“Crisis Management: How the Warriors Revamped Their Roster and Secured Their Future”

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In the 2018-19 season, the Golden State Warriors, who were striving for three consecutive championships, met the Toronto Raptors in the finals. In the previous series, Kevin Durant, the god of death, was injured and retired. The fans booed and demanded that Durant come back. 1-3 came back, in exchange, only the tragedy of a torn Achilles tendon.

Game 6 of the finals, the farewell game at Oracle Arena, the Warriors who fell into a disadvantage in the series, had always had hope of victory that night. Klay Thompson played very well that night and scored 30 points with high efficiency in 32 minutes. The situation of the Warriors Great, but the offensive in the third quarter became a turning point for the Warriors in the next 10 years.

Stephen Curry intercepts the Raptors’ offense and grabs the ball from his hands. Curry dribbles forward and passes to Klay Thompson on the left at the 3-point line. I fell down.

Without that fall, the current Warriors might not be like this.

– death is gone

“Before you came, we were champions.” Draymond Green uttered this classic quote to Kevin Durant.

A season of spats, infighting, injuries and a loss of a championship prompted Kevin Durant to leave Golden State.

“Of course there will be a point. When your teammates talk to you in this way, you will think about it. Although I communicated with him later, it must have something to do with my leaving the Warriors. I won’t lie.” Durant explained the reason for leaving the team with this speech.

– Crisis management

Kevin Durant, who has indicated his departure, has become the hottest player in the free market in the offseason. The Warriors definitely don’t want Death to leave directly, and they want to get some rewards from him before letting him go.

The only solution is to sign first and then change.

The general manager of the Warriors, Bob Myers, knew that Reaper would not come back, and he only wanted to join the Nets. He offered a 5-year $220 million contract extension and was indifferent. Before he was close to reaching a consensus with the Nets, Myers tried to negotiate with him. possibility to maintain competitiveness.

Bob Myers eventually initiated a sign-and-trade for star guard D’Angelo Russell, rotation players Shabazz Napier and Treveon Graham. But in order to complete this deal, he did not hesitate to send away Andre Iguodala to usher in DLo. But Iguodala is another story, and I won’t go into details here.

Myers really has his skills. Assets that have already been wiped out can still be profited from in his hands. From the perspective of the transaction package, it is of course a loss, but don’t forget that we had nothing at first, and we only have air when death is gone.

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This sign-and-trade deal allows the Warriors to temporarily maintain their competitiveness. Curry and Russell have become the Warriors’ new backcourt partners, which makes people look forward to it.

Although Russell wants to stay in Golden State for a long time, after all, the Warriors guards already have the Splash Brothers, and Jordan Poole has just been selected. The Warriors will naturally not give up the Splash Brothers, so he is not included in the Warriors’ long-term goals.

Stephen Curry, the soul of the team, broke his hand bone after only playing four games in the first season. After his comeback, he also played only one game due to the outbreak of the new crown epidemic. Russell can only lead the team alone, not to mention that the relatively healthy Draymond only played 43 games. Game, the 2019-20 Warriors are D’Angelo Russell’s team.

At the beginning of the fifth game of the season, the Warriors started a short-term tank mode, mainly to train new players, and Russell also lost the opportunity to run in with his teammates. The overlapping positions and lack of opportunities to run in made the Warriors put it on the trading table.

– “Second Degree Crisis Management”

The Warriors’ guards are overcrowded. With Draymond and Looney inside and two rookies Smailagic and Paschall to support, the Warriors’ goal is shifted to the front line. The Warriors’ radar ended up falling on Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins, who has a similar salary, similar stats, similar abilities and fits the bill as Dlo.

The Warriors immediately offered an offer to the Timberwolves. Wiggins was no longer for sale, and the Timberwolves were also willing to offer D’Angelo Russell to strengthen the depth of guard and outside ability. Furthermore, Dlo is a good brother of the gray wolf’s core Karl-Anthony Towns, so the gray wolf naturally does not resist the trade.

The Warriors have 2 unprotected first-round picks and a second-round pick, a total of 4 picks, with the main course Wiggins in exchange for the coveted Russell, but the Timberwolves refused.

Time is running out, and there are only four days left on the trade deadline. The Warriors called the Timberwolves again, saying that they can reduce the draft picks and only need one unprotected first-rounder, but they were rejected again. The Timberwolves hope that the draft pick can be protected, and the first-round pick with the previous seventh pick should be counter-offered. The two sides are still haggling in the final stage, and there is still no conclusion.