Howard Beck

I don't know where that goes.

But I think to the extent, if you're trying to find hope for the Warriors, it's that there's a Kaminga trade to be made.

There's some reshuffling to do.

After that, it's like...

do you want to see what Pajemski's value is, Moody's value is?

There's not a lot of other movable pieces, right?

You're not going to offload Draymond Green or Steph himself.

So they really are in a bind.

I've been really consistent over the years.

I was really critical of the Lakers within the last three, four, five years about wasting what was left of LeBron's late prime, his extended prime.

And it's the same with Steph now, right?

When you have a generational talent

And especially when they're later in their career and the window's closing, but they're still great, you have an obligation.

You have an obligation to the player.

You have an obligation to the basketball universe, to history, to your fans, to everything, to do everything possible to make their last years of greatness meaningful.

And I thought the Lakers were screwing that up for a while in their post-2020 championship.

I think the Warriors have been guilty of a similar but different version of this, right?

Where they are right now is the culmination of a bunch of ill-fated, ill-considered decisions of the last few years, starting with the whole true timeline idea.

They never should have.

I've said this before.