Goodbye Paul! Goodbye Soup God! The Warriors boss sees the reality clearly, and Curry needs a new helper to rush to the championship

SJ Sports Circle

2024-06-04 16:31Published in Hunan

The NBA Finals are on the horizon, and the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics will make a final push for the championship trophy. When the new king is in office, the other 28 teams in the league have entered the offseason early, and there is a long way to go! The Los Angeles Lakers are the most lively team, and there is no one - from coach Darvin Ham to the rich and handsome Redick becoming the new coach favorite, from Lao Zhan's contract extension to Bronny's draft, the Lakers will "not break and not stand, break and stand" vividly. The Golden State Warriors are a completely different scene, seemingly calm, but in fact there is an undercurrent, if you want to trace back to the source, the key is still in one word: money!

Goodbye Paul, $30 million contract into a pawn

The Warriors lost to the Kings in the playoffs and missed the playoffs for a number of reasons. On the one hand, the team's lineup is not available, the old is old, the small is small, the short is short, and the overall strength of the team is not competitive in the Wild West; On the other hand, Dream Green was banned by the league for consecutive fouls, Goji Goji Wiggins had no intention of fighting because of housework, and Kerr, who advocated meritorious basketball, was difficult to cook! This isn't the first time the Warriors have spent the most money, paid the most taxes, and have been beaten the most, but Curry is at the tail end of his prime, and they really don't want to live in this panic anymore. According to statistics, the total guaranteed contract amount of the Warriors' roster for next season has reached $174 million, exceeding the luxury tax threshold ($173 million) ahead of schedule! Fortunately, Paul's contract became an important pawn in the hands of the Warriors.

Paul has a $30 million team option left on his contract, which is one of the reasons why the Warriors completed the big trade for Poole Paul last offseason. This season, Paul has a high salary of $30.8 million, only played 58 games, and contributed an average of 9.2 points + 3.9 rebounds + 6.8 assists + 1.2 steals per game, completely losing the demeanor of the god of point guards. Obviously, Paul's goodbye to the Warriors is a sure thing, but it doesn't mean that the Warriors will lose Paul for nothing! According to Warriors reporter Anthony Slater, sources have revealed that Paul is willing to actively cooperate with the Warriors and explore all possibilities of his contract situation! In short, Paul is willing to give up his championship dream in order to turn this contract into a guarantee, and the Warriors can use Paul's expiring contract to find the right piece of the puzzle.

Goodbye Tang Shen, striking iron still needs its own hardness

In addition to Paul, the Warriors don't have to worry about the contract extension of Tang God. According to Anthony Slater, a reporter for the Warriors, sources revealed that there is only one month left on Tang Shen's contract, and as the time for Tang Shen to make decisions on the future is getting closer and closer, there is no obvious progress in the contract renewal negotiations between Tang Shen and the Warriors, and Tang Shen's Warrior career may be coming to an end! Long before the start of the new season, Tang Shen's contract renewal was put on the table, and the Warriors offered him an offer of $48 million over 2 years, but Tang Shen chose to refuse! According to previous reports by US media, Tang Shen will make every effort to fight for a 4-year pension contract of 136 million US dollars, and the Magic, Thunder and 76ers may become Tang Shen's potential next home.

Obviously, this is a big contract that the Warriors can't afford, and if a team really offers a poison contract to poach people, the Warriors can only say goodbye to the decorated veteran. This season, Tang Shen fought hard for a big contract, but handed over an unsatisfactory report card. Tang played in 77 games, averaging 17.9 points + 3.3 rebounds + 2.3 assists + 3.5 three-pointers per game, shooting 38.7% from three-point range. We must admit that Tang Shen still has the explosive power to hit 30+ or even 8+ three-pointers in a single game on a certain night, but we can't deny that Tang Shen's stability and defense are no longer as brave as they used to be, especially in the play-offs, Tang Shen handed over a blank roll of 10 shots and 0, which directly determined that it was difficult for him to get the big contract he wanted in the Warriors.

The Warriors boss sees the reality clearly, and Curry needs a new helper to rush to the championship

From the completion of the Poole Paul trade last offseason to the countdown to the departure of Paul and Tang Shen, even Goji Goji Wiggins, who is in his playing year, has been put on the shelf by the Warriors, which means that the Warriors' big game of chess "both to win in the present and to lay out the future" is difficult to maintain! It is not so much that the Warriors owner is denying himself, it is better to say that the Warriors owner sees the reality clearly, he knows very well that Curry still has a championship dream, he knows very well that the Warriors can't make Curry disheartened because he gets by, he knows very well that Curry needs new helpers to win the championship, and he is willing to use a quick knife to cut through the mess to rebuild a team around Curry that is more suitable for the championship. It is not difficult to see from Kerr's 2-year contract extension of 35 million US dollars in advance that the Warriors are willing to let the team stay in the championship ranks for the next 2 years at all costs! All in all, the championship team does not raise idlers, the mediocre let go, the inferior eliminated, the mediocre down, the capable up, and then it depends on how the Warriors turn decay into magic in the offseason! Fans, what do you think about this? Leave me a comment to discuss.

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