Reporter Feng Zihan
On October 16, Beijing time, the Warriors officially announced that they had completed an early renewal with Wiggins . According to previous famous reporter Wo Shen, the contract is US$109 million for four years, including player options for the 2026-2027 season. Adding to the remaining one year's contract, Wiggins' contract is $143 million for five years.
is worth mentioning that his salary in the new season is $33.6 million, while his annual salary in the first year of the new contract is $24.3 million. In other words, he chose to cut his salary significantly in the new contract.
In addition, it is reported that Jordan Poole and the Warriors are finalizing a four-year, $140 million early contract renewal, and the two parties are currently completing the final details.
Green, who has "contract renewal anxiety", what should he do now?
has taken a sharp turn since he "fired punches" against Poole in the training ground. The outside world speculated that the cause of the incident was the contract renewal between the two and the team. Although Green denied this, the issue of his upcoming renewal was real.
Green originally had the upper hand in this contract renewal negotiation. As the "Four-Crown veteran", he plays an important role in the Warriors system. But when the "boxing incident" happened, Green became very passive. Not only did his personal image be damaged, but it was also difficult to ensure that the young players on the team would not have any gaps with him.
Poole and Wiggins signed a contract renewal of two billion yuan in advance, which also proves that the Warriors don’t have much money to renew Green, and it is almost impossible for the latter to renew the contract with a maximum salary.
Currently, he only has two ways. One is to wait for the contract to expire and then pursue the last big maximum salary contract; the other is to keep the team with a salary cut.
leaves the team for money. Green's title of "Warrior Spiritual Leader" is particularly dazzling under the premise that Wiggins cuts his salary and renews his contract. Besides, without the Warriors system, it also needs to be a question mark whether this veteran can still play a role. If you keep the team with a salary cut, Green's psychological price of $138.4 million in four years cannot be met.
For the Warriors, even if they are not short of money, they have to settle the accounts. ESPN salary expert Bobby Max estimates the Warriors' salary for the 2023-2024 season. If Green implements the $26.7 million player option for the 2023-2024 season, the total salary of the 12 players on the Warriors currently on the roster will reach $215 million, and the luxury tax will reach $268 million, totaling 483 million. Once the Warriors are full, the total salary and luxury tax of the team will likely exceed $500 million.
Thinking about the time when bosses Joe Racob and Pete Guber bought the Warriors, they only cost $450 million.
Not only that, the Warriors have more places to spend a lot of money in the future. If Wiseman and Kumingga achieve transformation in the next two years, the Warriors may have to prepare a big contract for them.
, facing the renewal of the contract, Green's speech was intriguing: "For me, the most important thing now is to prepare for the new season and work hard for us to defend the championship. As for the renewal, I also have a two-year contract with the Warriors." As for
, Green's pursuit of a high salary is not wrong, but after that storm, Green's desire to make a lot of money still depends on his performance on the court as a bargaining chip.
