Draymond To KD: "We Don't Need You. We Won Without You"

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he couldve burned them a la bron but did a sign and trade instead, just remember that :yeshrug:
"Without a sign-and-trade, the Nets would have had to construct the contracts of KD, Kyrie, DJ ... and rookie Nic Claxton in ways that would have been not just complicated but also not in their or the Nets long-term interests."

Because there was not a sign-and-trade agreement in place for D’Angelo Russell when Brooklyn’s new stars committed on June 30, both Irving and Durant at first were set to have $4-5 million in unlikely bonuses in their contracts. That extra $10 million — generated because unlikely bonuses don’t count toward the salary cap — would have allowed the team to sign Irving and Durant outright and use the remaining room on free agent DeAndre Jordan and second-round pick Nicolas Claxton.
However, both players caught a financial break when Golden State approached Brooklyn later that night about the possibility of acquiring Russell in a sign-and-trade for Durant. Because cap space was not required to sign Durant, Brooklyn only needed to structure $1 million in unlikely bonuses for Irving to still have room for Jordan and Claxton. In total, Durant and Irving could have opened the door to lose a combined $16 million had the Warriors not stepped in at the last minute.

 
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