Playing 28 minutes, 9-of-13 efficient 30 points and 3 assists, Replacing Curry in the opening game of the first playoff Game, Poole helped the team win the Nuggets 123-107 to win the opening red. If the biggest favorite to win the Title in the West was the Suns, the Warriors were added to the list after this game, because of the 22-year-old - Jordan Poole.
The Warriors are worthy of being a star-making factory. They selected Pooler with the 28th pick in the first round of 2019, with only $10.09 million on a four-year contract, and now only in his third season, his average score per game has soared from 8.8 points in the first year to 18.5 points, which is a modern version of Kobe Bryant. If Poole is given enough time and the ball, he may really have a chance to grow into a top star. And with the potential that Poole shows, the Warriors can consider sending off a high-paying player in the summer, and the first person to shoot must be Wiggins.
The Warriors have the league's top salary this season, and the main salary structure is as follows: Curry $45.78 million, Thompson $38 million, Wiggins $31.58 million, Green $24 million, as well as Wiseman's $9.17 million, Cuminga's $5.47 million and Rooney's $5.18 million, plus other role players, a total of $175.9 million, and $170 million in luxury taxes! Although the Warriors boss is not short of money, the premise is that the team can really win the championship. Look at next season's salary: Curry $48.07 million, Thompson $40.6 million, Wiggins $33.62 million, Green $25.8 million, plus other players who are similar to this season, still have to pay super luxury taxes!
Although Wiggins was named an All-Star starter this year, his strength is far from the level of an All-Star starter, more because of the Warriors' record and the injuries of other stars, and his crotch-pulling performance after the All-Star game is enough to prove this. This is Wiggins' third season with the Warriors, and his average score per game has gradually declined, from 19.4 to 18.6 to 17.2 this season, and its role for the team is sometimes even worse than that of Pooler, who took a rookie contract. Kerr has given Wiggins plenty of chances, but after the All-Star Game, he scored less than 20 points in 14 consecutive games, and it's no wonder you can't take advantage of the opportunity.
Wiggins never lacked talent, otherwise he wouldn't have scored more than 16 points every year in his career. It's just that for the current Warriors, the Splash Brothers have returned from injury, Poole and Cumminga have risen one after another, Wiggins is no longer so important, and replacing him with a cheaper defensive forward is the most cost-effective way.