Game 6 of the season's Finals finally came to an end, and the Golden State Warriors won the 2021-2 NBA championship thanks to the outstanding performances of Stephen Curry and Wiggins, Klay, Green, Poole, Payton and other main players. With the Golden State Warriors' success in impacting the championship, the follow-up major core contract renewal issues will be the focus of a new round. As the value of Wiggins and Poole soars, Cole directs the risk of disintegration.
In fact, the Warriors will only be able to retain all of their core lineups if they complete a collective pay cut. After the finals, Wiggins praised the team's coach Cole in an interview and said that he was actually one of the best coaches in history and hoped to continue to play under him in the future. Poole has said many times before that Coach Kerr is the coach he wants to play for the most. All indications show that Wiggins and Poole's willingness to stay in the team is also very large, depending on how the Warriors choose.
Now it seems that the warriors' biggest heroes for winning the championship are still Steven Curry and Klay Thompson. Putting aside Curry's absolute output at the FMVP level, Klay's return to allow the Warriors to regain the championship also proved his own importance. Although the Warriors want to leave all the main forces, the splash brothers and Green's championship team cannot be reduced. As a result, the collective salary cuts of major role players, including Wiggins and Poole, are basically a foregone conclusion. Wiggins is currently worth at least $35 million, and Poole will have someone willing to give him an annual salary of $18 million.
In addition to this, Payton and Rooney also played an absolutely important role in the playoffs. Payton's contract extension could go over $8 million, while Rooney could basically lock in more than $7 million. However, if the Warriors renew all of their main players at the normal market price, including Wiggins, Poole, Payton, Rooney, Porter and other role players, they will need to pay at least three times more than other teams. Obviously, this high luxury tax is not only a presence that the Warriors cannot afford, but also a presence that the NBA league absolutely suppresses.
Therefore, Wiggins and Poole will most likely cut their salaries. The value of Wiggins can basically stabilize at around 25 million, which is an amount acceptable to both parties. Poole is about 7 million or so, which is the most ideal choice for the Warriors, but it needs to make a certain amount of ideological work for Poole. After all, Poole's absence from Splash may not be able to play the current offense. Only such an amount of money can the Warriors stay with Payton, Rooney and others. Payton's contract extension should be around 5 million, which is the most normal price.
After reaching such a contract extension plan, the Warriors can basically give Stephen Curry a super contract of nearly $50 million, and the contracts of Klay Thompson and Dream Green expire after two seasons, and the Warriors' salary problem can be perfectly solved.