On August 21st, Beijing time, the draw ceremony of the NBA draft ended, and the Timberwolves won the top spot, and the Warriors and Hornets won the second place and the flower-exploring lottery respectively. Among them, if any fan is the happiest, I think it must belong to the Warriors fans. Because the Timberwolves already have an excellent center Downs in their existing lineup, they will probably choose Anthony Edwards, one of the top draft favorites, and the Warriors will naturally gain their cherished Weizmann. In this way, next year's Warriors lineup will be Curry+Thompson+Wiggins+Green+Weizmann. If this lineup is well run-in, it can be called no solution.
The most amazing thing is that, according to the US media report, because of winning the second prize, compared with the starting salary contract of the champion and the Warriors, the champion will save 5 million dollars in luxury tax. For the Warriors who are bent on choosing Whiteman, there is no difference between the champion and the role model, and they also save salary space and luxury tax, which will do no harm to the next operation. This luck can be said to be no one!
This is not the first time that the Warriors have been bursting with luck. Looking back at the recent years of the Warriors' rise, it can be said that luck has always been on their side. If you don't believe me, just take a look at their rising history. Let's talk about the child labor contract between Curry and Tang Shen, regardless of their draft vision of choosing Curry in the 7th pick, Thompson in the 11th pick and Green in the second round. Among them, Curry signed a four-year contract of 44 million yuan in 212, during which Curry won two MVP trophies and led the team to win the championship, but his annual salary was only $11 million, which was a follow-up for them.
With a strong core lineup and ample salary space, the Warriors attracted Durant, the top 3 star in the league, and started their dynasty tour. By cultivating superstars by themselves, we can sign top superstars by using bird rights and salary space, so as to attract the basic salary of stars who want to win the championship, such as David West, Nicky Young and Cousins. This operation of the Warriors management is enough to be written into the textbook of NBA management (the management of the 76ers shed tears silently after reading it).
After the only bad season, Durant and Thompson were reimbursed in the finals one after another, and Curry broke their palms without playing a few games, the Warriors management stopped the loss in time through a series of operations. First, Durant, who has decided to leave the team, got Russell, an all-star player, and then Russell was used as a bargaining chip to get Wiggins, the No.1 scholar in 214, and the draft pick (there is a foreshadowing here). In this way, the Warriors exchanged Durant, who was destined to leave the team, for Wiggins and a draft pick, and in the only bad season of the Warriors in recent years, they got the second place to sign this high draft pick, which was as smooth as hanging!
The Warriors can say that they have not only got the present, but also the future. At present, they still hold a draft pick of the Timberwolves, which will be protected before 221 and will not be protected in 22. The translation is that if the Timberwolves win the fourth pick in 221, the Warriors will still earn a high-ranking rookie. If the Timberwolves are still in the top three picks, then the Warriors will get any pick of the Timberwolves in 222, even the top pick! You know, 221 and 222 are predicted by the media as draft years, so the luck of the Warriors is really too explosive!