Goodbye Warriors, goodbye Curry! slid off the altar from the second champion and was really about to be swept away

Lao Liang commented

2024-05-29 22:36Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

This season's NBA unknowingly came to an end, the Eastern Celtics swept the Pacers 4-0 early and easily advanced to the Finals. On the West side, when the Mavericks led 3-0, they were pulled back by the Timberwolves, and the Timberwolves slowly found a way to deal with the Mavericks, but only if Edwards was around, there must be a second scoring point, Towns. And the teams that have said goodbye, such as the Clippers Lakers in the West, the Heat and the Bucks in the East, etc., have stopped in the first round, which is really surprising, but there are also giant teams that can't even enter the playoffs, such as the Warriors, whose spending this season ($400 million) can feed the combined salary of the two teams of the Western Finals Mavericks (167 million) + Timberwolves (166 million)!

After the Warriors are out of the play-offs, there are several directions regarding the future of the team. The first is the general manager Dunleavy Jr., who confirmed early that the team's future expenses will not be like this season, and the high cost will not pay off. Secondly, as the veteran of the team, the Warriors will not give Klay a contract, but according to the analysis of salary experts, about $45 million for 2 years is a normal standard, and the key is that other teams in the league cannot give Klay a higher price! Paul is destined to leave because his non-guaranteed contract is the best way for the Warriors to cut his salary. And with the growth of young people such as Kuminga + Pogger + Moody + Davis this season, the Warriors will slowly complete the transition. But who will take this group of frame players who won the championship in 22? Forbes columnist Ivan confirms that the Warriors will aggressively promote Wiggins!

The three reporters with the Warriors (Slater, Carvahamy, Thompson) all confirmed that in addition to controlling expenditures this summer, the Warriors will continue to supplement the rim protector and the second breakup, focusing on "Curry and Dream Chasing Reinforcement", while giving young people more room to grow, such as Allen who is considering the Cavaliers, but the team must first send Wiggins away! Of course, the actual situation is even more ruthless, because just before the trade deadline this season, the Bay Area media revealed that the Warriors had assessed the value of Wiggins' trade at that time, but could not get enough trade chips in return! Wiggins has 3 years left on his contract, which are $26.28 million + $28.22 million + $30.17 million. It should be noted that this contract was signed by Wiggins with a salary cut, and the Warriors won the championship in 22, and Wiggins was considered the second best at the championship, but he got a contract of 4 years and $109 million.

Why Wiggins? In the summer of 22, the Warriors won the championship, Wiggins blocked Doncic in the West, and Tatum was completely blocked in the Finals, but in the past two seasons, Wiggins' performance gradually slipped off the altar, averaging 17.1 points and 5 rebounds per game in the 22-23 season, only played 37 games, and the reason for the indefinite suspension is unknown to the outside world. And Wiggins played 71 games this season, averaging only 13.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, and the shooting rate was as low as 45%+35%! There is one detail that is impressive, Wiggins was demoted to the bench this season, Kuminga sat firmly in the start, and the controversy over Wiggins' performance, in the words of the team reporter, once attracted a lot of dissatisfaction in the team. Including when he was out of the play-off game against the Kings, Klay was 0-of-10 and the media excused him, while Wiggins scored 12 points on 4-of-11 from the field, but it attracted unanimous verbal criticism.

Curry has said at the end of two consecutive seasons that he hopes to end up with Klay and Green for the Warriors, but there is no Wiggins name. First of all, it is impossible for Klay to go, Klay's so-called testing the waters in the free market before, including like the 76ers and the Magic's interest in Klay, are all illusions, except for in the Warriors, Klay can enjoy such ball control and team status, Curry does not hesitate to sacrifice his ball to Klay to give Klay a back, change teams, Klay has long lost playing time. In other words, the Warriors are still putting Klay on the credit book for his previous four championships. Playing time can be reduced, but it is impossible to go. Green can't go, he's a good fit for the Warriors, losing his Curry's ability to cut in half, and even Kerr can't achieve the pass-and-cut system he insists on. Therefore, Kutang is an iron-clad battalion, and the others are flowing soldiers.

And Wiggins not only has a replacement (Kuminga is more efficient than him in playing the No. 4 position, averaging 16.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game this season), the key Warriors' big contracts can only be strengthened by Wiggins, and as for Payton and Looney's contracts, they can only be added. In the words of the Bay Area media, even if Wiggins were traded for air, the Warriors could save $70 million in spending (including the super luxury tax). By this summer, will there be fans who will remember Wiggins' glorious deeds of dropping to $27 million two years ago in order to help the Warriors ease salary pressure, with an average salary of about $35 million analyzed by salary experts? But Wiggins struggled, and he can't be blamed entirely, the Warriors have an immovable foundation, Kutang chases, there are draft rookies who are slowly rising, Kuminga Moody, etc., all of which are cultivated by themselves, and Wiggins is an outsider.

Goodbye Curry, goodbye Warriors! In Wiggins' own words, he can't control the rumors and can only focus on the work in front of him. In today's era when contracts of 40 or 50 million are flying all over the sky, as long as Wiggins plays normally, an average of 18 points per game + an average salary contract of $27 million, which is actually very valuable. But just because he was in the Warriors, he didn't get the respect he expected and could only be a sacrifice. Looking forward to Wiggins' next stop, he can continue to shine, at least Wiggins has won the championship, and people like Paul, Harden, Westbrook, George and others are still out of reach.

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