NBA The forward arrives to replace the loss of Klay Thompson
Bleacher Report
La Low for another season of guard Klay Thompson, that this Wednesday he suffered a tear of the tendon Achilles of the right ankle, has forced his team from the Warriors from Golden State to work immediately in the search for a replacement and the chosen one has been the young forward Kelly Oubre Jr. of the Thunder of Oklahoma City.
Both teams already working on the transfer of Oubre Jr., 24, who at the beginning of the week came to the Thunder by being included in the trade of star point guard Chris Paul a los Suns de Phoenix.
According to various newspaper reports, the Warriors will assume the contract of Oubre Jr., of 14.4 million of dollars for the next season.
The Warriors coach, Steve Kerr, who along with other team members traveled to Los Angeles this Thursday, where was thompson training when he was injured, to accompany him during the magnetic resonance test, which confirmed the severity of it, he already gave the green light to the acquisition of Oubre Jr.
A signing that has shot up the luxury tax rate that the Warriors will have to pay the season that is about to begin. Before the signing of Oubre, the San Francisco franchise already had to pay $ 66 million, but after the acquisition of the former Suns, the rate that will have to pay amounts to 134 million by not transferring salaries, but future rounds of the draft.
Golden State tax bill is currently $66M
The addition of Kelly Oubre would see it increase to $134M
$14.4M of Oubre + $68M in taxes= $82.4M
? Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) November 19, 2020
The young forward, who has speed and is effective on both sides of the field, last season averaged 18.7 points and 6.4 rebounds with the Suns, where he had a great understanding with the Spanish base Ricky Rubio, who also entered the transfer to the Thunder and last night in another exchange he arrived at the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team that selected him in 2009.
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