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Hey Eddie where do you think Durant will go this offseason?
My top three picks for Durant:
1-Remain in OKC on two year deal with opt-out after year one.
2-Sign with the Heat (NEVER count out Pat Riley from making a splash)
3-Sign with Warriors (The team would have to change over so much of its roster to make this happen it almost seems unlikely)
How would the warriors have to change their roster? They have a ton of cap room right?
They have approximately $71.4MM committed to seven players for 2016/17, versus a projected cap of $92MM-$95MM. A max deal for Durant is over $25MM per season and then there are the restricted free agents to worry about: Barnes and Ezeli, both of whom are valuable to the team. That doesn’t allow for a bunch of wiggle-room. Even if the Warriors land a number of veterans on “take less money for a shot at the title” deals, there would have to be a number of roster changes made. Things get even tougher if Barnes and/or Ezeli sign offer sheets early in free agency…because then the team will either have to renounce or match. If the Warriors match…there goes any and all cap flexibility..
Because part of the Warriors’ success is their depth. They can easily go 10 deep in a game and they can give plenty of rest to their stars because they have adequate backups at each spot. In regards to the cap room, they have (from what I’ve seen from other sites) about $70-$80 million locked up next year. That’s not counting contracts to Barnes or Ezeli (both of whom would theoretically be let go if Durant was the target). However, the problem after that is that after next year, Curry, Bogut, Iggy, and Livingston are all free agents. No way they are able to keep Green and Thompson under max contracts, sign Curry and Durant to max contracts and still keep a good bench. They could make those four I just listed as a “Core Four” but they won’t be surrounding those guys with players of Bogut/Livingston/Iguodala/Speights/Barnes type of quality.
Eddie do you think that Durant could go to Boston? They have a decent amount of cap space and are a young team with a lot of upside.
Could he, sure. They have the cap space to add two max free agents. But if Durant leaves OKC, it’s for a ready-made title contending situation. That’s not going to happen in Boston next year. Things could change if another star wants to sign along with Durant…but even then I don’t see Durant coming to Boston. More likely to happen is Cs swing deal for a player like DeMarcus Cousins, Kevin Love, etc using their wealth of picks.