A look at how the Splash Brothers era came to an end.
after spending 13 seasons with the organization and winning four NBA championships. It was a heck of a run and the sharpshooterclear that last obstacle standing between them and a title. As jarring as it'll be to see him in a different uniform, a parting of ways between player and franchise is not entirely surprising given all the tea leaves that emerged during a prolonged decision-making process that culminated on Monday when the news was announced.
It’s been a layered five-year path to this divorce, splintering last season, sprouting earlier and finalizing in the last couple weeks, where —among the conversations Thompson had, league sources said — was a request of Stephen Curry not to exert his significant organizational influence and up the temperature with management to ensure Thompson’s return.
But his decision, as one source put it, became easy when the Warriors kicked him down the summer pecking order. They paid a record luxury-tax bill last season and didn’t make the playoffs, a cost-versus-benefit that is untenable. So Joe Lacob, Mike Dunleavy, Kirk Lacob and their front office set off this offseason to explore big-picture moves that could vault them into contention and salary-slicing moves that were more reasonable.
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