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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 2749757, member: 1329"] There's 0% chance Warriors supermax him. He has to qualify next year as is, but the tax ramifications are INSANE. They'd likely end up with a payroll near 165 million on a 120 million cap (or even less) and with the luxury tax line around 135 million they'd pay $30 million x 5.5 repeater multiplier and owe $165 million in luxury tax every year. Basically would double their (hypothetical already league leading) payroll. And that's assuming Klay takes a modest extension. If instead of giving Draymond $45 million a year, they make Jordan Bell a starter (and re-sign him for FMV between $8 and $12 million). They could theoretically get under the luxury tax line and not pay any tax at all plus have a lower salary. It would legitimately save them $198 million dollars every year (so basically a billion dollars over the life of the contract). I'm not sure anyone, no matter how rich the owner, would say that having these 4 stars instead of any 3 of them is worth an additional billion dollars. The owners have said that winning costs money, but according to cursory Google searches, successful teams only make $300-$400 million in revenue a year. They just can't pay $330 million in salary and tax alone each year. Much more likely he signs for around a regular max deal which would cost them like $90 million a year in tax on top of the ~$150 million payroll. [/QUOTE]