The Warriors have lost a lot of their championship team, but the team's top management seems to be in no hurry at all. So far, they have only signed DiVincenzo (right) to help Curry (left) seek to defend the title.
The defending champion Warriors have lost five main players to win the championship this summer. Payton II went to the Trail Blazers, Porter Jr. went to the Raptors, Bjelica returned to Europe, Lee went to the Suns, and Anderson went to the Lakers. The Warriors only signed 1.96 point guard DiVincenzo in the free market.
Judging from the book and the enthusiasm of the free agent market, the Warriors have done almost nothing. Payton II and Porter Jr. are the main players in the rotation and can all be starters. Bjelica, Anderson, and Lee are second-line substitutes. Their roles are not important and they are highly replaceable. The Warriors currently only sign DiVincenzo in the free market. He is a shooting guard and small forward. He can make up for the positions of Payton II and Porter Jr., and can be regarded as supplementing immediate combat capabilities.
Why are the Warriors so passive and conservative in their free market reinforcement actions? The outside world generally doesn't understand. Although the Warriors really want to keep Payton II, Curry and Green both came forward to communicate with the team and Payton II. However, due to the Warriors' explosive luxury tax and the Trail Blazers' three The annual offer of US$28 million was more than double the Warriors' two-year offer of US$13 million. The Warriors failed to successfully retain Payton II.
This is the biggest, possibly the most important, and last contract of the 30-year-old Payton II's career. He must grasp it. No matter how emotional, good brother, or baseball team culture, Payton II has to serve his family and For their own sake, the Warriors, Curry, and Green can only give them the greatest blessing.
Payton II went from being a basketball rogue to becoming a member of the championship team, but for the most important contract in his career, he could only bid farewell to the Warriors in tears.
In fact, the Warriors were so conservative in the free market and released five main players to win the championship at the same time. This is a planned reconstruction consideration. The Warriors' layout and title defense plan are complete. This is just the Warriors' off-season player market strategy. The Warriors picking up DiVincenzo is like a "home run". The rest is to wait for the veteran to be bought out or waived after the season starts. Players, it is enough to take refuge with them and reinforce them in time.
The Warriors made such a choice, showing extraordinary management wisdom
1. The Warriors have three young, highly malleable, and full of potential rookies to be included in the rotation: guard shooter Moody, small forward Kuminga, and center Wiseman will all be in the new season. Entering the main rotation, or even becoming the main force in the core rotation, is an important deployment for the Warriors to improve their combat effectiveness, rejuvenate them, and cultivate new players to take over.
The Warriors really did not expect this year's playoffs . These three rookies have not been able to enter the rotation in terms of ability, experience, and understanding of the game, but the Warriors still succeeded in winning the championship.
The Warriors also have three young players, Kuminga (left), Moody (right) and Weisman, who are ready to go and can make up for the lost combat power at any time.
196cm Moody can be used as a fixed-point perimeter and defensive engineer, Kuminka's athletic ability and physical fitness are amazing, and 213cm Wiseman is the future hope of the Warriors' restricted area. These three rookies under the age of 22 will become a "nine-man rotation" in the new season. , at least one of the main players in the "10-man rotation".
2, DiVincenzo is the most perfect and important puzzle piece for the championship: After a serious injury, DiVincenzo lost his advantages in athletic ability and explosive power, but he is still above the level. As a 3D multi-functional role player, he serves as a defensive engineer and a player. In a bad-fighting role, DiVincenzo has enough skills, talent and physical fitness to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the rotation.
Losing Payton II, DiVincenzo can take on this defensive role. Moody is also good and worth training. Without Porter Jr., DiVincenzo can also handle defense, small ball lineup and outside needs. DiVincenzo even has more development potential when it comes to offensive breakthroughs with the ball.
3. Improve defense and speed: The Warriors need to improve their athletic ability, speed and youthfulness. This is the future trend and the most important gene for defending and winning the championship. The Warriors are lucky enough to win the championship by putting together a lineup, and then they must cultivate more young players, regular troops and successors. echelon.
4. Wait for 1-2 veterans or insiders in the middle of the season: With the strength and team of the Warriors, coupled with the charming Warriors culture, there will definitely be many players who have been laid off or bought out in the middle of the season. The Warriors will rely on low wages in the future. Or a basic salary. There is still a high chance of picking up a treasure in the middle of the season. Cultivate young players, unleash their potential, accumulate experience and strength, and sign 1-2 more capable veterans in the middle of the season to fill the flaws in the lineup. The Warriors can advance, attack, retreat, or defend.
DiVincenzo (right) is only 25 years old this year. After being traded by the Bucks to the Kings, he mostly played on the bench. The Warriors were already optimistic about him and immediately signed him with a two-year, $9.3 million contract.
This is why the Warriors lost five players to win the championship. The main force, but the team's strength will not be affected. The main reason why the lineup rotation may be better is that the Warriors' successor echelon will be on the field immediately. In addition to luxury tax considerations, the Warriors can no longer rely on piecing together veterans and short-term contract players to form a championship team.
To put it bluntly, whether the Trail Blazers can use Payton II and whether the Raptors can make good use of Porter Jr. are both questions. However, Payton II and Porter Jr. have received double salary contracts from other teams, and they are worth giving. bless.
The Warriors' combat power has not been reduced, but has been improved. It may even become more terrifying and abnormal. This is the Warriors' team culture and extraordinary wisdom in running the team.
