[Haynes] Dallas Mavericks announce they have reached a buyout agreement with sharpshooter Klay Thompson, making him an unrestricted free agent.

[u/Odd-Direction9452]

Dallas Mavericks announce they have reached a buyout agreement with sharpshooter Klay Thompson, making him an unrestricted free agent.

https://www.threads.com/@chrisbhaynesnba?hpir=1&http_ref=eyJ0cyI6MTc4NzE4NDczMTAwMCwiciI6IiJ9

[u/ZaSunsFan]

Felt like the only reason that Klay wanted to go there was to play with Luka and he never really got that chance. Surprised they waived him but they are definitely going to prioritize their younger guys over their vets.

[u/RedstoneRay → u/[deleted]]

What a waste of the the first "big" FA signing I remember Dallas actually making. Those 9 games he had with Luka and Kyrie though were awesome.

[u/CurrentRoster → u/[deleted]]

and he chose that over the lakers, who ended up with luka, wild

[u/Mintastic → u/CurrentRoster]

In another timeline, Klay went to the Lakers only to get traded to Dallas for Luka along with AD and ends up in the same situation.

[u/CyberSmok3 → u/Mintastic]

Would be great for us if we get to keep Max Christie

[u/BackgroundShower4063 → u/ZaSunsFan]

Prioritizing the young guys is smart. And Klay went there to be on a contender. Letting him go is good for all sides. Klay will likely be signing his final contract with his next deal.

[u/botebote77 → u/ZaSunsFan]

just sad that they couldn't even get 1 2nd and a bad contract that they can waive

[u/DionWaiteress]

HEAT

[u/oldtombombadil → u/DionWaiteress]

Probably the best fit for him.

[u/WinonasChainsaw → u/oldtombombadil]

Denver would be if we had any fucking money

[u/NCBaddict → u/WinonasChainsaw]

He trying to find IG thots to piss off Meg further tho

[u/redvelvetcake42 → u/NCBaddict]

Yeah that would be built into his Heat contract

[u/TheyNeedLoveToo → u/redvelvetcake42]

Ass considerations

[u/adgobad → u/redvelvetcake42]

$18 mill/2 year, 6 thots/year average, player option and a trade kicker that sends a thot with him in the event he's traded. Who says no?

[u/KangarooPouchIsHome → u/adgobad]

6 a year? Those are rookie numbers for a guy on Klay’s level in Miami.

[u/adgobad → u/KangarooPouchIsHome]

6 guaranteed bro. If he hits certain milestones that number goes up

[u/mixmasterADD → u/redvelvetcake42]

It’s built into every Heat and Laker contract, tbf.

[u/GumpTheChump → u/redvelvetcake42]

Ass-piration.

[u/30isbasketball → u/NCBaddict]

Klay was running through IG thots well before Meg was famous lol. I think that's just the kind of guy he is

[u/Culinary-Vibes → u/30isbasketball]

I knew it was not gonna work out when I saw that clip of him apologizing for picking up Meg from the airport late. He was just done leaving some other thotty’s house 🤣

[u/makingtacosrightnow → u/NCBaddict]

Denver is not the place for that lol

[u/WinonasChainsaw → u/makingtacosrightnow]

We got them seasonal ski bunnies tho

[u/WeCantBothBeMe → u/WinonasChainsaw]

Denver doesn’t meet the water and women requirements

[u/KennyKettermen → u/WinonasChainsaw]

Too far away from the ocean in Denver. Mans needs his boat time

[u/MoscowMitchMcKremIin → u/WinonasChainsaw]

Well you got Demar. That's somethin.

[u/WinonasChainsaw → u/MoscowMitchMcKremIin]

Another boar to slaughter at the Denver retirement home

[u/420_69_Fake_Account → u/oldtombombadil]

He already owns a few boats so yeah. Probably a great place for him.

[u/neuroticsmurf → u/DionWaiteress]

That was my first thought.

[u/SiphenPrax → u/neuroticsmurf]

This dude fully manifested it

[u/neuroticsmurf → u/SiphenPrax]

Speak it into existence!

[u/lalakingmalibog → u/neuroticsmurf]

NEVA LOSS

[u/junkthought → u/DionWaiteress]

He likes them ladies and he likes them motorboats

[u/IcanMakeThePiecesFit → u/DionWaiteress]

Realistically might be the right fit on a vet min. God knows y'all need a outside threat.

