Green made the All-Defensive team again this season and Thompson, despite a brutal shooting series against the Lakers (34.3 percent) that included shooting just 3-of-19 in the elimination game, led the NBA in made 3s this season. They’re facing a rocketing luxury tax bill, increased penalties from the new Collective Bargaining Agreement for living in that financial ballpark and, because of it, challenging choices about how much and who to pay.īut in discussions with those who pull the organizational levers in recent weeks, this much has been made clear: There’s still internal belief that this established, aging core can compete for titles because Stephen Curry remains a top-five player in the NBA and Draymond Green and Klay Thompson show no signs of a steep decline. As the franchise’s lead decision makers reconvene in the coming weeks to plot out the path forward, that matters.
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