Monte Poole and Dalton Johnson discuss whether the Warriors should be “alarmed” after Klay Thompson unfollowed them on Instagram.
The Warriors have yet to strike a deal with impending free agent wing Klay Thompson, but that’s not to say the team recently hasn’t made efforts.
Just Wednesday, ESPN’s Tim MacMahon reported on “The Hoop Collective” podcast with fellow co-hosts Brian Windhorst and Tim Bontemps that Golden State offered Thompson a deal before he is eligible to test unrestricted free agency on June 30.
“We’ve heard that it’s a two-year offer,” McMahon said (h/t Sports Illustrated’s Tom Dierberger). “It’s as much about years as dollars in some of these cases.”
The co-hosts didn’t share any financial information regarding Golden State’s offer to Thompson.
But Windhorst noted that the five-time NBA All-Star likely will not be willing to take a pay cut that rivals those of his aging teammates.
“It’s fair to point out that when Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green recently took pay cuts, neither of them — I think if you put Wiggins’ and Greens’ pay cuts together, [I don’t] think it will average the pay cut they were probably going to want Klay to take — down to the 20s (millions),” Windhorst added.
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