210 million warships may welcome great changes, the new star force the palace to work, and the champion may be traded
On December 30, Beijing time, NBA Warriors team reporter Kawakami reported that the Warriors are already considering the possibility of trading Wiggins. According to the report, if the Warriors have decided to make Kuminga the team's first-choice small forward, and Wiggins and Kuminga can't play well together, even if Wiggins' contract is a good value for money, the Warriors have begun to explore the Wiggins trade market. It can be seen that the Warriors have now reached the point where they have to change.
After losing to the Suns on Dec. 13, the Warriors promoted Kuminga to the starting lineup to replace Wiggins, who had been a starter. Since then, the Warriors have won five in a row. After Kuminga entered the starting lineup, his shooting opportunities have also been greatly improved, and he has scored in double figures in 11 consecutive games. However, he was ineffective playing with Wiggins. According to statistics, Kuminga and Wiggins have played together in 106 minutes this season with a net efficiency of -21.4, which is the worst combination in the Warriors. In addition, the combination of Dream and Wiggins is the second-to-last, but the net efficiency is -9.4. It can be seen that the two are very incompatible.
Wiggins signed a four-year, $109 million contract with the Warriors last summer. No matter how you look at it, this contract is a very good value contract, and with Wiggins just helping the Warriors win a championship that year, it is widely believed that the Warriors have taken advantage of it. But now, the Warriors are getting more and more unbearable with Wiggins' performance. Previously, Wiggins had been relegated to the bench and is now considering trading him. Moreover, Kuminga has previously publicly complained about the relationship with the veteran, and has put infighting on the table.
Of course, Wiggins' performance this season has indeed hit the bottom of his career. He averaged 12.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, both scoring and assists were career lows. He shot 42.6 percent from the field at the second-lowest level of his career, and his three-point percentage from 29.9 percent to a career low. This kind of performance is really unsatisfactory. Originally, Warriors fans have been teasing Wiggins as Mr. 18 points, but this season he has scored 18 points is relatively rare. Wiggins is just a microcosm of the Warriors this season, and the league's most expensive ship with a total salary of $210 million is already in shambles.