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The annual salary is 59.6 million, the first place in the league, delayed by the Warriors! Curry lacks helpers in the new season, so it is difficult to win the championship again

1:09pm, 24 July 2025【Basketball】

This year, several teams in the western part of the NBA launched an arms race. Rockets fans may not have imagined that they will support Durant in the next season to fight against the Clippers where Harden and Paul belong. It was indeed a dream a few years ago. The Nuggets received Cameron Johnson + Hardaway Jr. + Bruce Brown, and Valan also officially confirmed that they were committed to executing the contract with the Nuggets in the new season. These three teams together formed the Thunder League. For several traditional giant teams, the Lakers focus on next summer. After James's 52.6 million player option contract is over, they will find a helper for Doncic. Ayton + Laravia + Smart signed this summer is just to make Doncic happy. In fact, the Lakers lack competitiveness next season and the lower limit of the defense is too low.

The Clippers are calling for the wind and rain in the free market, including Daluo, Bill and Paul, who have successively made a comeback, but in the words of the US media, the Clippers are likely to launch a combination of "death five elders" in the new season. Paul is 41 years old + Harden 36 years old + Kat 34 years old + Batum 37 years old + Lopez 38 years old. Whether he can maintain the healthy state of the lineup is the biggest challenge for the Clippers. But there is another team that is easily overlooked, which is the Warriors. This summer, the Warriors are the quietest team in the league, no one. To borrow the words of Bay Area reporter Slater, all the Warriors' operations were delayed by Kumingga's signing first and then exchange incidents, including that the Warriors have actually negotiated the signing issue between Horford and Melton, but they will have to wait until Kumingga has an answer in the future before they can be confirmed.

After the Warriors defeated the Rockets 4-3 in the first round of the playoffs last season, they played in the Timberwolves series. The Warriors won the first game of Curry without any danger; but Curry fell down due to injury, and the Warriors were scored four consecutive games by the Timberwolves and were eliminated in disgrace. After the free trading market opened, Looney joined the Pelicans, and Payton Jr. is expected to be difficult to come back. In addition, Cuminga is making a fuss. Compared with other Western teams, the Warriors' strength decline is the most obvious, because by next season, several major core players will be one year older! Curry will turn 38 next season, Butler will be 36 years old, and Green will also be 36 next season. If we include Horford, who will be 40 years old and Hilder at the age of 33, the Warriors' core lineup framework is older than the Clippers!

Curry has been playing for the Warriors for 16 seasons since entering the league in 2009. The active player has played for the same team for the longest time. In addition, Curry's annual salary of $59.6 million next season is also the first in the league! But what level will this Warriors reach next season? Discussed in three aspects. First, Kumingga is sure not to stay with the Warriors! To borrow the famous reporter Singer, some core members of the Warriors organization hope that Kumingga will return, but Kumingga still wants to serve as the starting lineup in a new team and requires a contract with an average salary of about 30 million yuan. No team in the trading market is willing to give contracts of this level. The maximum amount that the Warriors can accept is an average salary of 20 million (convenient for trading). But even if the transaction is finally completed, Kumingga cannot get any combat power, at most some second round compensation and marginal players.

Even if 40-year-old Horford and Melton can come to the Warriors, the entire lineup of the Warriors in the new season is a bit ugly, and the age of the core three is there. In addition, these three people earned 140 million yuan of the team's salary, accounting for 77% of the team. The remaining ones with rotational strength are Moody + Hilder + Pojemsky + Jackson Davis. The Bay Area reporter expressed his confusion, and the Warriors were trapped by a young Kumingga! But this summer, how did the Nuggets complete the swap between Porter Jr. and Johnson (and also saved 40 million in expenditure)? How did the Celtic save 240 million yuan? Including the Clippers, it is not expensive to sign Daluo in two years and 18 million to sign Bills in two years and 11 million to sign Paul in two years and 3.6 million to sign Paul in one year. There are not many people in the free market. Could it be that they will sign Westbrook to play as a substitute point guard in the new season?

To put it bluntly and realistically, Curry is always delayed by the Warriors management. After winning the championship in 22 years, Poole signed a maximum salary, followed Green Boxing Poole. During that season, the contradiction between the new and old players of the team had been unable to be resolved, and no one came forward to resolve it! During the offseason last year, Clay, who had been having sex with the Warriors for almost two seasons, finally decided to leave. It was useless for Curry to express his reluctance, but the players the Warriors got in the offseason last year were basically useless, including Schroeder, Li Kaier and others, eventually became bargaining chips. The Warriors proved that they were not good after trial and error in the first half of the season, and they sent Wiggins away for the old Butler. Butler did put the Warriors in the second half of the net efficiency value in the league, but what about the playoffs?

is really unable to run, and the average output of less than 20 points per game makes Curry the loneliest super giant in the league, with no helpers around! The most embarrassing thing is that Butler still has two years and a maximum salary of 110 million yuan. Can he persist in playing the long regular season in the new season? If not, all the pressures of Kumingga's departure + lineup depth + Butler's health risks will fall on Curry again. How long can Curry last? After all, the Warriors have been swaying left and right in the present and future. The attitude of both being both defensive and standing has led to the team having no future and being unable to win in the present. It is difficult for Curry to win the championship in the rest of his career.