Today is finally the news of a Warriors trade, and there are three major news in total:
In the first news, Paul George jumped out of his contract and became a full free agent
The second news is that the Warriors are willing to negotiate a sign-and-trade deal with Klay Thompson with other teams
The third news is that the Warriors and 58 God Control Chris Paul have reached an agreement and successfully postponed the date of 58 God Control's 30 million contract next season
Next, let's explain these three news in turn, first of all, Paul George became a free agent
As soon as this news came out, it meant that the Warriors' pursuit of Paul George had completely failed, and now any team that wants to get Paul George must require your team to have enough salary space to sign him naked, and the current Warriors can't meet this condition
Let's put up a table of the current salary situation of the Warriors, and everyone will understand
The total salary of the existing guaranteed contract in the Warriors is $143.93 million, and the salary cap in the NBA next season is $141 million, and the total guaranteed salary of the Warriors is already greater than the salary cap, which means that the Warriors have no room to offer Paul George a legendary maximum salary contract
Although Paul George did not have the opportunity to join the Warriors, but I think Seon lost the horse is not a blessing, in the previous article, I have emphasized more than once that Paul George is not the savior of the Warriors, his personal style of play may not be suitable for the Warriors' existing passing and cutting system, you want to rely on him, Curry and Dream Green to rush out of the West, it is completely unrealistic!
Speaking of which, Warriors fans may be going to speak:
I know you're in a hurry, but don't worry, not getting Paul George doesn't mean that the Warriors trade fails, and the Warriors will definitely have other goals next, let's talk about this at the end!
The second news of the Warriors trade is the team's decision to part ways with Klay Thompson, to be honest, the Warriors' decision should have been expected by many fans, but when this news really popped up, it was still more sentimental
Four championships, thirteen years of career, Klay Thompson has brought too many indelible memories to Warriors fans, but there is no endless feast in the world, we can only wish Klay Thompson all the best in the future!
Now the Warriors' treatment of Klay Thompson is to sign first and then trade, and strive to exchange Klay Thompson's whole money for change
So if you combine it with the third piece of news, the Warriors successfully postponed the date of the 30 million contract of 58 God Control next season, you can basically see the overall idea of the Warriors trade
The first operation must be to sign and then trade Klay Thompson, and then use the trade chips in exchange to bind Wiggins and 58 God Control Chris Paul for subsequent transactions
In other words, the Warriors' current definition of non-sale is on Kuminga, and Kuminga can't move except for Curry and Dream Green
Of course, 58 God Control is an uncertain factor here, and the Warriors want to trade him, so they can only trade him down, trade him to those rebuilding teams, trade him to those teams that need to use 58 God Control contracts to cross the poor ghost line, and they will be cut directly after they get 58 God Control, and let 58 God Control go to the base salary to join a championship team
So the question is, which team will be targeted by the Warriors for a downward trade right now?
I think it's very likely to be the Utah Jazz, Markkanen is a very good fit for the Warriors' system, he's 2.13 meters tall, he can protect the basket, and he's shooting very well, Markkanen shot 39.9% from three-point range last season
If the Warriors get Markkanen, I personally think it's a better option than Paul George, but you consider that the Jazz's general manager is Danny Ainge, a guy who eats people and doesn't spit out bones, and he traded Gobert and Mitchell for 10 first-round picks
So if the Warriors want to trade him, be prepared for a big hemorrhage, and there are currently three first-round picks that the Warriors can use to trade, which are 2026, 2028 and 2030, and there are also three first-round swap options, which are 2025, 2027 and 2029
I guess if the Warriors want to get Markkanen and keep Kuminga at the same time, then it is very likely that the Warriors will not be able to keep any of the three first-round picks
I think it's good, there is no choice at this point, we can't waste Curry's peak, of course, all of the above is our assumption, what is the specific result, it will come out in these two days, we will wait and see!