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For years, Bob Myers kept the wheels in motion for the Golden State Warriors.
He made sure to keep their championship core happy and together, all while also giving them some of the best role players in the league.
However, all good things come to an end, and Myers’ tenure in the Bay area wasn’t the exception to that rule.
Knowing that their success would be unsustainable, he left the team shortly after their championship in 2022.
Nonetheless, his final decisions rubbed some people the wrong way.
According to a report by Ramona Shelbourne, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson took offense at the fact that the Warriors signed Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins to big contract extensions (via NBA Central).
The Warriors’ decision to extend Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole in 2022 ‘didn’t sit well’ with Draymond Green and Klay Thompson, per @ramonashelburne
“The Warriors prioritized extending Poole — for four years and $140 million — and young swingman Andrew Wiggins (four years,… pic.twitter.com/7OZZ5g9TBx
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) July 3, 2024
Apparently, the veterans felt like the team was prioritizing other players over two of the greatest players in franchise history.
Eventually, Green got his contract extension in the offseason, but that wasn’t the case with Thompson.
Fast forward to today, and Thompson just signed a deal with the Dallas Mavericks, all while Wiggins is being mentioned in trade rumors and Poole isn’t even a part of the team anymore.
More often than not, the Warriors did right by their championship core, and change is inevitable, especially in this line of business.
But now, looking back, that may have been the beginning of the end and the first breaking point in the team’s relationship with Klay Thompson, who won’t get to spend his entire career with the organization that drafted him.
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