Whether the Warriors will eventually win the championship this season is unknown, but Warriors owner Lacob sees another side that fans can't see, that is, it will be more difficult to keep the current lineup. According to NBA reporter Keith Smith, if this lineup is forcibly retained, the Warriors will spend more than $400 million, including the luxury tax. This is undoubtedly shocking.
According to statistics, if you want to keep Klay Thompson and Dream Green this year and next 2 years (both of them are facing early contract extensions in the 2023 offseason), and then implement the team options of Wiseman, Cuminga and Moses Moody, then renew Wiggins with the maximum salary, and renew Looney with an annual salary of 6 million, and renew Poole for 4 years and 80 million, the total salary of these 9 people in the 2023-24 season will reach 208 million. If you add to the luxury tax, the Warriors' total expenditure will exceed 400 million. It's pretty amazing.
Of course, this is also the price of the Warriors' success. Smith said that the Warriors performed well, and the value of the players on the team was also rising, which also made retaining a full lineup an impossible task for the Warriors. Smith lamented that Lacob was indeed very generous to the Warriors, and every time everyone thought that his spending had reached the upper limit, Lacob would spend money to a new level. But even so, it's still too much of an exaggeration to keep the full lineup, so the Warriors have to give up.
Connor Letourneau, a Warriors and team reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, agreed with Smith. In his opinion, Wiseman and Poole are both warriors who can give up.
Lacob's business philosophy is ahead of its time, which can be described as "high investment and high return", forming a virtuous circle. Today, the Warriors' market capitalization ranks among the top in the league, which makes Lacob a lot of money, and it makes him more willing to spend money on the team to make more profits.
But even so, everything has limits. If this lineup cannot win the championship, it is estimated that Lacob will consider cautious investment. (Supine Braces/Hairy)