101-122, Golden State Warriors lost G6 and was eliminated by Los Angeles Lakers with a total score of 2-4, without the Western finals.
Failure is not terrible, elimination is not terrible, but judging from the performance of Warriors struggling in the playoffs, many Warriors fans can’t sit still. Is the warrior dynasty really going to call a curtain? After all, the team’s Soul Curry is 35 years old.
Figure note: There is not much time left for the 35-year-old library.
Four Crowns in 8 years, Warriors made great achievements of the dynasty
The Warriors dynasty began in the 2014-15 season, with Cole as the coach, Stephen Curry, Clay Thompson and Dream Green as the core. They won the championship again after 40 years, the distinctive style and style of play have brought a huge impact on the basketball world.
In the 2015-16 season, the Warriors won 73-9 losses in the regular competition, breaking the historical record maintained by Chicago Bulls. Unfortunately, they were reversed by knights in the finals and ranked second in the finals, however, this cannot cover up the glory of its achievements at all.
In the 2016-17 season, Warriors signed Durant and formed the four giants. The revenge Knight in the finals won again. In the 2017-18 season, they swept the Knights and successfully defended their titles. In the 2018-19 season, Warriors entered the finals for 5 consecutive years.
Figure note: Warriors have won 4 championships in 8 years
However, in the 2019-20 season, Durant left the team and Clay was seriously injured. The Warriors fell into a low ebb and only won 15. In the 2020-21 season, they fell in the play-off again. However, last season, the Warriors staged the “Return of the King” in the voice of doubt, winning the 4th Championship trophy in 8 years!
Ye Qingjie, Warrior Dynasty curtain call?
This season, the Warriors entered the playoffs as the sixth of the regular season. They beat the King in the first round 4-3, but they were eliminated by the Lakers 2-4 in the second round. This loss made many media and fans think that, the once glorious warrior dynasty is about to end the curtain call.
Indeed, the core lineup of Warriors is one year old, Curry is 35 years old, clay is 33 years old, and he has not been able to fully recover after serious injury. Green is also 33 years old.
Figure note: Poole Green once broke out conflict in training
The young players who had been put on high hopes did not really grow up. The 20-year-old cuminga was still embarrassed. The 23-year-old Poole proved again with an average of 10.3 points in the playoffs, I can’t be the next leader at all.
All signs show that Warriors need to rebuild and inject fresh blood to improve the team’s competitiveness.
Rebuild the first choice of non-Warriors?
However, according to TA, warriors do not intend to do so! In addition to Curry, the team has already started negotiations with dream-chasing to renew the contract, and hopes clay can cut his salary and renew the contract. There are also Andrew Wikins and Luni, who are also the main members of warriors.
After the dream chase was eliminated, he said, “we will solve the problem. This team is already very good. We have also tried our best.” Curry also said: “No matter how different it seems, I think we all understand each other and we will keep competing until the end of time. This should not be taken for granted in the alliance. But we have proved that we can do it. Even in this series, or this year, or at some point in the regular season, things look bleak, but we are still trying to clear the way and get out of the predicament in the second round series. I hope everyone has confidence in us and we have the ability to lead the team.”
In addition, general manager Bob Myers may also stay. His contract will expire on July this year, but according to TA, Curry will launch an emotional offensive to fully retain miles.
If such a core lineup can be retained, the Warriors can still keep the lower limit of their scores, but if they want to rebuild their glory and win the championship again, the difficulty will only increase, and they also face a huge obstacle-salary space.
Salary space is an obstacle
Next season, Poole’s salary will surge from $3.9 million to 28.2 million, while Clay’s salary next year will be $43 million. And Green, Yogueta choose to accept the option in the contract, or re-sign at a roughly equivalent amount, then warriors is expected to earn more than $0.205 billion next season, exceeding the tax line of $55 million. Plus a heavy penalty, the boss Lake cloth needs to pay about $0.25 billion luxury tax to the alliance!
Figure note: Poole (right)’s performance in the playoffs this season is a disaster.
In view of this, some media predicted that under the condition of retaining the main class, Warriors might trade Poole and cuminga out. However, there is a big question mark on whether cuminga, who holds a four-year 0.14 billion-dollar contract, performs the pull-up, and is completely excluded from the rotation lineup in the playoffs.
The good news is that the financial situation of the Warriors will improve a lot in one year. In the 2020-2025 season, Thompson’s $43 million will no longer occupy the salary space, and Green’s salary will be lower than this year’s $27 million, so the total salary level of the team may be lower than the luxury tax line. But by then, Curry will be 37 years old! Compared with waiting, the Warriors should hurry up and bring his last Peak to the extreme. Therefore, next season they must try their best to strengthen the lineup and hit the championship again. Otherwise, I’m afraid the warrior dynasty is really going to have a complete curtain call.