The Nets sent Harden to Philadelphia to get Simmons, Curry Jr. and Chuang Shen, the Lone Ranger exchanged the Wizards for Bertans and Dinwiddie with the Wizards, and the Clippers, Bucks, Kings and Pistons completed a four-way deal...
The mid-season trading market is so lively, and for the Golden State Warriors, it all seems to have nothing to do with them, they have not made any trading operations, maintaining the existing 15-man lineup, and what is even more depressing is that after today's 114-116 loss to the Knicks, the Warriors have suffered a 2-game losing streak, and a series of problems have begun to erupt like a torrent.
To cope with change? The Warrior's "seven inches" were completely exposed
First analyze these two games, the last game against the Jazz, due to the absence of Thompson, Green and Iguodala and others, the Warriors opened with a 13-0 climax, in the last three quarters of the game net loss of 27 points, and a closer look can be found that the rebounding ratio of the two sides is 35-52, in other words, even without Gobert, the Warriors' internal strength and the Jazz also have a huge gap, resulting in a total of 11 shots in the whole game, under this disadvantage to win almost no possibility.
And this game against the weaker Knicks, the Warriors' Thompson came back and cut 17 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Curry is even more explosive, the whole field crazy shot 16 three-point shots to get 35 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists of the luxurious data, but also look at the total rebounds of the whole team, is still 38-51 net loss opponent 13, even the All-Star was not selected Randall in the box overturned the river, the Warriors only rely on Looney alone completely can not resist, and finally Thompson desperately bet on the jump shot, helpless to swallow the loss.
It can be said that the Warriors' two games have completely exposed the "seven inches", when there is Green, they still have the internal defensive barriers, how much to improve the ability to go to the bottom, not because of the rebounding problem even shots become difficult, now Green has been in the injury list, the Warriors' inner line can really use only Looney alone, to the playoffs, this degree of interior attack ability and Nuggets, Suns and other teams are not a grade at all, Curry will encounter unscrupulous pockets.
In this way, the Warriors' so-called "unchanged response" is very stupid, the first half of the season they can become the league's top two strong team, relying on Curry's state of terror and Kerr's passing system to be supported by excellent players, and now Curry's state has begun to rise and fall, Green and Iguodala and other veterans with defensive experience can not play, sitting on a large number of talented outside players, but there is no corresponding interior line to make a bigger cake, it is inevitable that there is a top-heavy trouble.
The Warriors officially gave up their last chance to compete for the title, and the Curry era may come to an end
So many questions gathered together, some netizens began to draw conclusions for the Warriors, that is, "the management has no idea of competing for the championship at all." The team is now in a healthy position of the combination of old, middle and young, and theoretically speaking, as long as the lineup is gradually improved to check the gaps and fill in the gaps, especially the defense of the penalty area, it can seize the last peak of Curry's career and fight for a championship trophy.
But the team's three major meritorious elders all have their own problems, Curry has begun to enter a downturn, Thompson's injury has become a time bomb, Green has also stopped, management is not willing to pay the existing young potential stocks to risk the old guys, they may prefer to see young players alone, and then wait for the veteran to retire and then let go.
So I have to admit that Curry's era is coming to an end, although the Warriors won the championship on the surface of the former as the leader, but in fact, the real decision to belong to the championship is the peak of Iguodala and Durant, up to the management, down to the head coach Kerr, did not continue to Curry as the absolute core of the idea of impacting the championship, Curry's ball and tactical status is not without warning, the Next Time the Warriors win the championship window opens, it should be Wiggins, Cuminga, Peyton Jr. and others into the peak of their careers.
"Actually I haven't heard of it yet, there's a lot of running, a fun day." Cole's pre-match jokes, after savoring it, seem to be really like that...