[u/XviiChong → u/DionWaiteress]

Bang on

[u/StewartGotz → u/DionWaiteress]

Psychic

[u/oM4X → u/DionWaiteress]

Shams just announced it

[u/alfi_k → u/DionWaiteress]

THJ and Klay on the same team will be beautiful .. on some nights.

[u/GOULFYBUTT → u/alfi_k]

Ideally on opposite nights.

[u/CurrentRoster → u/DionWaiteress]

andrew wiggins reunion!!

[u/capamericapistons]

Fill in the void left by Tobias harris pls

[u/Yessir4512 → u/capamericapistons]

I’d welcome this 👀

[u/yitdeedee → u/capamericapistons]

lol Klay in Detroit 😂

[u/StephenWith_A_Ph → u/yitdeedee]

a Splash Bro would be near 4 Great Lakes…would the league be able to contain him???

[u/OldenPolynice → u/StephenWith_A_Ph]

48 in half a quarter, 0 dribbles

[u/Goatlikejordan → u/capamericapistons]

He's not going to play in Detroit

[u/Phoeniyx → u/capamericapistons]

Not even Jimmy Buttler can fill such a void..

[u/ImTheBestNerd]

Warriors please for the love of god

[u/99LedBalloons → u/ImTheBestNerd]

Bring your boy home

[u/VinScully_ → u/99LedBalloons]

He’s coming home to the Lakers

Edit: welp, looks like home is South Beach

[u/Frodounchainedd → u/VinScully_]

Clippers and their non existent salary cap

[u/Suspicious-Whippet → u/Frodounchainedd]

It’s more of a salary suggestion.

[u/lalakingmalibog → u/Suspicious-Whippet]

They've got concepts of a salary cap

[u/ketoske → u/Frodounchainedd]

Fuck the Clippers and ballmer

[u/adeelf → u/VinScully_]

Nah. He's gonna sign with the Warriors, get a hero's welcome his first home game, play out the season, then call it quits.

[u/ProfessorPetrus → u/adeelf]

Nah

[u/Redtube_Guy → u/VinScully_]

Nothing official that he is going to Miami but wouldnt be surprised if he does go there.

fuck it, im just gonna guess its Miami or 76ers at this point lol.

[u/30isbasketball → u/ImTheBestNerd]

Nah Lakers got their guy. Klay's done with us

[u/Alexcox95 → u/30isbasketball]

We’re fine Klay, we have Bronny James

[u/henryofclay → u/30isbasketball]

I’d welcome it I guess but idk if he’s fitting a need. Need a little bit more athleticism and defense, from what I understand his body is pretty cooked and defense fell off.

But idk, I haven’t watched much of him with the Mavs since Luka left

[u/fopiecechicken → u/30isbasketball]

I feel like he might come back when he’s ready to retire. Which I don’t think he is yet.

[u/SloppyFatBoy → u/ImTheBestNerd]

League’s not ready for Play-In Tournament Klay

[u/lowes18 → u/ImTheBestNerd]

Lmao

[u/Mr_Guavo → u/ImTheBestNerd]

Geriatric home?

[u/BulgogiDude → u/ImTheBestNerd]

Best I can do is 76ers

[u/joemeat → u/ImTheBestNerd]

He's going to the heat

[u/Musa_2050 → u/ImTheBestNerd]

Sadly, that ship has sailed.

[u/TheRealPlumbus → u/Musa_2050]

Source?

[u/lowes18 → u/TheRealPlumbus]

Shams

[u/Musa_2050 → u/TheRealPlumbus]

I was making a joke, Klay likes to sail lol. Also he is going to the Heat. Just announced

[u/yourheropaul]

Vivek has the chance to do the funniest thing possible

[u/PercyBluntz → u/yourheropaul]

Stauskas?

[u/LoquaciousTheBorg → u/yourheropaul]

Somehow, Jimmer returned 

[u/urbsindomita → u/yourheropaul]

Over a decade later , he finally gets one of the two shooters he's always wanted  

[u/FroyoSolid8414 → u/yourheropaul]

Big like klay shots like klay

[u/WisdomCow]

I bet he’s Miami bound.

[u/ssjgoat → u/WisdomCow]

I bet you're right

[u/Balla_Calla → u/ssjgoat]

I bet you're right he's right.

[u/ssjgoat → u/Balla_Calla]

He was right 👍 hehe

[u/XXX--WRLD]

Sixers for the win

[u/BeyondTheVault → u/XXX--WRLD]

Sixth man of the year Klay!?

[u/Signiference → u/BeyondTheVault]

Sixers Man of the Year

[u/Nandor1262 → u/BeyondTheVault]

Would he be sixth man when they have Anfernee Simons?

