Clay's big contract expires in the summer of 2024.
According to him, he will seek a maximum salary contract, which is about 5 years and 200 million.
What level of player is Klay in the summer of 2024?
A 34-year-old 3D player who has suffered a two-and-a-half-year rehabilitation period in his career, and was once the only 3D player in the league.
The Warriors' current salary structure, or rather, no structure at all, every dollar has to be spent on a luxury brigade of five dollars.
Therefore, the Warriors are unlikely to agree to Klay's request, and if he wants to stay with the Warriors, he will most likely have to accept a salary cut, which is a long-term contract with an annual salary of around 3kw.
If he leaves the Warriors, it means that another team agrees to his request for a maximum salary contract.
What kind of team will eat this quasi-pension contract?
Right now, only 10 teams in the league are under salary space, and all of them, except for the Cavaliers and Thunder, are swing teams.
Next summer, Klay is interested in a bad team, it must be a team that has an idea for a championship, at least a team that wants to make the playoffs.
However, the current rotten team does not mean that it will be ready to rot a year later, and among these teams, the most likely to bring in Klay, I think, should be today's headline - the Spurs.
The Spurs now have the second most salary space in the league, behind the Rockets, and have a lot of silver to recruit superstars.
Coupled with the fact that they can also use the four-year zebra on a child labor contract, they will definitely make full use of this four-year dividend period to attract superstars and rebuild the dynasty.
Now this Spurs team, there are a few reliable three-pointers, but the top 3D that can both shoot and defend, at least the 3D with room to grow, is not very optimistic.
Next summer, when the Bianconeri's rookie season ends, I am very optimistic that the Spurs will return to the playoffs after four years, by which time, the Spurs' tactical system around the Biancons should have taken shape, and a series of strengthening and reinforcement operations will be required in the offseason, the most important of which should be the introduction of reliable stars in the backcourt.
It is worth looking forward to the fact that by the summer of 2024, the Spurs have a lot of expiring contracts, freeing up enough space to bring in two top stars.
Klay, the perfect fit for the zebra system, a top catch-and-shooter.
If you can bring in another top point guard, at least it must be able to reach the level of Parker back then.
In this way, the Spurs' championship team is set up, and by the 2024-25 season, which is the second year of the Biancons, the Spurs will officially enter the championship candidates.
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Of course, as a Kumi who has watched the splash for many years, he is very unwilling to break up from the splash emotionally, and what a wonderful basketball story if these two can die together as warriors.
However, if the Warriors are willing to offer Klay a long-term contract with a maximum salary, it means that the Warriors will fall into a long dark night in the years before Splash retirement, and may be able to grit their teeth to the playoffs and playoffs every year, but will not expect more.
And after Splash retires, the Warriors' rebuild period will become particularly long, please refer to the Bulls after the gang retired.
After retiring from the game, the Bulls spent six years returning to the playoffs and another six years returning to the Eastern Conference finals, and have not reached the Finals since.