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PHLY Sixers Podcast | Is Klay Thompson a viable backup plan for the Sixers in free agency?

PHLY Philadelphia Sixers Podcast

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4.7631 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Klay Thompson’s Warriors career could be coming to a close. If the Sixers strike out on Paul George and other max free agents, is the Golden State sharpshooter a reasonable fallback option for Philadelphia? Devon Givens, Derek Bodner, and Kyle Neubeck discuss where Thompson is at in his career as well as his fit with Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid. They also answer mailbag questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm I'm really hungry because Gene already

0:21.6

And he's really hungry because Jean already jumped in there, said he's firing up the grill and testing out the new alipop that he has. All right. And I'm hungry. Come on, Gene. Bring us a plate. You know where we are. I owe you a pizza. We can do that later. As I said in the chat, We need a plate right now. We eat live on the show.

0:55.3

Derek Bodner, Kyle Newbeck. We've done it before. Yes, we have. Yes, we have. Bring the plate, Jean. Don't forget about Brianna as well. She would like a plate of food from the grill. And all of you in the chat, we appreciate you joining us on this Friday. And we have a lot to talk about because when we discuss the roster, one of the things we always talk about

0:54.1

with Joel Embed and Tyrese Maxi is the you join us on this Friday. And we have a lot to talk about because when we discuss the roster,

1:11.8

one of the things we always talk about with Joel Embed and Tyrese Maxie is to make sure that

1:15.5

they have enough shooting around them to make things work with the offense very, very easy.

1:22.1

And today we discuss Clay Thompson because it's necessary. Will he actually leave Golden State? Would he actually get the

1:30.0

money on the market that he might be asking for? We'll talk about that. We'll get into our mailback

1:35.2

questions a little bit later on the Friday like we typically do. And the finals, they're all set.

1:41.0

No more basketball until next Thursday. That's the tough part. But we have the Dallas Mavericks taking on the Boston Celtics. We'll preview that just a little bit, a little bit later on in the show. But Kyle, we'll start off with you, man. You have some of the Clay Thompson thoughts and you running around in your head as we look at. They need some shooting. Not necessarily good thoughts not some good thoughts thoughts thoughts are

2:01.1

there but we'll start there what are you thinking about clay thompson i'm seeing no already from

2:06.7

trusted process in the chat friday clay day from spow baby but a lot of different thoughts again on

2:13.2

these names that we toss out of course and right now clay thompson is the one for friday yeah so the

2:18.2

the catalyst for this is anthony slater at the athletic wrote about clay thompson pretty extensively

2:25.6

yesterday article came out slater's very plugged in and golden state knows the knows those guys in that

2:32.1

team very well he had this to say regarding Clay and why we're getting to him today.

2:39.8

Thompson wants to win.

2:41.6

Don't expect him to chase the largest possible offer from the Detroit Pistons or Charlotte Hornets,

2:48.6

even if that's the correct financial or leverage move.

2:52.3

But there are plenty of cap space teams with a clearer upward path to contention than

2:56.8

the Warriors.

2:57.6

That includes the Oklahoma City Thunder, Philadelphia 76ers, and Orlando Magic.

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