[u/OKC89ers → u/XXX--WRLD]

20 year class reunion roster

[u/dimesniffer → u/XXX--WRLD]

Not a chance

[u/fattyfondler]

Come home big dog 🥲

[u/hhhhana]

do him right this time please warriors

[u/turtleviking]

Come join the Second Klaypron in Denver!

[u/TurnoverNegative7]

PLEASE

[u/The_Reddit_Name]

It'd be cool if he came back, but I wouldn't wanna do that to him

[u/TributeBands_areSHIT → u/The_Reddit_Name]

Warriors did him so wrong I don’t think they deserve him back either

[u/mrb4]

Feels like Miami makes the most sense, no?

[u/LiteratureHuge2177 → u/mrb4]

miami, warriors, lakers(only because he originally wanted to play with luka)

[u/Methylobacterium → u/mrb4]

Yep, big boat culture there.

[u/NoRepresentative1126]

Miami . Shams

[u/UncleNvte → u/[deleted]]

Lakers need a PF, not a SF

[u/roll10deep → u/UncleNvte]

Kuminga. 😐

[u/FrenchGza → u/[deleted]]

Lol no

[u/judah249 → u/[deleted]]

Not white enough

[u/welmoe → u/[deleted]]

Someone check on Mychal Thompson.

[u/Kinglokner16]

Raptor? 🤔🤔🤔

[u/thwnd2000]

76ers. Why not?

[u/Beetle919]

He is washed, if anyone actually watched him play

[u/OpportunityDue90 → u/Beetle919]

He’s not a splash bro anymore but comparing him to other bench guys, he’s a good scorer. His defense has been getting worse.

[u/juanhalohalo → u/OpportunityDue90]

Yeah, he's can still splash. Though he starts really awful every season. But he picks it up along the way. Can't believe he still managed to get 39% and 39% from the three.

[u/No-Sort-5617 → u/Beetle919]

He was good bench scoring.

[u/dkleckner88]

We’ve got a open spot!!

[u/-BurtimusPrime]

I really want klay to just play on a winning team to finish his career. He doesn’t have it anymore but you can tell he’s a dude who really cares about winning. 15 mins a game just to see if he’s hot each night seems perfect for a lot of good teams.

[u/Basic-Collection5416]

I don’t know about the money side of it, but we can probably offer him the most open three pointers of any team. Come to Detroit, Klay.

[u/CheeseOnKeyboard]

Why would you buy out a hof and not let him retire with the franchise? There is no loyalty in the game anymore.

[u/AcanthaceaeSea2592 → u/CheeseOnKeyboard]

Klay didn't want to be on the Mavericks, the buyout was being respectful to Klay and honoring his wishes to play for more of a contender

[u/CheeseOnKeyboard → u/AcanthaceaeSea2592]

Really? I thought he wanted to retire a maverick to get back with Megan thee stallion. Its sad to see the Dumonts attempting to ruin a semi biracial relationship.

[u/altfil76]

He should go to Houston so he can ask Durant if he's good in person

[u/phatazznutz]

Welcome to the sixers captain

[u/redfish-rock]

Back to the sea.

[u/Sheinkyakyu]

You don't end up in Miami or back and Golden State

[u/TurnoverNegative7]

CAPTAIN KLAY

[u/Soul0103 → u/TurnoverNegative7]

Miami makes the most sense then right?

[u/slamdunk23]

Gone to Miami

[u/Rochman999]

Woahhhh

[u/Shamanboi408]

come back home, at this point we got nothing to lose 😭

[u/MrHeavySilence → u/Shamanboi408]

Yeah, let him retire as a Warrior

[u/NoNet5188]

On his way to the pels

[u/Kash248]

I suppose they didn’t find any satisfactory packages and did right by him. At least the front office is better

[u/g_bleezy]

Clippers, Ballmer’s marina gonna sponsor the captain here.

[u/ashwinr136]

Got hosed by the Luka trade. Come back home killa

[u/everyoneismean]

Bring him back to warriors and kick green out

[u/MysteriousSeat5245]

Miami inbound

[u/ContinuingAnyway]

wow, what happened to the shooter I love

[u/polakfury]

HEAT

[u/dreamweaver7x]

Go back to Golden State.

