From the Lakers' game against the Suns in the midseason, we can see how important the big man in the league is right now. Among the 10 people on the court of the Lakers, 6 are over 2 meters (Hayes, thick eyebrows, James, Van der Biao, Hachimura, Reddish), as well as 1.98 meters Prince and Christie, Reaves also has 196, and the shortest Russell also has 193. On the other hand, the Warriors, 191 Payton Jr. can actually play power forward, and the Short Boys are really a natural disadvantage!
Secondly, after looking at it this season, many games have proven that Kerr's passing and cutting system is no longer suitable for this Warriors. The reason is simple, older age.
The pass-and-cut system is on the offensive end, requiring a lot of running and ball distribution to pull the opponent's defense, forcing the opponent's defense to be out of position, so as to find the space to shoot and complete the shot. And the age has made the current Warriors slower and less physical, especially against a young team like the Cavaliers and Thunder, who can't outrun the opponent and can only run to their death.
On the defensive end, the small-ball lineup has a great one-on-one disadvantage, especially relying on the help defense and rotation of teammates around it, which itself is also extremely physically demanding. So the Warriors have to change their style of play, after all, the 35-year-old Curry is no longer young, and it's time for the Warriors to return to traditional basketball.
Of course, the most important problem for the team is that there is no stable second leader, and it is rare to win the championship with a single core in history, not to mention that in this era of the expansion of the number of stars, the two giants are basically the basic configuration, Nuggets Muyo;Laker Zhan Mei;Thunder Alexander + Glenholm;The Clippers, Suns, and Timberwolves are all 3 giants;And the Bucks, Heat, Mavericks, and so on. On the other hand, the Warriors, the current actual second leader is Saric with a base salary, can you believe it?Holding the 4000w soup god does decline without friends, even if it warms up, it is the level of 2000w.
The Warriors are not in a situation where they are not fully equipped at present, and they do not need to be demolished and rebuilt, and they only need 1-2 transactions to return to the championship ranks, which is definitely a very good championship window, because Curry is still at his peak, and the team has many high-quality rookie contracts such as Moody and Sister Bo, and most of the veteran contracts are also healthy, such as Wiggins, Looney, Green, and only Paul and Klay summarize that the 7000w space is a burden.
Stay in the main: Curry + Green + Moody;Substitute: Sister Bo + Saric + Looney This combination, getting a 25+5 All-Star forward on the front line can be immediate, if the conditions allow to do these things in the case of leaving Wiggins, there is no doubt that the Warriors will return to the top.
It is reported that the Warriors intend to use Klay + Payton Jr. + Kuminga to complete a trade with the Raptors and get Siakam of the Raptors, an All-Star player who once scored 52 points in a single game plus 19 rebounds and 13 assists can become the Warriors' stable second scoring point. Siakam is good, but Wiggins needs to be kept or the Warriors' perimeter defense will be too weak.
In this way, the core lineup of the Warriors has changed from Kutang to Curry, Siakam, Mouth, Green and Paul. On the bench, the bench could be strengthened by trading for a young, capable forward, like Reddish van der Biao. With that, combined with Pojer, Moody, Looney, Sharic and others on the bench, I believe that making the playoffs will not be a problem.