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Thee jazz fan said:
If KD does have a torn Achilles as expected, how does this affect Utah’s free agency, if at all?
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I don't think it changes us at all.

For KD, it might make him think about staying more. The love he got last night and the support he will need going forward might make him consider staying more. And if GS loses, they can fight to get back on top together.

KD leaving would have as much to do about legacy as it does happiness. If they lose this series without him (won in the only game he played in) yet he comes back next year and helps them win again, thats a legacy thing.

And oh yeah - GS can give him a ton more money than anyone else.

I will add - if KD stays, that's one less max guy taking up space elsewhere. If Kemba, Klay, KD and Kawhi stay, we have a lesser chance to get a big free agent. It will be an even stronger sellers market at that point.

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Thee jazz fan said:
If KD does have a torn Achilles as expected, how does this affect Utah’s free agency, if at all?
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If the Knicks or Nets are still willing to offer the max for a long-time deal, no effect. If they become gunshy about paying a guy $38M to rehab for 25% of his contract length, it's going to be massive and he'll opt in to his last year with the Dubs and cause them to go deep into the luxury tax (assuming they max Klay out).

I have no doubt KD will take the money as that's ultimately what he wants, but not knowing how KD is going to respond to this injury carries a ton of risk. If KD comes back and scores 20 PPG, you've whiffed. You need him to play at a max level.
 
Avery said:
If the Knicks or Nets are still willing to offer the max for a long-time deal, no effect. If they become gunshy about paying a guy $38M to rehab for 25% of his contract length, it's going to be massive and he'll opt in to his last year with the Dubs and cause them to go deep into the luxury tax (assuming they max Klay out).

I have no doubt KD will take the money as that's ultimately what he wants, but not knowing how KD is going to respond to this injury carries a ton of risk. If KD comes back and scores 20 PPG, you've whiffed. You need him to play at a max level.
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He will be back and be fine. I think the Nets and Knicks still offer full max and he’d be ahead of guys like Tobias. If Kyrie and KD go to Brooklyn they will still be good. If he goes to NY and no one else goes too they can roll their space forward and tank a year. Can go after AD in free agency and keep the young guys and picks they’ve collected.

I still can’t imagine Nets picking Tobias over KD even with the injury. KD could move slower and still put up an easy 25 per game.
 
I wonder how the injury will effect Durant’s feelings towards the Warriors front office. It appears they mismanaged this pretty badly. We’ve heard that his workout on Friday went terribly, we’ve heard that they were frustrated that he wasn’t putting himself out there for his teammates, and then they throw him out there without a minutes restriction? I’d be pretty pissed off if I were him and all that happened.
 
David Stern said:
I wonder how the injury will effect Durant’s feelings towards the Warriors front office. It appears they mismanaged this pretty badly. We’ve heard that his workout on Friday went terribly, we’ve heard that they were frustrated that he wasn’t putting himself out there for his teammates, and then they throw him out there without a minutes restriction? I’d be pretty pissed off if I were him and all that happened.
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I wonder if he had his own consultants. I would not trust team doctors in this scenario. The no minutes restriction was weird especially for a soft tissue injury... he played 12 of the first 14 minutes... that’s a little bit of an issue.

He may want the familiarity as he rehabs but I’m guessing he’s pissed... his agent should have protected him too... if he didn’t get him an independent consultant he might be on the chopping block.
 
Here is what I don't get - after his first minutes in the game, he went to the bench and they iced his calf. Then, he went right back out. Usually, you ice after a game or if you do ice, you allow time to slowly warm the muscle back up.

I'm no Dr., but seems that Achilles had a better chance to snap when iced up.

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LoPo said:
Here is what I don't get - after his first minutes in the game, he went to the bench and they iced his calf. Then, he went right back out. Usually, you ice after a game or if you do ice, you allow time to slowly warm the muscle back up.

I'm no Dr., but seems that Achilles had a better chance to snap when iced up.

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That's true. I've had issues in both achilles and was always advised by doctors and PTs to never do physical activity right after icing as the achilles has a restricted blood flow and the icing further restricts the blood flow. This has shades of Memo's injury.
 
With this whole KD Achilles injury thing, does this make a guy like Harris more likely to want to sign in Utah, with KD out, it opens things up in the west and for Utah considerably. If the jazz adds a max caliber player, IMO that makes us a definite contender with No KD.
 
Thee jazz fan said:
With this whole KD Achilles injury thing, does this make a guy like Harris more likely to want to sign in Utah, with KD out, it opens things up in the west and for Utah considerably. If the jazz adds a max caliber player, IMO that makes us a definite contender with No KD.
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I don't know really... like I don't think it changes things for us that much or at all really. If there is a sense that the league is more wide open then more teams will be in "go for it" mode. I think there will be more competition for good players as more teams will feel they have a shot at a title. Teams that are collecting picks could benefit tremendously. Teams that need to offload max players that are older may benefit. I think those things were likely to happen either way though... assuming KD left.

If Brooklyn pivots (or maybe he is the guy they wanted all along) to Tobias then I think we lose no matter what happens with KD. We may regret not putting up the two firsts that Memphis wanted for Conley on the table.
 
It's not clear where KD was headed in free agency before the injury. Several teams will still probably offer him a max deal. I suppose BRK could pivot and pursue Tobias if they don't want to wait. That would take Tobias off the table for the Jazz.
 
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