With Bob Myers stepping down from his position with the Golden State Warriors, NBA analyst Brian Windhorst believes the 48-year-old executive is not retiring, but rather stepping away from what could be a difficult future in Golden State.
"This is not a retirement, this is [Myers] stepping off the stage," Windhorst said. "But it’s also what it portends for the future, because there’s one of four guys who are hugely important to the Warriors’ success who are either at the end of their contracts, or have one year left and are under pressure to get an extension done."
On Golden State's contract situations, which he believes aided in Myers' decision to step down, Windhorst added the following:
"Draymond Green has a contract option out that he can take by the end of June, which there is a large expectation he will do. Then you have Steve Kerr entering the final year of his contract. They couldn’t get an extension done with Bob Myers, he ended up being a free agent and left, what about Kerr? And then, Klay Thompson entering the last year of his contract. It is clear that he would like an extension. What do they do there? This is the thing, this team is very mature. They are a decade into this run and most importantly, they are outrageously expensive. They are headed for a payroll this year, if Draymond Green re-signs to a reasonable number, approaching $500 million, and I'm not sure that this is a $500 million team that just finished in sixth place and got knocked out in the second round."
In Windhorst's opinion, all of this had to contribute to Bob Myers deciding it was time to leave the Warriors.
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