Is the Warriors management the most wasteful management in the NBA? Dunleavy is the most incompetent general manager in the NBA?

20 days, and it has been 20 days since the NBA free market opened. As of now, only the Warriors in the league has not made any operations. You have Curry, you have Butler, you have 6 first-round picks in the next 6 years, and you have nothing to do? Do you still want to compete for the championship? Do you still want to play basketball? Do you still want to do it?

The above should be the voice of many Warriors fans. I understand everyone's anxiety very much, because everyone wants to see the Warriors get better, they all hope Curry can win another championship, and they all want to watch Butler realize his dream finals

The most important thing is that many fans now see other teams in the Western Conference running a crazy arms race. The Warriors are still motionless, and they are inevitably anxious. But if we really calm down and think, is Dunleavy really so incompetent? Is the Warriors management really such a waste?

Of course! no!

You can say that Dunleavy is ruthless, you can say that Dunleavy is cold-blooded, but you can never say that Dunleavy is incompetent, why?

Let's review several major operations after Dunleavy took office:

First, using Jordan Poole + a first-round pick to exchange for Chris Paul

This deal was later criticized by many Warriors fans:

"You Dunleavy, you are just a fool. The Warriors now lacks one Jordan Poole in the lineup. You actually exchanged him for Chris Paul who is close to 40, and also got a first-round pick. Are you crazy? "

said this Those who talk about it, you don’t know how outrageous Jordan Poole’s performance was in the 22-23 season. That year, Jordan Poole’s three-point shooting percentage was only 32.6% - the lowest in his career. His all-level high-level data ranked last in the league. The only data ranked first in the league was his turnover, with a per-game average of 3.1 times

Just like this player, you can send it to him, you kowtowed to the north, what other bicycle do you want?

I know there may be some fans going to speak again:

"It is understandable that you sent Jordan Poole away, but you can't let Chris Paul go in vain. Isn't this equivalent to using Jordan Poole + the first round to change air?"

This involves Dunleavy's second operation

In the summer of 2024, Dunleavy gave up the quotation and chose to let Klay Thompson and Chris Paul go. What are the results of this operation?

The Warriors released $73.2 million in salary space, which led to the Warriors' total salary being lower than the salary cap of 25 million. This operation brought at least two benefits to the Warriors

, the team got rid of the super luxury tax

, the second, the Warriors used this 25 million to sign three players, namely Hilder, Melton and Lee Kyle. The three of them helped the Warriors score a record of 13 wins and 2 losses in the first fifteen games last season, ranking first in the West. Hilder even hit 9 three-pointers in the first round of the Western Conference, so you must admit that Dunleavy signed The next three people's operations were successful, which further reflects that Dunleavy letting Klay Thompson and Chris Paul out was valuable. What's more valuable is that after Melton confirmed the season's reimbursement, Dunleavy did not choose to give up this asset, but used him to make money for Schroeder. Later, he traded Schroeder and Wiggins and a first-round pick to exchange Butler from the Heat. This involved Dunleavy's third operation, which was exchanged for Butler, and gave him a maximum salary renewal contract. Does Butler need more to say what Butler did when he came to the Warriors?

As the team's second main attack point, he perfectly liberated Curry, helping the Warriors to break from the 11th in the West to the seventh in the West, and in the playoffs, the Warriors beat the second in the West, defeating the Houston Rockets, who was second in the West, and advanced to the second round with their heads held high. There are still many people who think that if Curry is not injured, the Warriors will definitely defeat the Timberwolves and enter the Western Conference Finals

Of course, there is no if in the basketball world, we don't To discuss imagination, we only discuss facts

The fact is that Butler helped the Warriors into the playoffs

Many fans also admitted:

"Dunleavy's exchange for Butler is indeed a good deal, but Dunleavy shouldn't give Butler a maximum salary renewal of $112 million."

I would like to ask these people a sentence:

You don't give money, will Butler TMD come?

Why did Butler go to the Suns with all his heart before joining the Warriors? Because the Suns boss promised to give him a maximum salary contract? The above operations were all the work that Dunleavy did in two years after taking over the Warriors. He first sent away Jordan Poole, and ruthlessly said goodbye to Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins, who made great achievements in the Warriors, cold-blooded, but no matter how much you hate Dunleavy, you have to admit the work he did, so that the Warriors got rid of the sequelae of the dynasty in the shortest time, and Curry got another chance to win the championship. Well, the next time point will turn back to the summer of 2025. That is now, Dunleavy and Kumingga are raising frantically, why should they raising?

Because Kumingga's problem is not solved, the Warriors cannot feel at ease to use the full middle class to strengthen it

As for why this is the case, my previous article has already explained in detail, so I won't go into details here

Just this morning, according to an NBA reporter, Kumingga's team insisted on asking for a contract renewal with an average salary of US$30 million

The total salary of the Warriors is 171 million. If they want to add a $30 million contract to Kuming, the total salary of the Warriors will be close to 200 million, directly exceeding the first luxury tax line. At that time, the Warriors will lose the full middle class and biennial special. Their method of strengthening can only be the mini middle class and the veteran's basic salary

I would like to ask the Warriors fans, if you are Dunleavy, do you dare to give this contract?

gave it, the Warriors's one is dead

So, now Dunleavy deals with this matter in one word - wait, what are you waiting for?

When all other teams are finished, they have no salary space to sign Kumingga naked. By then, the initiative will be all in the hands of the Warriors. Kumingga is the fish on the chopping board, and someone can control it. It is possible that Warriors fans think that if you wait like this, good players will be snatched away by other teams. If you want to strengthen, you will have no one to choose

I would like to ask, is there one of these people in the free market who can compare to Butler? I would like to ask again, has Horford signed with Melton to another team?

Having said so much, I still hope that Warriors fans will not be in a hurry. I believe Dunleavy is done!