Warriors, Myers currently wide apart in spread

He warriors of the golden state and president of basketball operations Bob Myers have not had substantive contract extension talks in months and the parties are bracing for the possibility of Myers walking away from the franchise, league sources said. the athletic. His contract ends on June 30.

Both sides traded offers and counteroffers several months ago, and there has been no traction on a new deal since then, league sources say. The Warriors have yet to present an offer that has blown Myers’ jaws off, but there’s also a growing sense that even a competitive market offer, near the top of the executive food chain, might not keep Myers with the franchise at bay. whom he joined in April 2011 as an assistant general manager before his promotion to GM in April 2012.

Myers, the architect of four nba championships over the past nine seasons, has received significant interest for lucrative positions with private equity funds and roles within other professional sports leagues, the sources added. There is a possibility that Myers could work in the media after his contract expires in June. He jumped right into the world of podcasts last year.

Myers is expected to formally announce the decision regarding his future with the Warriors in the coming weeks. That time could include some important conversations with steph curry, dramond green, klay thompson and Steve Kerr, four franchise legends who have expressed a desire to keep Myers, another mainstay of the organization, as the leading voice of the front office.

This is a vital summer for the Warriors. Green has a $27.6 million player option and could test for free agency in July. Thompson has one year and $43.2 million left on his contract. Mixing all of that with a rising salary and fancy tax bill, along with increased CBA penalties, which could propel the Warriors to the $400 million level and beyond, owner Joe Lacob previously said he didn’t would play

So the questions are urgent. What multiyear number might make sense to Green? Can a reasonable contract extension be discussed with Thompson? someone – maybe jordan poole and his rising salary, should it be changed to make it financially feasible? What does Curry think of all this? Or what about Kerr, who is entering the final season of his contract?

But more urgent: Who exactly will make the final decisions in the Warriors’ front office?

“Our organization has a lot to figure out this summer,” Kerr said Tuesday. “My contractual situation is not, nor should it be, at the top of the list. Right now, Bob’s contract situation is No. 1 because that heavily influences player decisions that need to be made, contracts, draft, free agency. We’ll get to my stuff whenever that happens and I’m in no rush for that.”

Mike Dunleavy Jr. represented the Warriors at the general managers’ meetings in Chicago this week. That is not abnormal. Dunleavy has filled in for Myers in various other meeting and day-to-day capacities over the past year. It’s part of the reason Dunleavy is seen as the natural successor to Myers, should he leave, a possibility that appears to be increasing in probability.

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