On July 1, Beijing time, after the NBA free market was officially opened, the news of various transfer transaction signings was full of news, and the Golden State Warriors, as the winner of the NBA championship of The New Branch, seemed to be targeted by the whole league, and five people left the team within one day. Even the front media NBA Muse is anxious for the Golden State Warriors, tweeting and teasing: Who is going to wake up Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers? Otherwise, the golden state warriors will run out!
As the defending champion of the Golden State Warriors next season, Bob Myers had said before the free market opened that he would do his best to leave all the championship puzzles. Now, after the free market opened, Bob Myers did not move, watching the championship puzzles go out, it was really anxious. However, what everyone does not know is that Bob Myers does not want to shoot, but there is a difficult scripture in the family! Golden State Warriors owner Lacob is willing to throw money, but it is not without a ceiling!
Let's first look at the salary of the Golden State Warriors next season, and everyone will understand. In the 2022-23 season, the Golden State Warriors' salary level will still be the same, leading the league: Curry 48.1 million, Klay 40.6 million, Wiggins 33.61 million, Dream 25.8 million, Wiseman 9.6 million, Cuminga 5.74 million, Moody 3.74 million, Poole 3.9 million, which is the contract amount that has been determined next season.
The salaries of these 8 people alone reached $171.09 million, while next year's salary cap is $123.6 million, the luxury tax line is $150.267 million, and the Golden State Warriors have exceeded the line of $20.82 million, and it is the ultra-luxury tax line for four consecutive years, the payment standard is calculated according to the super luxury tax, according to the salary of the current 8 people, there is already a need to pay $88.75 million luxury tax, and every extra penny spent later will almost be accompanied by several times the amount of luxury tax!
In the 2021-22 season, the Golden State Warriors' salary expenditure was $178 million, and another $170 million in luxury taxes were paid, that is, the Golden State Warriors' total salary expenses last season reached a staggering $348 million, firmly occupying the league's first place, and the revenue also successfully exceeded $700 million due to winning the NBA championship. Next season, if the Golden State Warriors want to replicate the success of last season, they must control the total expenditure to be about the same as last season, so the golden state Warriors have only about $24.17 million left, and must sign at least 4-6 people.
So it's not that Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers doesn't want to take a shot, but that he has to be very cautious about hitting a shot. Five people have now been confirmed to leave the team, Otto Porter joined the Raptors on a two-year contract, Payton Jr. signed to the Blazers for $28 million for three years, Bjelica joined Fenerbahce for $4 million, Toscano Anderson signed a one-year base salary contract with the Lakers, and Damien Lee and the Suns signed a one-year contract.
The situation of the five people is different, Toscano Anderson is the Golden State Warriors did not provide a contract, freely left the team to join the Lakers, the Lakers " Warriors second team" name once again solidified. After Teacher Bei won the championship, he obviously wanted to go home to retire and retire, and refused the basic salary of the veteran provided by the Golden State Warriors. Otto Porter also rejected the veteran's basic salary, chose the Raptors who bid better, and returned to his mother's home in Toronto with his wife. In the thousands of calls of many Golden State Warriors fans, the brother-in-law finally left, and the Golden State Warriors did not stay.
Payton Jr., as the championship puzzle that the Golden State Warriors want to keep, is an open secret. Payton Jr. averaged 7.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game in the regular season, shooting 61.6% from the field, averaging 6.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.2 steals per game in the playoffs, shooting 65.9%, extremely stable and efficient, and impeccable defensive end.
The Golden State Warriors offered Payton Jr. a mid-class exception worth around $5.4 million to $6.4 million, about three times the amount of last season's contract, on the condition offered by the Trail Blazers: a three-year, $28 million fully guaranteed contract, including player options and additional incentives. The gap is really too big, and even curry and Green's retention is pale and weak, making people have to sigh: how worthless honor and affection are in front of the US knife!
Bob Myers, as the former best general manager of the NBA, can let these five people leave, and there will be no helplessness or lack of preparation. Today, Bob Myers finally took the shot, which was also ridiculed as: finally woke up! The Golden State Warriors, whose first goal this summer, offered Kevin Looney a three-year, $25.5 million contract, $7.87 million for the 22-23 season, $8.5 million for the 23-24 season, and $9.13 million (only 3 million guarantees) for the 24-25 season, successfully retaining the indispensable interior gate.
Looney, who managed to get rid of injuries last season, played in 104 games for the Golden State Warriors, averaging 6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.6 blocks in the regular season. On the playoff stage, Looney had a legendary moment of 4 points and 22 rebounds in a single game, and also had a peak of 21 points and 12 rebounds in a single game, as well as a stunning performance of 10 points and 18 rebounds, averaging 6 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists per game, shooting 66% from the field, as a player with an annual salary of only more than 5 million, playing such a performance is perfect. Keeping Looney also allowed Bob Myers and many Golden State Warriors fans to lay down a big stone.
Meanwhile, Bob Myers made another shot, signing 25-year-old defender Di Ventenzo for a two-year, $9.3 million deal. Not only do many fans not know Di ventenzo, but even many team managers are not optimistic about the deal. Because Di Ventzenzo played in a combined 42 regular season games for the Bucks and Kings last season, averaging just nine points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. Since the end of the season, the Kings have not issued a qualification contract to DiWenzenzo, with the Kings signing the Lakers out of Munch, Di ventenzo has also been completely abandoned, only today's Golden State Warriors signing, many people doubt that the Golden State Warriors signed an overwhelmed parallel goods?
