Another game of 31 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Poole has scored 20+ in 16 consecutive games this season, it can be said that the scoring ability is stable, and Poole is not the kind of wave shooting performance, his efficiency is very high, and the three-point shot is very accurate. The last few games have been directly full, against the Suns is a bomb of 38 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, against the Grizzlies also has 25 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists performance. Poole's play has already withstood the test of the strong team, and the next question left for the Warriors is only one question, that is, how to negotiate Pooler's contract in the offseason?
Poole is the 28th overall pick in a round of 19 years, and the rookie contract is $10.09 million for four years until the end of next summer. Although the contract expires next summer, the Warriors will have to talk to Pooler about the renewal of the contract this summer, and it will be unknown until next summer. Why? Quite simply, if you talk to Pooler this summer, then the Warriors still have room for maneuver, can kill the price, and also express the sincerity of the team from the side. But if you wait until the contract expires and then talk to Poole, it is two different things. If a team offers Poole a sky-high contract, do you Warriors match or not? It will be difficult to do then, and the Warriors can only negotiate a contract with Poole this summer.
A lot of people think the Warriors have salary pressure, and in fact there are, but not so much! Even if Poole's new contract is renewed early, it will have to start from the 23-24 season, and next season Poole will be a "child labor contract". And next season is the last year of the mouth brother contract, the annual salary of 33 million, the mouth brother is the player option, there is a high probability that the last year of the contract will be executed. At the end of the next season, the mouth brother is a free man, at that time the Warriors will vacate a part of the salary space, and at the same time, with the current luxury tax threshold, it should be raised, and the Warriors can free up a part of the salary to sign players.
But there are also two headaches in front of Miles, one is the question of who to keep, and the other is how to give the contract if it is really signed! This summer Miles will need to make a choice, warriors to stay wiggins or Poole! Because of the contract, the two people can only choose one or the other. Obviously, a 23-year-old and a 27-year-old are all playing years, and it is impossible to say that they will cut their salaries for the championship. Signing Poole means giving up Wiggins at the end of next season, and renewing Wiggins early means giving up Poole. And if you sign a contract with Poole, there is also a question of how big the contract should be?
At the current stage, Poole has proven himself with 16 games, and he is a player with an annual salary of tens of millions. There was "fake news" that the Warriors were willing to give Poole a 4-year, 80 million contract, and referring to the recent Poole data, his annual salary should be 25 million a year, which is the bottom line of the starting salary. But the Warriors may continue to wait and see, watching Poole play in the playoffs, but also to see Wiggins play in the playoffs, the best choice for both Warriors is to stay, but if they are both big contracts, the two can only choose one or the other!