Warriors deny Thompson rumor which now includes Crowder

On the Klay Thompson-to-Boston front, Warriors are shooting down the notion that there have been any actual talks. Interesting idea though.

— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) November 14, 2016

SB Nation’s Mike Prada has a bit more:

The proposed deal would involve the 76ers and send Jae Crowder, Avery Bradley and the Nets’ 2017 first-round pick to Golden State, with Thompson going to Boston. The Warriors would then move the pick for a young rim protector.

Scalabrine himself didn’t believe what he was hearing.

“That can’t be true. I don’t understand why they would,” Scalabrine said. “But maybe they’re on what I’m on. It’s going to be impossible to win a championship without having rim protection against LeBron [James] and Kyrie [Irving]. So who’s your most valuable asset, or who’s your most unneeded asset at this point? I don’t know, but I heard that rumor going around and it was specifically to a team that wears green.”

It’s a bit confusing how the 76ers (and presumably Nerlens Noel) fit into this scenario. 

And… it appears Scal is trying to distance himself from this mess:

Btw it’s not my rumor or my sources. It’s just something I read over the week that I thought was interesting.

— Brian Scalabrine (@Scalabrine) November 14, 2016

Something you read? How about sharing that tidbit this morning then. I smell a backtrack…

File under: Fun while it lasted