On the surface, Bob Myers did pick up a role player that no one wanted, but was that really the case? With a height of 1.93 meters, an arm span of 1.98 meters and a weight of 92 kilograms, Divenzo was the 17th pick in the first round of the 2018 Bucks. In the 2018 NCAA Finals, he scored a 31-point mark for the NCAA Finals with a super high shooting percentage of 15 shots, and won the MOP with a record 31 points that set an NCAA Finals record, helping Villanova University lift the NCAA championship trophy twice in 3 years, a proper star of tomorrow.
As a rookie, Di Vincenzo did not gain the bucks' reuse until the 20-21 season, playing 66 games as a starter and becoming an indispensable 3D player for the Bucks. That season, Di Vincenzo averaged 10.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.1 steals per game, as well as 37.9% three-point shooting rate, all data reached a new height in his career, Di Vincenzo's offensive efficiency was as high as 114.3, ranking 11th in the league, defensive efficiency 96.2, high in the league, he has become one of the Bucks' most important championship puzzles that year. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and in the playoffs, he suffered a serious left Achilles tendon injury, which was reimbursed for this season, so he missed the finals.
Last year, salary experts predicted that Di Vincenzo's next contract could be as high as $90 million. Because, although the Bucks' system has bid farewell to one-star, 3D players like Di Vincenzo are self-evident in their tactical importance. The presence of Di Vincenzo can also greatly alleviate the offensive and defensive pressure faced by Holliday. However, Di Vincenzo's three seasons have twice been reimbursed for the season due to ankle injuries, and the Bucks have not dared to risk giving Di Vincenzo a high-priced contract extension. Earlier last season, the Bucks put Allen in place of Di Vincenzo and traded him to the Kings during the season.
In the 2021-22 season, Di Vincenzo played 25 games for the Kings, starting only once, averaging 10.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 26.6 minutes per game, shooting 35.1% from three-point range. The Kings' main point guard Fox was reimbursed for the injury season, which was a great opportunity for Di Ventenzo to show himself, but he failed to seize it, but let first-year rookie Mitchell steal the limelight, and as Munch joined the Kings, he couldn't even get a qualification offer, which could not help but make people sigh.
It can be seen that Bob Myers is not picking up parallel goods, but gold. After four NBA seasons, Di Vincenzo is just the right time to produce results, the only thing that bothers him is injury and a team willing to trust him, and the Golden State Warriors can solve these two problems. Referring to the situation of Otto Porter Jr., before coming to the Golden State Warriors, he was also injured, and with the help of the Golden State Warriors' medical team, Otto Porter Jr. successfully got rid of the injury problem and made a real price. More critically, the Golden State Warriors are a very knowledgeable and well-used team, and as long as the right players are selected, they can play an amazing role.
Bob Myers selected DiVinchenzo, apparently looking for his role on the defensive end, and after losing Payton Jr., he decisively took DiVinchenzo as the perfect replacement. Di Ventenzo is a traditional organizational guard, very selfless on the offensive end, always with passing as the first priority, handling the ball quite cautiously, never reluctantly shooting, good at playing without the ball, perfectly fit the Golden State Warriors system. At the same time, Diventenzo is proactive on the defensive end, and the dog-skin plaster-like defense often gives offensive players a lot of headaches, often responsible for keeping an eye on the top scorer on the opposing side' outside, and ranking first in the league in defensive efficiency at the Bucks.
In addition, Bob Myers offered Di Vincenzo a two-year contract of only $9.3 million, $4.5 million for the 22-23 season, and $4.8 million for the 23-24 season (for the player option), which is nearly $1-2 million cheaper than the amount originally planned to keep Peyton Jr., and less than half of the current value of Peyton Jr. The worst result, DiVincienzo did not meet expectations, and certainly better than Chiosa + Damian Lee, the best result, Bob Myers used $9.3 million to hire a $90 million DiVincienzo, then it really won the jackpot, found not a replacement for Peyton Jr., it may be a strengthened version of Peyton Jr. + Poole. In this steady and unblemished deal, Bob Myers did a really beautiful job, worthy of the title of the best general manager of the NBA.
The first time Bob Myers signed Di Vincenzo, Curry posted a welcome to the 25-year-old. As the leader of the Golden State Warriors, Curry certainly knows Bob Myers' intention to sign DiVinchenzo, and also understands what he should do most, Payton Jr. is already in the past tense, let DiVinchenzo integrate into the Golden State Warriors family as soon as possible, give the greatest encouragement and care in spirit, help him regain self-confidence and rebuild confidence, is the key!
After Looney's smooth return, Di Vincenzo is only the first free agent signed by the Golden State Warriors on the free agent market this year, Bob Myers' "leak picking" strength once again amazes the whole league, bob Myers who has woken up next, every shot next time, it is very likely to be related to the golden state Warriors' championship strength next season, not only do we stare at his every move, I believe Curry is the same as us! So next, which player do you most want the Golden State Warriors to strengthen? Summarizing the comments section, I'll help you inform Bob Myers!
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