On July 2, Beijing time, according to the latest report by NBA reporter Wonarowski, the Warriors and the Nets have completed the sign-and-transfer transaction about the former Lakers abandoned Russell. Russell, as Thompson's successor, officially joined forces with Curry .
In this deal, the Warriors sent a protected first-round pick in exchange for Russell of the Nets, Graham and Napier. On paper, the Nets lost, but in fact they did not lose. This is because the Nets have used all their salary space to win Irving , Durant , Temple and Jordan. They no longer have contract space to eat Russell. Moreover, after getting Irving and Durant, they had no intention of eating Russell's contract, so they used to sign first and then exchange to send Russell away, which is the best trading choice for them. In addition, Napier and Graham's annual salary is no more than 2 million, which is the team's use to fill the trading space.
After completing this 1-for-3 transaction, the Warriors team immediately made a choice. They used the method of paying money to send Napier and Graham and more than 1 million US dollars of cash to the Timberwolves to complete the 2-for-0 transaction, and helped themselves reduce the burden on their salary space through the Timberwolves. Russell signed first and then joined the Warriors. He signed a four-year contract of $117 million, with an average annual salary of nearly $30 million, and a starting salary of about $25 million.
So, with the successful sending away Durant and Iguodala, the Warriors' salary is like this, Curry is 40 million, Thompson is 35 million, Russell is 25 million, Green is 18.5 million, Livingston is 7.7 million, Evans is 2 million, Jones is 2.3 million, and McKinney is 1.6 million. At present, the total salary of these 8 guaranteed contracts is 130 million US dollars. Including three rookies including Poole and the newly signed basic salary players, the total salary of the Warriors in the new season is not more than US$140 million. It is only slightly higher than salary cap , and it is basically not paying the overly expensive luxury tax .
However, the well-known Yahoo Sports reporter Maxtan pointed out that Russell may not be Thompson's successor, and the Warriors are likely to continue to use Russell to trade. The Warriors' purpose of doing this is not to send Durant away for nothing, but to exchange assets from the Nets. After getting Russell, the Warriors are likely to continue to trade in the free agent market and find ways to send Russell away to exchange them for more important chips. Currently, on social media, the most popular thing fans are the Timberwolves No. 1 pick Wiggins, because , Towns, has never given up on contact with Russell. The relationship between the two is very good. Towns has been recruiting Russell before, and as the Warriors and Nets began to make deals about Napier and others, rumors became more and more intense.
