As it should be.
Congrats to Harrison and James!
Congrats to Harrison and James!
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Now how dumb does JMM look?
Eh, I'm really happy for the guy and I never thought he was dumb for leaving, but I completely disagree with your point. His getting a ring this year is purely timing and pretty good luck to me. Has nothing to do with the status of his individual development or his long term future in the league.
In any event, congrats to both, and to Steph Curry. Awesome story for him and for Davidson.
Eh, I'm really happy for the guy and I never thought he was dumb for leaving, but I completely disagree with your point. His getting a ring this year is purely timing and pretty good luck to me. Has nothing to do with the status of his individual development or his long term future in the league.
In any event, congrats to both, and to Steph Curry. Awesome story for him and for Davidson.
Carolina Basketball says 17 players with 32 rings (add Danny last year).This is from 2012, but provides a little more info on the club these two just joined.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...r-heels-that-went-on-to-win-nba-championships
I don't remember the 2013 & 14 NBA finals rosters, but if there were no Tar Heels on those winning teams, now 16 former UNC players have 31 rings.
^ This. I'm in no way bitter JMM left early - he wasn't going to make a huge difference in last years team, and he wanted to get on with his life, so good for him.
However he was fortunate that the team that decided to let him ride their bench ended up winning the title. Ya, I'm sure he helped in practice, and knowing JMM I'm sure he was probably a decent locker room guy. But I don't think we can use the "ends justify the means" argument for this one and say since he won a ring in his first year that he made the right decision to leave, and that he's going to have a foothold in the league for years to come - thats a bit of a stretch.
I'll echo the congrats to him though, as well as Barnes and Curry and the rest of the GSW squad. They were an easy group to get behind and root for this postseason, and it was nice to see them slay the dragon and drop King James to a not so king-like 2-4 all time in Finals series
He should be commended and now he needs to keep working to make the next step to becoming a solid rotation player.
It's going to be interesting to see how things play out in Oakland over the next 3-4 years. There's absolutely NO WAY they can keep Curry, Thompson, Green, & Barnes. Salary cap just won't allow it, even with the huge bump to the salary cap coming in 2 years. Can McAdoo develop into a Green-esque talent to let him slide into that roll down the road or will he fizzle out? Only time will tell, but I don't see JMM not putting in the work necessary to make it happen.
News came out last night that it looks like Lee will be elsewhere next year per Lee's agents request. Bogut make $12-14 mill a year. They need to get that salary gone.Disagree. Do you realize how much theyre currently paying guys like David Lee and Bogut, who wont even be on the team in 2 years? They will easily be able to afford those 4. Barnes and Green are getting no where close to max deals.
Disagree. Do you realize how much theyre currently paying guys like David Lee and Bogut, who wont even be on the team in 2 years? They will easily be able to afford those 4. Barnes and Green are getting no where close to max deals.
Thompson just started a max deal and Curry is under contract at 4yr 44 mill right now with 2 years to go. They got that deal because of the concern with Curry's ankle issues. Bogut and Lee are about 28 mill a year off the books when they go. Lee is one year removed from being a close to 20 and 10 guy. He still has value.You are right that they're going to dump Lee and Bogut's salaries over the next couple of seasons, but even then you know Curry and Klay Thompson are going to command max deals. If Draymond Green gets anywhere close to max money, it's going to tax Golden State to be able to field a competitive team while keeping all of their current pieces.