The Warriors take action! A new one and an old one leave the team! Same layoffs, different fates!

As the regular season begins, the Golden State Warriors announced another lineup change:

The team has waived veteran Seth Curry and rookie LJ Clare.

Regarding this layoff, from the perspective of a fan, you may ask, what does the departure of these two people mean to the team? Do the Warriors really don’t need them anymore, or is there another hidden agenda?

Below, let’s take a look at the content behind this layoff:

First, let’s take a look at Seth Curry. This veteran born in 1990 is 35 years old. As an undrafted player in 2013, since landing in the league in the 2013 season, this small guard has wandered to many teams one after another.

Played for the Charlotte Hornets last season and played 68 regular season games for the team, averaging 15.6 minutes per game. He scored 6.5 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.9 assists, plus 0.4 steals and 0.1 blocks. He shot 47.6% from the field, 45.6% from three-point range, and a stable 84.6% from free throws.

These basic data don't sound very outstanding, but by the standards of a veteran substitute, this report card is actually quite reliable. But even so, the Warriors still chose to waive Seth Curry.

This is also the helpless move of the Warriors at this stage. Team data shows that the Warriors are currently restricted by the hard cap of the second wealthy line, and are temporarily unable to offer Curry a veteran's minimum salary contract. In short, it's not that the Warriors don't want Curry, it's mainly because of the salary cap pressure that the Warriors can only let go temporarily.

But this is not a complete give up. According to reports, the Warriors’ choice is to lay off Curry first. After the 11th of next month, the Warriors will be eligible to offer Curry a contract again. Being waived now not only leaves the Warriors a way out for themselves, but also leaves a guaranteed position for Curry.

Then there is rookie Clare. As a young player born in 2001, he is only 24 years old and is this year's undrafted player.

Before entering the league, Claire played in the NCAA for the University of Houston, playing 40 games, averaging 32.6 minutes per game, scoring 15.7 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2 assists, shooting 41.1% from the field, 42.4% from the three-point range, and an astonishing 89.5% from the free throw line.

If you look at the scoring data alone, Claire can definitely be regarded as a scorer. Although his talent is average, his offensive efficiency is stable enough. As the core player who led the team to the NCAA finals in college, he at least proved his ability at critical moments. This kind of psychological quality and high-intensity game experience happen to be what many young players lack the most. This is also his biggest plus point compared to other undrafted players.

It's just that these performances seem to only stay in the NCAA. After entering the NBA, Claire's performance has been somewhat compromised.

He played four games during the Summer League, averaging 18.1 minutes per game. Although his basic statistics were only 9.2 points and 2.8 assists, he still won in terms of efficiency. He shot 50% from the field, 42.1% from the three-point range, and 83.3% from the free throw line. His personal performance was quite eye-catching.

However, in the preseason, the average playing time in the five games shrank to 9.6 minutes, and the basic statistics also dropped to 5 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists. The shooting percentage plummeted to 38.1%. Although the three-point shooting percentage remained at 42.9%, the free throw shooting percentage dropped to 75%.

Obviously, these data fluctuations are enough to show that the intensity of the preseason has begun to make the young rookie a bit difficult, which may be one of the reasons for his layoff.

Although he was waived, according to reports, Clare is likely to join the Santa Cruz Warriors, a team of the Warriors Development League. Even if he can't stay in the NBA for the time being, at least he still has a chance.