100 million US dollars in 4 years, become a warrior outsider! What Curry couldn't face, Paul gave the answer

The new NBA preseason is in full swing, and as the final drill preparation stage of the regular season, some of the preseason platoon deployments have been tactically arranged, which is indeed very important. This summer, the Lakers are hiring, but like new signing Reddish, Prince including Wood, the Lakers' debut is really not satisfactory. The Celtics' Big Four pressed the 76ers, who lacked Harden and Embiid, and were also very reluctant. The Clippers lost to the Jazz in the first game of the playoffs, and both Jr. and George said they would not be on load management in the new season. The strength of the team is improved due to personnel reinforcement, there are advantages and disadvantages, and the bad aspect is that it needs to be re-run-in and re-adapted. And the Warriors here, because of Paul's arrival, quietly solved a difficult problem, and it is something that Curry has been unable to face for a long time.

After the free market opened this summer, the Warriors did not move much, except to send Poole in exchange for Paul and sign Saric and Joseph, the most important thing was to renew a four-year, $100 million contract with Green. Green jumped out of the $27 million player option, with only $22.32 million in the first year of his new contract, and the luxury tax alone helped the Warriors save tens of millions of dollars. This also means that the Warriors also intend to bind to Dream Green for life because of the existence of the Splash Brothers, after all, when this contract expires, Green will be 37 years old and should basically retire. What does Green mean to the Warriors? The center of the five small lineups, but to tell the truth, even if the Warriors won the championship in the summer of '22, Green did not perform well in the small lineup, and Warriors fans should remember Curry's "eyes of death." His defense is a guy who eats, but looking at the Western Rivals, who can withstand it?

Is it Thick Brow or Jokic, or the Clippers' top forward configuration? Defending Sabonis was barely enough. Needless to say, there is a certain strategy and organization, but it is based on Curry's need for a large number of ineffective movements, to put it bluntly, Green is on the floor, the Warriors are basically 4-on-5 on the offensive end, and at least two people around Curry are blocked. If Looney goes again, the offensive space is even smaller and worse! Kerr said this at media day that he intends to put Klay in the defensive No. 4 position in the new season. Although Clay's traverse speed includes a decrease in the efficiency of starting acceleration, the confrontation is still there, and Clay does not take up space, and can even open space. Cole can't solve the problem of the Splash Brothers and Paul being present at the same time, but he can solve the problem of Green's positioning. Green previously needed to take a break for a while due to an ankle injury and is expected to recover before the start of the regular season.

But in the first game of the preseason, Paul directly gave what Kerr wanted most: organization and projection, and Klay could basically replace Green's pincer on the defensive end. The opponent can put three meters Green, but who dares to put Paul? With the Lakers' preseason, Paul's timing of passes, including his ability to find open teammates after using Looney and Klay to block, really allowed Curry to completely let go of all playmaking pressure. Green himself certainly understands what Paul's arrival means, and we go backwards from the results, if the Warriors have five small lineups: Curry + Paul + Wiggins + Klay + Green play at the same time, what role can Green play? Will Cole let Green hold the ball and the other four run? Obviously, Paul, as the all-time point guard king, Cole will not do the things that put the cart before the horse.

There are two other points that are easy to overlook. Before the free market opened, Bay Area media reported that the king gave Green a very high offer, which may exceed $33 million in average salary, but for a short period of time. Only then did the Warriors begin to officially start negotiations with Green, and finally settled on $100 million in 4 years, and gave Green the option to play the final year. What determines Green's market value? If around the Splash Brothers, the average salary of 25 million is the normal price, then the price given by the king is very abnormal. Green has seen his defensive quality decline in the past two years, and last season's playoffs against the Lakers as an example, there is nothing to do with thick eyebrows, which easily shot 58% in that series. In addition, because of Green's presence, the Warriors have been unable to make up their minds to strengthen the interior in the past few years, relying on Green and Looney to hardtop.

To put it bluntly, the plate that belongs to Green, others can't move, but the Warriors' interior has reached the point where it is not broken, from the top two in the league in defensive efficiency in the championship season to about 20 in the league last season, the offensive efficiency of the small team is indeed high, but the defense can not be stopped. Cole's conduction system was not difficult for Paul at all. To be precise, since the Clippers era, Paul has not been a guard with a lot of balls, but when he holds the ball, he can identify the opponent's defensive holes in just a few seconds, and the last pass is not learned. Invisibly, the Warriors' overall organizational ability, including the growth ceiling of young Kuminga and Moody in the new season, will be improved because of Paul. And Kuminga's presence, Klay's defensive end is also at the top of the No. 4 position, including the hard-working Wiggins! So where should Green go? To tell the truth, he has slowly become an outsider.

Remember that after the Warriors lost to the Raptors in '19, Curry said that he hoped that everyone would not be separated, named Klay and Green, and in the summer of '22, the Warriors won the championship, Curry is still repeating, hoping that the trio has been dying with the Warriors. Including being eliminated by the Lakers last season, Curry remains adamant that his championship window with Klay and Green is not closed. But because of Paul's arrival, Green really lost the value of his existence, and the point is that his defense is also secretly affecting the Warriors. Instead of hanging up and down like this, if the Warriors really aim to reach the championship in the new season, others don't have to move, but Green's point has become difficult to say.