Porzingis Stepped Away, but His $20 Million Stays
The Warriors are not paying Kristaps Porzingis, but his salary still counts on the cap. Why protection is not a clean exit, and what Golden State does next.
The Warriors are not paying Kristaps Porzingis, but his salary still counts on the cap. Why protection is not a clean exit, and what Golden State does next.
Golden State is shopping Porzingis while he weighs retirement, and quietly calling Milwaukee about Myles Turner. The timing is the real story.
Two weeks before tip-off, the Warriors can't say where Kristaps Porzingis is, what's wrong, or when he's back. That's not a health update. That's an admission.
The Warriors chased LeBron all offseason and came away with a Kristaps Porzingis deal. Steph Curry is 38. This is not what he was promised.