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What will KD do?

HillsboroDuck
HillsboroDuck Member Posts: 9,186
edited October 29 in Hardcore Husky Board


Now that he's officially out for next season, what do you think his next move is?

What will KD do? 28 votes

Exercise his player option to rehab on GS's dime for $31.5M and reevaluate his options next year
32%
Houhuskybiak1KaepskneeRapeculturedawgSourcesFireCohenRDRDomicillo1to392831weretaken 9 votes
Resign with GS
10%
PurpleThrobberDooglesFreeChavez 3 votes
Knicks
14%
HillsboroDuckUWhuskytskeetallpurpleallgoldGDS 4 votes
Lakers
0%
Nets
25%
QuornDawgdncNEsnake12BleachedAnusDawgDeepDawgDoogCouricsByronMurphyTheGoat 7 votes
Clippers
3%
AtomicDawg 1 vote
Blazers (Hi Haie!)
7%
BennyBeaverhaie 2 votes
Hawks
0%
Mavericks
3%
bigcc 1 vote
Rye Tin
3%
RaceBannon 1 vote
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,925 Standard Supporter
    Nets
    Of all those teams, I think the Nets are in the best position to be patient with him for a year while he rehabs, as well as offering him the best roster to win with once he's back (assuming they also get a second max guy). Half of those teams aren't a consideration for KD. I would say the Nets and Knicks are his top-2, or he takes the player option (which I don't think he will because teams will offer him max deals even with him having to sit for a year).
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  • Doogles
    Doogles Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,865 Founders Club
    Resign with GS
    He'll opt out regardless, the Warriors will still have to offer a contact and he'd make 40 million to rehab on their dime.
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,888 Standard Supporter
    Resign with GS
    Doogles said:

    He'll opt out regardless, the Warriors will still have to offer a contact and he'd make 40 million to rehab on their dime.

    I think it's about 70/30 that he signs a max deal and stays with the Warriors. It's not about the money - he's going to get paid max money wherever he goes. He doesn't need to leave $10M on the table on the Player Option angle - somebody is going to give him max money even to sit for almost a year.

    Assuming all is cool between KD, Klay and Steph offcourt -and there's no indication of any problems - it comes down to certainty of winning. So, even if KD has to sit out almost a year and comes back for the last 20 regular season games and the playoffs in 2020, the Warriors are still the team to beat. Arguably, you've got 3 Top 50 players of all-time on the same squad during their peak years - able to win maybe another 5 titles....that's reaching into Russell's Celtics stratosphere.

    Going elsewhere holds the uncertainty of who is going to be available, chemistry, coaching, etc. KD knows what he's got in GS and it's pretty damned good from top to bottom. Even with Draymond going postal every once in a while.

    The only reason I wouldn't go higher on probability is if there was some funny business/adverse pressure from GS to come back for Game 5 and some lingering scandal with the medical staff. Nothing indicates that's the case at this point.

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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 116,156 Founders Club
    Rye Tin
    Quite honestly it doesn't matter

    Kawhi is the top free agent

    AD is the top trade

    The Lakers are the big story

    The Warriors are the favorites next year with or without KD and its without regardless due to the injury
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  • allpurpleallgold
    allpurpleallgold Member Posts: 8,771
    Knicks
    It seemed like the Knicks were the leader before the injury so I’ll stick with that.

    It’s hard to know how he’ll react to it but Golden State definitely has a better chance now. Unless they win without him.
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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,778
    edited June 2019
    I don’t follow basketball, but it seems to the untrained eye that no one wants to play with that washed up BUM and his LA clown show. Big win for my Blues tonight. Waited a lifetime for this. Oh and Durant is done. Never be the same.
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  • allpurpleallgold
    allpurpleallgold Member Posts: 8,771
    Knicks
    PurpleJ said:

    I don’t follow basketball, but it seems to the untrained eye that no one wants to play with that washed up BUM and his LA clown show. Big win for my Blues tonight. Waited a lifetime for this. Oh and Durant is done. Never be the same.

    Are you talking about Doc Rivers?
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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,778
    allpurpleallgold said:

    PurpleJ said:

    I don’t follow basketball, but it seems to the untrained eye that no one wants to play with that washed up BUM and his LA clown show. Big win for my Blues tonight. Waited a lifetime for this. Oh and Durant is done. Never be the same.

    Are you talking about Doc Rivers?
    Well I’m not talking about Kobe, Shaq or Magic...

    LeBron aint winning shit in LA.
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  • NEsnake12
    NEsnake12 Member Posts: 3,796
    Nets
    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    Of all those teams, I think the Nets are in the best position to be patient with him for a year while he rehabs, as well as offering him the best roster to win with once he's back (assuming they also get a second max guy). Half of those teams aren't a consideration for KD. I would say the Nets and Knicks are his top-2, or he takes the player option (which I don't think he will because teams will offer him max deals even with him having to sit for a year).

    100% agree. The Nets cleared cap last week for a reason.

    Much more talented roster than the Knicks and still in a big market. DLo, Dinwiddie, KD, LeVert, and Jarrett Allen is a damn good core, and they'd still have cap room to add another good role player
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,919
    edited June 2019
    Exercise his player option to rehab on GS's dime for $31.5M and reevaluate his options next year
    RaceBannon said:

    Quite honestly it doesn't matter

    Kawhi is the top free agent

    AD is the top trade

    The Lakers are the big story

    The Warriors are the favorites next year with or without KD and its without regardless due to the injury

    Absolutely no way KD or Kawhi go to the Lakers. They are an absolute shit show from top to bottom now and that won't change should a big FA lose their mind and decide to sign with them.


    They'll end up with AD and they'll be a perennial 4 or 5 seed in the West with the ceiling being losing 4-1 in the Conf final.
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