After losing to the Clippers, the Warriors lost all the games under the difficult schedule of three consecutive away games, and also lost Dream Green indefinitely, and the Warriors, who used to be like the stars of the moon, now have to face an embarrassing reality, that is, although they pay the highest salary in the league, the team's competitiveness is not as good as before, and there are doubts about whether they can make the playoffs in the West with serious involution.
Last season, the Warriors' starting lineup had the league's highest net efficiency value, but this season's Warriors starting lineup has become the league's bottom-to-last net efficiency value, even worse than the Pistons' 21-game losing streak.
It is reported that the Warriors offered him a two-year, $48 million contract but did not impress Klay Thompson, who has not reached a contract extension intention for a long time, has been trying to prove that he still has the ability to get a high salary this season. Although Klay Thompson, who averages 15.4 points per game, is still the team's second leading scorer, but the 39.7% shooting rate and 34.5% three-point shooting rate are very bad. Klay Thompson was abandoned in the final quarter of the game against the Suns on the 14th, and Klay Thompson yelled at his teammates, and even destroyed the court facilities in order to vent his anger. Even with the Clippers having the best game of the season, just one game wasn't convincing.
From locking Gobert to being suspended for five games to punching Nurkic and being suspended indefinitely, Dream Green is now in big trouble.
Green, who signed a contract extension with a high salary this summer, has now become the team's bombardment, and more often than not, his own team. Green, who averaged 10.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game this season, originally had a refreshing feeling on the offensive end, but he didn't expect the violent Green to reach an uncontrollable situation. There are even American media discussions about what kind of players the Warriors can get in exchange for Green as a bargaining chip.
The 28-year-old Wiggins' individual performance has fallen off a cliff this season, attacking but not attacking, defending but not defending, and it seems that Wiggins, who has made a series of mistakes after coming on the court, has struggled to focus on the court. Finally, Kerr couldn't resist putting him on the bench in the game against the Clippers, and the record of 656 regular season starts was temporarily sealed.
The only one who can play a positive performance in the Warriors' starters is Curry, but Curry is also 35 years old, you can't rely on Curry for everything, and after losing to the Suns, Curry kicked the court seat and "output" to a group of teammates.
The Warriors' salary this season is as high as $212 million, ranking first in the league, and Curry ($51.92 million), Green ($22.32 million), and Klay ($43.22 million) have a total of $117 million, accounting for more than half of the team. However, Klay Thompson and Green have hurt the team far more than they have contributed, and Wiggins' ($24.33 million this season) contract, which was once considered a good value for money, is now a heavy baggage.
The starting crotch can only be filled by substitutes, but most of the players on the Warriors bench lineup have no guaranteed playing time, and it is unrealistic to expect substitutes to save their lives in every game, and more importantly, the head coach Kerr, who focuses on "meritorious basketball", seems to have the idea of making big moves, how to pull this much-anticipated team out of the quagmire, it is time for Kerr and the Warriors management to conduct in-depth reflection.