To this day, many fans still can't believe the fact that the Warriors missed the playoffs.
Recently, Curry and Dream Green shouted at the management to promote the renewal of Klay Thompson's contract, but General Manager Dunleavy didn't eat it!
Dunleavy said: "The team has not made the playoffs three times in five years, which means that the roster must be adjusted!"
Warriors owner Lacob has set a course for the future development of the team, reducing luxury tax payments and giving more opportunities to develop new talents.
After Klay Thompson, Saric and others became free agents this summer, the Warriors still have a salary of $174 million, and the luxury tax threshold for the new season is $171.3 million.
In addition, the Warriors have no draft picks available in 2024, which means that if the Warriors want to strengthen next year and don't want to go beyond the luxury tax line, they will have to get serious!
Right now, the most important thing for the Warriors is to free up salary space, and there are two players on contracts that are not guaranteed next year.
Paul's $30.8 million non-guaranteed contract
Rooney's $8 million non-guaranteed contract
Paul will turn 39 next year and is averaging only 9.2 points and 6.8 assists per game this season, while Looney has declined even more, averaging only 4.5 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.
The Warriors can choose to cut these two people directly at no cost, so that they can easily release 38.8 million salary space.
Nowadays, the Warriors team is aging, the offensive and defensive transitions of the Death Five are out of order, and the weakness of the interior is magnified, and it is easy to be beaten by opponents without the power to resist.
Therefore, the Warriors need to change their tactical play this summer, and the first task is to bring in a sporty center for Curry who can protect the rim and eat cake.
Considering that the Warriors have treated Kuminga as a non-sale, the team has no attractive trade chips, so the goal is free agency.
The best center at the moment is the Nets' free agent Claxton, 25 years old, averaging 11.8 points, 9.9 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game this season!
Claxton has said he would rather go to a playoff team that can win, and apparently he doesn't want to renew his contract with the Nets.
The Warriors can throw an olive branch to him and offer him a four-year contract of 80 million (annual salary of 20 million), and he can be taken into his command.
Another 18 million is left and split into two annual salary packages, 15 million and 3 million, with the former going to Klay Thompson and the latter going to Rooney.
If they can accept it, they will stay, and if they don't accept it, the warriors will not spend another penny to force them to stay!
With the remaining salary space, they can fully seek out good 3-and-D players in the market, such as Suns Royce O'Neal.
Next year's Warriors, as long as they find a strong center, believe that Curry can lead the team back to the playoffs!