9 points reversal!11 points defeat! The NBA's most expensive team can't beat the bad team, you are really overrated
The NBA regular season has been very fast-paced this season, and with the addition of the midseason tournament, teams don't have much time to work on their rookies at the start of the season. As a result, every team that wants to compete for the title is taking the game seriously, and the regular season is already halfway through, and the competition for the rankings has become more fierce due to the large number of dark horse teams that have emerged this season. So teams that want to make the playoffs don't have much time to adjust, and if they don't perform as expected, all they have to do is trade as soon as possible. The Knicks recently traded Barrett and Quickley for Anunoby, improving the team's defensive and air-cutting capabilities. The Knicks also relied on this trade to build a winning streak and are still in sixth place in the East with a 23-17 record.
This also means that many stars will not have too many rotational breaks this season, with the 39-year-old James missing only four games and the injury-ridden thick eyebrows resting only two games. But even so, the Lakers only improved their record to 20-21 after winning the Thunder, and were on the verge of the play-offs. In addition, the Suns' veteran Durant also chose to miss 3 consecutive games after Beal's return, and only missed 4 games before that. The Suns are also not outstanding in the standings, and they are in 8th place in the West with 22 wins and 18 losses. It's enough to see how competitive the West has been this season, but both the Suns and Lakers have a tendency to get better, and there is a team in the West that has high hopes that have been hit by many surprise games since the beginning of the season. 9 points reversal!11 points defeat!NBA's most expensive team can't beat the bad team, you are really overrated!
The biggest disappointment of the season was none other than the Warriors, who sent Poole, who had a slump in the playoffs in the offseason. This move resolved his conflict with Green, while bringing back the veteran Paul, and reached a contract extension with Green over 100 million. Hardly anything has changed from the Warriors' championship-winning core a few seasons ago, and Paul's arrival has given fans a lot of anticipation for the Warriors' bench this season, and Paul's playmaking ability will allow Saric on the inside and Kuminga on the front to score in a more comfortable way. As it is, before Paul's injury, Saric had improved in all his stats with Paul, and as a result, he was valued by Kerr, and even entered the starting lineup with Looney during this time.
In addition, rookies Davis and Podzemski have also been unleashed in Paul's exploration and have now become a very important part of the Warriors' rotation. When a team's bench players perform so well, the team's record should not be much worse. But the Warriors are the opposite, with a number of core veterans in a comprehensive decline, especially Thompson and Wiggins. Thompson shot less than 28 percent from three-point range for a long time at the start of the season, and even now that he's shooting 39 percent, it's only phenomenal. Wiggins' decline on both ends of the floor is also evident, shooting just 30 percent from three-point range.
Wiggins' decline on the offensive end wasn't going to be so bad for the Warriors, and the defensive decline was the culprit that put him through the worst season of his career. In the high-level data EPM value, Wiggins, who is known for his offensive and defensive integration, is ranked 80th in the league. In addition, Curry's personal form has also seen a lot of ups and downs during this time. In the game against the Raptors and Trail Blazers, Curry's outside shooting turned out to be 0-of-9 and 8-of-0 shooting, respectively. Obviously, Payton Jr.'s capricious injuries, Curry and Thompson, Paul are getting older. Even though Green is now back, it's unfair to rely on Green to save the sinking ship.
What made the Warriors determined to change the situation of the team this season through a trade may be the loss with the Grizzlies, who faced the Grizzlies who were out due to injuries to a group of key players such as Morant, Bane and Smart, and the Warriors were able to reverse the Grizzlies in a matter of minutes with a nine-point lead, and finally lost the game by nine points. Prior to that, Curry was absent from the Warriors against the Bucks, but young players Podzemski and Kuminga scored in the top two on the team, with 23 and 28 points respectively. That was in contrast to Thompson's 35 percent shooting from the field and Wiggins' lackluster 3-of-13 shooting. In that game, the Warriors ended up losing by 11 points.
In the last 11 games, the Warriors have lost 8 of them. The Warriors' record has dropped to 18-22 and is in 12th place in the West, with a gap of about two wins from the playoffs. In the 16 games in Green's absence, the Warriors had a defensive rating of just 123.8, which ranked second from the bottom of the league, worse than the league's bottom-of-the-league Pistons. But even if Green gives it his all on the court, there's only so much he can do for the Warriors. Green couldn't get Thompson back to his prime, and Thompson's defense was almost a decoration after the injury. Similarly, he was unable to activate Wiggins as the second key point for the Warriors during the championship era. And this season, the overall salary of the Warriors is as high as 207.2 million, which is the highest in the league, and this is the most expensive team, and now it can't even win the bad team, and the Warriors are really overrated.