On April 14, Beijing time, Keith Smith, a well-known salary expert in the NBA, recently analyzed the contract extension situation that Warriors player Jordan Pooler will face next. He predicted that Poole would have the opportunity to reach a four-year, 90 million advance appointment contract with the Warriors this offseason. In addition, Smith also said that if Poole can efficiently contribute 20+ points per game in this year's playoffs, the Warriors will have to increase the contract amount to $100 million for 4 years.
Of course, Smith wasn't fooling around, he gave his reasons. First of all, after the end of this season, Poole's contract is still 1 year left, the 22-23 season is only $3.9 million, if the Warriors do not renew the contract early this summer, then next summer Poole will become a restricted free agent, have the opportunity to test the free market, the Warriors can not bear such a risk; secondly, if the Warriors and Poole complete the early contract renewal, will maintain a young combination such as Pooler + Moody + Cumming + Wiseman in the future, while Curry + Thompson + Green is getting older, The Warriors can also guarantee immediate combat effectiveness and maintain the impact on the championship.
Poole was selected by the Warriors with the 28th pick in the first round of 2018, and the successive injuries of Thompson and Curry in the past two seasons have given Poole the opportunity to prove himself and gradually gain a foothold on the team. This season, Poole has played in 76 games for the Warriors, averaging 18.5 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4 assists and 0.8 steals per game, shooting 44.8% from the field, 36.4% from three-point range, and averaging 2.8 three-pointers per game. After this season's All-Star, Poole's average per game rose to 23.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 5.2 assists, shooting 46.5% from the field and 40.8% from three-point range. (Poole looks more like an All-Star than Wiggins.)
Seeing this, you have to admire the Warriors' vision of selecting people and the ability to cultivate new talents, at the same time, the Warriors have also encountered the problem of contract extension. The current $33.62 million contract for the Warriors' Wiggins next season is the last year left; Curry just completed a four-year, $215 million extension last year; Thompson has two years left on his contract, $40.6 million next season; Green's contract has two years left, $25.81 million next season, while the Warriors are also facing the renewal of major rotation players such as Payton Jr., Porter and Rooney.
Even if the Warriors owner has money and is willing to spend money, it is impossible to sign 5 "Mr. Billion" at the same time, so the trade with Wiggins may become an opportunity for the Warriors to renew Poole, after all, Wiggins's performance in the Warriors for more than 2 years is not very eye-catching, and his performance after this year's All-Star is unbearable, which is in stark contrast to Poole. Of course, I'm just guessing, and I don't know what choice the Warriors will make in the face of this happy trouble.