Gary Payton II Trade to the Warriors

I think, in a case like this, the protocol is for an independent examination by an unaffiliated physician. But that can't happen before tomorrow, I'd imagine. this could be a real mess.

 

Reading into this, could be a parting shot by Gary. I don't know if his agent is involved, his agent represents Dame and Thybulle as well. But all the negative reports that surfaced on Portland's side after the trade.....and now this comes out a day after.

The truth is out there somewhere and it's probably somewhere in the middle. I still think it's SUPER fucking odd that none of the players (including Dame, who pushed for Gary and was super excited for him) seemed to give a single shit about the trade even though you saw they clearly cared about Josh Hart.

 

Trade either goes through or doesn't. Cannot get amended.

 

Warriors can @#$% off. He's been on minute restrictions and grabbing his crotch every game.

 

seems like there are some bad feelings and none of the Blazer players had much respect for Payton

until proven otherwise I'm assuming this is PR work by Payton & agent

 

Does anyone have a subscription to the Athletic? Is there more details in the article?

 

This might be a good thing and she gets forced to sell

 

The Portland Trailblazers and their fans. If we repeat the tax there will be even less likelihood we make any substantial moves in the offseason. But you know that, you were just being obtuse.

 

The warriors have quite a financial incentive to push the trade through anyways...

 

god i hope so.

 

The same agent that represents Dame and just got his other client Thybulle to Portland?

 

Shockingly, Dwight Jaynes is taking the Shams report as gospel.

 

this is on cronin, because they clearly didn't do due diligence BEFORE they signed him in July. He should have never been a blazer.

 

Yeah, I'm inclined to agree. The whole "forcing him to play" thing sounds dubious. Mind you, he did keep saying he was still in pain and we were getting more or less antsy. He could genuinely have felt pressured into playing. Weird that he and Dame both had similar injuries. I can't remember ever hearing about such an injury before Dame.

 

It sounds more like botched surgery, to be honest. And the surgery happened after he was signed, right?

 

Am I crazy? Was the fact that Payton had a missed a majority of the season with a core injury kept top secret?

Golden St acting like they had no clue about this is wild. Like they didn't talk to Payton's agent before the trade.