Ed, I think some of us are bothered by it because of the slander/libel issues. Lies are told (forced Toradol injections), which are then never corrected. Those lies then become part of the narrative and reputational damage is done to this franchise. It is my strongest hope that we are working behind the scenes with the NBA to be as transparent as possible. After a thorough investigation, I hope a definitive statement is made regarding our actions, good or bad. My fear is they will find nothing, and the League Office won't issue a release clearing us of any of these allegations.
Obviously GP2's injury occurred when he found out his love for the Warrios made him anathema in the Blazer locker room. They thought his feelings might take 3 months to heal.
Because Draymond is due for a new contract after this season. It's been speculated that they either don't want to resign him and use the video as justification to make him look like the bad guy or they want to lowball him on the next contract.
If I was Jody I'd assemble the Vulcan legal team and start peeling the onion. Compel the authors of the first tweets alleging Blazer wrongdoings to reveal their sources (sauces) and go from there. If it tracks back to GP2 or GS front office......well, fuck em hard.
Why would Silver be involved in this trade? The rest of your comment makes a lot of sense... except for Silver's involvement.
I bet he was only involved after the deadline had passed and they were trying to find some resolution. Sounds like Silver said, "sorry, the deadline has passed. We can do an investigation if you want, but you need to either accept or rescind the deal."
That's interesting because Anthony Slater "covers the Warriors and NBA at large for The Athletic". And the comments section is almost entirely anti-Warriors front office. This mostly sums up the comments I read:
Just a reminder: GPII is listed on the Warriors' injury report as suffering from "Adductor soreness". To my knowledge the Warriors did not release the results of the GPII physical, they just said he failed it. So, we're left to fill in the blanks as to "why?" on our own. In light of those facts, let's please be clear about the "playing through injury" angle. We have zero evidence that GPII is actually injured. Sore? Okay. Not 100%? I'll buy it. Injured and being forced by us to put his career at risk by drugging up and playing? Not a chance. Sources close to the Warriors have stated that they never seriously considered rescinding the trade, and their first attempt was to try to claw back some of the trade compensation, so let's not pretend they're just fighting for Truth and Justice. They wanted GPII more than we wanted to let him go, so we (for once) got the better end of a trade deal. Compared to the Clippers and Pels who fleeced us, this trade marked one of the first times we clearly got the better end of a deal. GMs have egos, and it probably stings a little. The injury story was a convenient one, but it got out of hand. Now their only way out is to double down.
That was a direct quote from Chris Haynes in his podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thisleague-uncut/id1668189953?i=1000599298981
Again, those were quotes from Chris Haynes. What I took from it was that after the trade deadline, GS still wanted to complete the deal, but not with the previously-agreed terms. They asked Silver to intervene and investigate their allegations. Again, that was just my read on it.
Myers getting dragged pretty hard. Basically, comments are going everywhere from saying GS is making this up to being petty to Myers and his staff were borderline incompetent for not doing their own due diligence and now are trying to blame it in the Blazers. Brutal. Brutal ... and also 100% spot on.
This presser might be one of the biggest things going for the Blazers in this whole abomination. I almost typed "abdomenation."
Just wondering if anyone else wants to try to defend GSW after what their moronic GM just admitted to. Anyone? Thought so.
