what you read was an opinion of the writer. if another team like Denver is offering up $7 mill like he says ...dont' discount the fact that the Warriors "may" go over the cap (I recall Rowell saying they would) to keep Gil.
it's Gil's agent's job to get max value for his client. Unless I hear Gilbert saying he doesn't want to be here or I see that he gets an offer that we simply cannot compete with (I'd think $8 mill above and we are priced out), then I will accept that he's gone.
in the meantime, you don't think it's premature to start coming up with "goodbye speeches" to send him off?