"The Warriors are irrelevant. Look around the Western Conference. The Oklahoma City Thunder aren't just coming; they are already the landlords. The Houston Rockets are terrifying. The Denver Nuggets remain a buzzsaw. Even the San Antonio Spurs, led by an alien disguised as a French teenager, have leapfrogged Golden State in the left-conference hierarchy. The Warriors are no longer the hunters, nor are they the hunted."
"So, if the Warriors are going to be mediocre - and make no mistake, that is precisely what they are - they might as well be mediocre in a way that feels good. If the championship window is painted shut, why not throw a brick through it and let the fresh air of nostalgia blow in? It is time to bring Klay Thompson home."
Golden State has fallen in Western Conference relevance as Oklahoma City, Houston, Denver and San Antonio have surged past them. The team now resembles background noise and a nostalgia act rather than a contender. With the championship window effectively closed, reacquiring Klay Thompson is proposed as a morale and identity move. The sight of Thompson in a Dallas jersey is described as jarring and wrong. A three-way trade is suggested: Klay Thompson to Golden State (waived from Chicago), Jonathan Kuminga to Chicago, and Coby White to Dallas. The trade is acknowledged as unlikely to restore championship contention in 2026, but framed as restoring franchise soul and giving star teammates a proper sunset ride.
Read at The Mercury News
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