VCoug wrote:It doesn't matter because, as F500One just posted, Klay and GS have already agreed anyway and SA and GS would have matched any contract no matter what. Remember, the max that other teams can offer is lower than the max their teams can offer so the teams can save money by letting RFA hit free agency and then matching. And besides, GS refused to trade Klay for Love and Kawhi is the future in SA.
Actually Yellowboy posted it first
Which virtually locked him into his deal
Basically GSW bid against themselves
They had to max him by pulling him off the table
If Love isn't worth Klay, then you're saying Klay is worth Max
What they should have done is work
The trade rumors for all it was worth
Which would have shown a decent willingness
To let him go, and as you said they could have leveraged
Their ability to mach to drive down his market