Goodbye Clay! Goodbye Warriors! Magic made a 30 million offer, and the Splash Brothers were about to disband

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2024-06-13 09:54Published in Jiangxi

The Golden State Warriors have had a bumpy season, although at one point they had an 11-2 record at the end of the regular season to help the team get a ticket to the play-offs. But in the first round of the playoffs, the Warriors lost to the younger brother Kings by a big score, and a season's hard work was ruined. And after the loss, the target of the fans' verbal criticism was Klay Thompson. In this game, Klay played 31 minutes, shooting 0 of 10 from the field and 0 points from the field, causing public outrage.

You must know that Klay's salary this season is as high as $43.22 million, and a player worth 40 million is worth 40 million, which is of course unreasonable. Although Klay's major injury was left for the Warriors to compete for the championship. But the Warriors never treated him badly, and even with a torn Achilles tendon in '19, Lacob still took a five-year, $190 million cap salary at the highest salary at the time. And this contract is fully guaranteed, there is no adulteration, and there is no player option or team option in it.

The Warriors are so sincere, but Klay has been in a slump this season and has often been superghostly. He was reluctant to accept the role of a substitute, but his strength was limited. I tried to catch up with the self who was once pinned on high hopes, but the reality never lies, and the data doesn't lie, and the results are here.

After the end of the season, Warriors management and Klay's agent team discussed a contract extension. But there has been no agreement, and it stands to reason that Clay's performance this season should not be asked too much, and it is very rare to stay. But thinking about it like a fool's dream, asking for a big contract seems a bit unreasonable.

According to Heavy Sports reporter Sai Mohan, the Warriors face serious risk of losing Klay Thompson as the latter is about to become a free agent, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. Klay could receive more than $30 million in annual salary offers from interested teams such as the Magic, Thunder and 76ers, while the Warriors are unlikely to engage in a bidding war with the Magic, Thunder or any other team trying to poach Klay from Golden State, the people said.

This season's Clay has been average. He averaged 29.7 minutes per game and averaged 17.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists. And with a 38.7% three-point shooting rate, he made 268 three-pointers, ranking fourth in the league, behind Curry, Doncic, and DiVincenzo.

But it can be seen with the naked eye that Clay has slipped sharply. The three points that were once difficult to shoot at the top disappeared without a trace. And with the three points in the empty position in hand, you have to try your luck. To a large extent, Clay has suffered two consecutive calf Achilles tendon injuries, his muscles have atrophied severely, his explosiveness and athleticism have declined significantly, and his age has also arrived.

Klay looks very chicken compared to the current Warriors. On the offensive end, he obviously can't do Curry's right-hand work, and he can't be the Warriors' second scoring point. His presence will even drag down the Warriors' offense. Compared to Clay, Podemsky became the man Cole trusted more.

Curry's big contract expires in two years, and so will Green and Kerr's contracts at that time. As a result, there are only two years left in the championship window for the Warriors. The Warriors kept Klay to compete for the championship, which is obviously not enough to see. Rather than both sides being tormented, it is better to get together and disperse. The Warriors have the possibility of competing for a championship, and Klay is given a big contract to retire. Once the strongest backcourt combination in history, the last dance of the Splash Brothers, has come to an end.

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