37 points and 6 asts how the hell is lebron coming close to that?
Lebron would have played 10? More years than Jordan and have fewer MVPs and worse finals record. Most ppl wouldnt change their mind
This is going to be a pretty lame free agency class. Most of the big names are questionable, at best, to be free agents in the summer. It's why I find Spurs and Wemby fans to be so delusional when they say that they have so much cap space and can build upon Wemby and their 16 win record to be "scary". Like sign who? And those signings will magically add 30+ wins to the team? If Wemby just plays 5 minutes more per game as well? Like are they even hearing themselves?
Don't care where Lebron goea as long as he leaves...preferably leaves the league but that wont happen for another 100 years so the LeCircus will continue!
Klay is washed. I'm going to love if a team gives him a huge bag because he is going to be one of the worst contracts in the league. He's played well in a few games since moving to the bench, playing against teams second units. Congrats champ. Really soured on this guy after he started being a dick to every reporter after he started playing like shit.
I think everyone started to realize having Lebron on the team is more of a liability at this point of his career than an asset 😂
If Lebron wants a ring he will take a pay cut