When you want to be NBA champion, you give yourself the means, when you have one of the most legendary generational players in history, you do what you need to keep and surround him as well as possible, and in the end that gives… a payroll proportional to the objectives, necessarily. This year again the Dubs explode all the boundaries of reality in terms of money, an investment that will have to be honored with a return to the top.
A short practical guide to Salary Cap and the Exceptions
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Financial situation in relation to the course
- The Luxury Tax threshold is set at $ 136,606,000 this year.
- The NBA’s Salary Cap is set at $ 112,414,000 this year.
- With $ 177,282,659 contractually committed for this 2021-22 season, the Warriors are recovering by far the donkey cap in terms of finances. Not that the money is misused, be careful, just that the Dubs spend it… a lot. A lot, a lot, a lot.
If the Luxury Tax were income tax, the Warriors’ would be called ISF. Between them, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins are already demolishing the course, and in the end the sum that the owners of the Californian franchise will spend this year is insane. The Splash Brothers are obviously carving out the lion’s share and we also know insurers who must sweat very hard for two years, Draymond Green takes his 24 million and we can not really dispute it, while Andrew Wiggins is clearly the drop of Dom Perignon which overflows the Jeroboam. By comparison the quartet is paid more than the full roster of a dozen NBA franchises and, fun fact, Steph Curry’s salary is about two-thirds of the sum of the Thunder players’ salaries. When we love we do not count, and inevitably the rest of the GS roster collects the crumbs, because we cannot have the butter, the money of the butter and pay the creamer millions.
Players with guaranteed contracts for the following season: 6
- Stephen Curry
- Klay Thompson
- Draymond Green
- Andrew Wiggins
- Jonathan Kuminga
- Moses Moody
The Warriors’ rich problem is very likely to be one again next season. Without too much spoiler the following paragraph a Canadian solution exists to offload a little payroll but it will especially be necessary to think about the cases of James Wiseman and Jordan Poole, potentially (or even already) very useful to the franchise of Frisco. The Big Three seems to be linked for life to Golden State but you must never say never, and it is in any case around this trio that the roster of future years will have to be built., if possible by spending a tad less biffetons. Impossible mission ?
Three players in interesting situations this season
- James Wiseman : the No. 2 of the 2020 Draft only played 39 games last season and his possible chronic fragility is matched only by his incredible potential. The Warriors have a $ 9 million option for next season, so the idea seems absolutely believable, but in an era where his franchise has to save every dollar it will still give the tronpa some guarantees this season. A small 15/8 average without breaking the bones would be welcome Mr. Wiseman, just to put a little more credit on the choice of leaders a year ago. Little is capable of it, so we watch him.
- Otto Porter Jr. : We had almost forgotten the Auto-Porteur, he who was the GOAT of Shaqtin ‘A Fool for months thanks to an air defense that had once gone viral. After a disappointing start to his career in Washington, injuries came to salt the bill and Otto had to revive on the side of Chicago and Orlando at the end of last season. The Warriors smelled the right thing, got it back for next to nothing, and OPJ shows on the pre-season in particular that he can be a real plus off the bench. Free agent next summer Otto therefore has a year to seduce and add zero to his pay. Reggie Jackson did it well with the Clippers so anything is possible.
- Andrew Wiggins : we end with the central point of the financial enigma that the leaders of the Dubs will soon have to solve. In two years Wiggo will be free but by then he will hit no less than 65 Tagada, far too many for a player who will be his team’s fourth offensive weapon. Sometimes Andrew plays like Kobe Bryant, sometimes he plays like Dany Brillant, and without going too far we imagine that among all the bourgeois of Steve Kerr’s roster the n ° 1 of the 2014 Draft is perhaps the one who comes back the most in potential short-term moves. We’re talking about the next trade deadline, so we’re talking about more than $ 30 million that could be released for next season, a little less than… what the Warriors are overspending this season. Follow my gaze and stay tuned, we should hear a lot from Andrew Wiggins in the coming months.