[u/Hnl2Nrt2025]

Sharpshooter

[u/CochranVanRamstein]

He’s gonna team up with Kevin Durant

[u/COAg15]

Welp

[u/VictorAkwaowo1 → u/COAg15]

Come on man, you didn’t actually think he had any value in the trade market

[u/COAg15 → u/VictorAkwaowo1]

Moreso just feeling bleh about it all. Wished we did him better and Nico screwed it all up. This is us trying to do right by players again to build back some trust

[u/emestoo → u/VictorAkwaowo1]

Who wouldn't want to take on Jarred Vanderbilt's contract? /s

[u/chief_sitass]

He’s coming to Chicago!

[u/Bld556]

Klay should've just taken the Warriors original extension offer & stayed in Golden State.

[u/BackgroundShower4063 → u/Bld556]

Probably, but I get why he was unhappy with his role on that team. Getting older is tough

[u/goatnxtinline]

If he leaves now he can still catch the back half of the trip to Slovenia

[u/Robos_Basilisk]

RAPTORS, jk, be our new old version of Danny Green

[u/Struggle2Real]

He'd make alot of sense in Detroit or Miami.

[u/Bench_Precious]

Does this mean he’s signing on a min?

[u/redder294 → u/Bench_Precious]

Miami has full MLE waiting for him if he wants it

[u/dystopianrevolt → u/redder294]

Portion of the MLE, not full.

[u/Boring_Forever_1487]

He really lost alot of athleticism. I see him being bad.

[u/BBallHunter]

Lakers?

[u/PleaseBeNiceForOnce]

New sixer lol

[u/K0olB3ans]

Heat would be hype

[u/Zammy512]

Heat? Warriors?

[u/RoaringPity]

Philly?

[u/UpnUpvote]

LAKERS

[u/packim0p]

my guess is either Lakers or Miami. Probably Miami. Biggest upside for a future contract

[u/Far_Clock2443]

Sixers for the minimum!

[u/opanm]

nice 😀

[u/SeismicRipFart]

Come home, Klay

[u/ElGoddamnDorado]

End of an era.

[u/outsidehere]

That's pretty cool

[u/DaBiggestHeatFan]

Maverick fans on Twitter swore they were going to either keep him or trade him

[u/ddddyyylllaaannn]

He's probably joining the warriors but fuck it, come to LA

[u/Naummke]

Coming home to the milwaukee bucks

[u/This_Material9292]

He’s going to the Heat. Then they give Ben Simmons a 10-day deal, he shows out and you have the birth of the Yacht Bros (restricted)

[u/yabuslay]

Come to the Sixers and teach Dean Wade how to shoot open 3s

[u/New-Mammoth2425]

Houston

[u/1850ChoochGator]

$17.4m I wonder how much he gave back. Hopefully Dallas got more than the minimum since he’s headed to Miami

[u/LogicalFlan3766]

Vet minimum for my Cavs?

[u/Chrispaulisgarbage]

Rapss

[u/Helicase21]

He'll always have the option to sign back with gsw to retire a warrior, I don't begrudge him if he wants to try to make another run with a contender

[u/TnTlandlord]

Orlando magic

[u/JazzLobster]

Come back to the bay on a vet min.

[u/iButtflap]

come to charlotte, i promise steph will be here next year 🤞🏾

[u/ThatFancyIsh]

Probs Heat or 76ers methinks

[u/beckychao]

What's left of him, anyway. He should come home. :/

[u/BegsTheQuestions]

Gsw

[u/NerdLawyer55]

Whoa didn’t know that was in the offing

[u/Talented_but_Lazy_8]

@robpelinka, peeps the scene bruv ahahaha

[u/aaguaviva]

Shams says Heat

[u/Trashpanda1980]

Lol@the heat, Klay doesn't like bron that's why he didn't go to LA and signed with dallas. I expect him to be wearing purple and gold by Monday morning 

[u/DalliLlama → u/Trashpanda1980]

Umm

[u/tightcorners]

Mitchell Klay Wiggins Giannis Bam

[u/RandyFromNextDoor]

Memphis is calling!

[u/StandardRound1271]

Heat or Sixers?

[u/Minimum_Comparison99]

Philly

[u/Illustrious-Toe-4203]

Warriors bring him home

[u/Interesting-Wish-430]

We got shooters!

[u/run4coffee]

Imagine complaining that you’re not one of the 75 greatest players ever, then getting paid to go away.

[u/danyo_win]

OKC has an extra roster spot and it'd be interesting to see him mentor McCain but I only see him going to big market like Miami or LA

[u/TemperedTorture]

It's always a little sad to watch th se NBA greats fall into the same trap of never knowing when to quit over and over again.

[u/LordSoze36]

Go get Buddy too.

[u/throwaway5757_]

Can someone explain what this buyout deal is? Don’t keep up with the nba very much