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How Golden State's failure is key to our success

Posted by Ruler1 on 6/8/19 at 1:54 am

We all agree that Boston's assets trumps all competitors that are bidding in the Anthony Davis sweepstakes. Problem is, with Kyrie's free agency uncertainty, many beg the question will Boston be willing to pony up their treasure chest of assets with the risk of losing AD in the following summer due to the departure of Irving

Golden State's failure is key because it increases the likelihood of Durant staying put in the Bay Area

See Durant loves the GS organization; he loves their play style and meshes well - for the most part - with the personalities that make up their roster. GS is the perfect franchise for his team oriented personality and under ideal circumstances, he would never entertain leaving.

Problem is, since joining GS, KD has been heavily disrespected and his peak achievements (championships, finals mvps) minimized due to joining an all time great team at the time

Any all-time great player who have accomplished what KD has in recent years would expect to be respected and admired at the minimum - instead, he's experienced the opposite

Now with GS current struggles without KD in the finals, it changes the narrative and highlights KD's value and necessity and illustrates his importance to the Warriors. Something he's always desired since coming to the Bay Area; a since of belonging, and now he's about to have it

This new narrative imo, is what will motivate him and give cover, if you will, to return to the GS Warriors.

This potential decision has a direct link to our desired result: a confidant, emboldened , Wheeling and dealin Danny Ainge.

Let me explain...

See, other then AD, Durant is the only one imo, who has the star power to lure Kyrie to another team. So if I'm Ainge, who's in this pressure cooker of a situation who's looking to make a big franchise altering decision to better position his team for winning championships in the future, but see a few potential pitfalls as he surveys the NBA landscape that can potentially set the franchise back many years and put them back in another rebuild process; if I'm him, I'm looking for any sign or indication that suggest a trade for AD will not result in a disaster - i.e. Kyrie leaving, which would increase the likelihood of AD bolting the following season and leaving me empty handed with a lost of assets.

One of those signs are GS's failure without Durant.

See if Boston makes the trade with NO, it would be prior to the NBA draft, at least in principle; being that draft picks will be involved and NO will want to choose their own players, although Boston will be the one selecting. This scenario with kyrie's uncertainty exposes Boston to significant risk. But as I've said, with GS's failure without Durant, it significantly reduces risk to trade for Ad because it increases the likelihood of KD staying put in the Bay, which takes away incentive for Kyrie to sign elsewhere, be it Brooklyn or NY Knicks without having a tier 1 star to team up with. Essentially leaving him we no other sensible option but to resign with the new retooled Anthony Davis included roster; along with a 220 plus million contract.

This NBA finals has the potential to further embolden Danny Ainge in his pursuit of his dream target, Anthony Davis. Not to mention the effect of the gamble on the part of Toronto in the trade of Kawhi Leonard and how that move looks to be paying off in a potential championship.

All these things imo are circling in the mind of Ainge, and are greatly contributing to him going all in this summer in the Anthony Davis sweepstakes

And obviously that's good for us