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  • It's awful an m r I confirming that Clay Thompson tor his right Achilles heel, miss a second straight season woes, reporting that Clay is expected to make a full recovery for next year.

  • Here's the Warriors GM Bob Myers.

  • I can't sit here and say I feel good.

  • I I have confidence in our players.

  • Have conference in.

  • Our coaches, have confidence in our ownership, are we're gonna keep moving.

  • We're never gonna stop.

  • But to be truthful, this hurts.

  • It hurts me, and I know it hurts organization.

  • Well, look in Vegas is acknowledging the obvious, just not as much of a championship threat.

  • According to Caesar sports book by William Hill, the Warriors chances of winning the title go from 8 to 1 to 20 to 1, and the rods to make it out of the West have doubled as well.

  • And so we bring in Whoa, Joe and Tim Legler here for some reaction to this and watch we start with you.

  • What more are you hearing from the Warriors about clay's injury and and their expectations for their season?

  • Well, you know, as Bob Myers said, there's great disappointment.

  • He went through, uh, really rigorous rehab to come back.

  • He was just playing pickup, uh, in Southern California, like guys do, getting ready for training camp and the injury hits him.

  • So the warriors have gone out that they're finalizing a trade for Kelly.

  • You bre with Oklahoma City, they have a trade exception.

  • Uh, from back from the Andre Iguodala trade that expires on Monday, they'll absorb 14 $4 million of rubber raise deal.

  • They're gonna send a 2021 protected first round picked.

  • Okay, See, now you talk about commitment, you know, with an organization to try to keep going.

  • Think about this.

  • You braise contract at 14.4 million with luxury tax.

  • He's going to cost them $80 million in this season.

  • He's, you know, he's a fine player, and he certainly is good as they could find in the marketplace.

  • But instead of kind of mailing this year in in terms of what they could do with roster $80 million commitment to bringing you Bray, and that deal will be finalized here in the next 24 hours.

  • That's fascinating.

  • Math.

  • One of $14 million deal costs you $80 million but let's pick up that thought, Tim.

  • So you add uber and you add Wiseman, who they drafted and remember they have Wiggins Now.

  • What is this team this year without Clay?

  • Well, I still believe they could be a playoff team.

  • And mostly that's based on the greatness of Steph Curry.

  • I just believe in his impact on the game.

  • Not only you know what he does in terms of creating offense, but the opportunities that air there for other people because it's on the floor.

  • He's gonna make Andrew Wiggins a much better player.

  • Their system will make him a much better player.

  • Kelly, you Bray is a guy that's gonna give them now some additional punch.

  • You still do have Draymond green and I think James Wiseman could be an impact player from Day one, so I really like they're starting fives potential, and the greatness of Steph Curry to me keeps them in the playoff hunt.

  • I just don't like their bench very much at all, Greenie.

  • Let's see if they're gonna make some additions there that can really make them make most people buy in, not just myself, because right now I think I'd probably on the short list of people that think that they could be a four or five seed in the West.

  • What would quickly, one other big story yesterday, Gordon Hayward opting out and becoming a free agent?

  • What what is his current market?

  • And what was the reasoning behind that green?

  • There's a couple things he can do now he can sign, Obviously, is a free agent with teams who have salary cap space.

  • There's not many of them.

  • Mawr likely is.

  • He'll continue toe work.

  • He and his agent, Mark Bartelstein, will continue to work with the Celtics and trying to find a sign and trade deal to a team that that doesn't have cap space.

  • But he can do an extension through that sign and trade, even though he's opted out.

  • Indiana's a team who's had interest with him.

  • He's obviously from the Indianapolis uh, they weren't able to get there yet on a sign and trade with Boston, but there's still some teams out there.

  • New York would love to bring him in on may be a big money shorter deal, but I think Gordon Hayward's looking to get a longer term security in the marketplace.

  • Legs quickly.

  • Give me one team you think should be right now, going crazy, trying to get Gordon Hayward.

  • I look at the Western Conference.

  • I think there are three teams Utah, Denver and Phoenix for May would be three teams that very interesting for Gordon Hayward.

  • They need help at that position.

  • He still wants to be a starter.

  • And all of those teams there are different levels of interest, depending on how you look at them.

  • Is playoff teams.

  • Phoenix obviously on the rise now with Chris Paul.

  • Denver, Utah Need Mawr scoring punch to try to match up with the Lakers and Clippers in Utah, of course, where he began his career and had so many really good seasons.

  • And you see the countdown on your clock MBA free agency begins in less than 10 hours.

  • That means that woes will be the busiest man in the United States.

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It's awful an m r I confirming that Clay Thompson tor his right Achilles heel, miss a second straight season woes, reporting that Clay is expected to make a full recovery for next year.

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