As the defending champions, the Golden State Warriors didn't make many changes to their roster in the '015 offseason. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info23us.Fastest update In Arthur's view, the Warriors are still the favorites to win the championship in the new season, and with the improvement of the likes of Thompson, Barnes and Green, the team could even become even more terrifying.

However, the Warriors didn't suffer too many injuries last season, and staying healthy this season will be a key factor in their title defense.

Moreover, Arthur is well aware that the Warriors of the previous 015-16 season were not the ultimate championship winners, and this offseason, as the owner, he finally began to meddle in some personnel adjustments.

In the offseason, the first thing the Warriors did was to reach a five-year, $80 million contract extension with Draymond GreenYes, like Thompson, Green also received a five-year, $5 million endorsement contract from Under Armour after completing the contract extension with the Warriors at a "low price".

The Warriors are thankful because this contract is not a salary. You know, this past season, Green was considered the second-best player for the Warriors, a league-level defender, and now he's only 5 years old.

Harrison Barnes and Ezeli have yet to reach an agreement to renew their contracts, and if they do not complete their contracts with the team by November 1, they will become restricted free agents at the end of the season, at which point other teams will have the right to offer them a bigger contract, and it will not be so easy for the Warriors to keep them at that time.

However, for Barnes, Arthur is waiting to see if Durant will "come as scheduled" next year, and as for Azeli, if the latter is not on a cheap rookie contract, Arthur will not let this black interior with the potential of "glass man" stay in the lineup at all.

Ezeli played an average of 11 minutes per game this past season and played just 46 games. Ezeli has the height and arm span, shooting 55% from the field last season, but limiting opponents to 44.1% shooting, which looks pretty good, so in the future, Azeli can only become a trade chip for the Warriors in exchange for greater benefits.

In addition to re-signing Green, the Warriors' biggest move this summer was the signing of free agent Bismarck Biyombo. Biyombo signed a four-year, $0 million contract, but this contract is a +1 contract with a team option for the final year.

"Bismarck brought his athleticism and super height and reach to our team," Warriors president and general manager Myers said, "and he's proven himself to be an excellent basket protector and his body will be a huge asset to us on the defensive end." ”

Born in 199, Biyombo is 6'9" tall and weighs 45 pounds, making him a big interior player, and although he is not very tall, his arm span is very impressive, reaching 7'6". Biyombo is one of six African-born players in the league so far. He played for the Charlotte Hornets in all 84 games of his career, averaging 4.4 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game. In the '011-1 season, he averaged 1.8 blocks per game, which ranked 8th in the league, and in the '01-1 season, Biyombo still averaged 1.8 blocks per game, ranking 9th in the league. Biyombo's personal peak was at the Nike Basketball Summit in 011, where he hit a triple-double of 1 point, 11 rebounds and 10 blocks, and became famous in one fell swoop. He was eventually selected by the Sacramento Kings with the 7th overall pick in the '011 draft.

The signing of Biyombo was recommended by Arthur, because Biyombo, who played against the Cavaliers in the previous season, left too much impression on Arthur In the first game of the previous Eastern Conference Finals, Menglong defeated the Cavaliers 99-84 at home, Biyombo played 9 minutes, got 7 points, 6 rebounds and 4 blocks, setting a new career single-game rebounding record, and at the same time setting a personal single-game rebounding record in the playoffs in the history of the Menglongs, and becoming the first time in NBA history since Olajuwon in 1986. The first player to have at least 6 rebounds and 4 blocks in a single game in the playoffs.

Biyombo's problem is offense. His individual attacks are unthreatening and worthless. As harsh as it sounds, it's just the way it is. Biyombo doesn't shoot jumpers, only dunks. However, the Warriors have a lot of offensive players, and they don't need him to attack, and if the Warriors need Biyombo to attack, then most of the games will not be won. So this signing is very appropriate.

At the very least, he can replace David Lee, who won the championship this past season, but in many games David Lee didn't even get a chance to play. Although Biyombo is not as good as David Lee in terms of offensive standards, he is much better defensively. It would be a smart choice for the Warriors to get Biyombo, and Kerr is likely to consider playing him as a center, and Biyombo will certainly squeeze some of Speymbo's playing time into the new season.

The most time-consuming and laborious job for the Warriors in the summer is about Yi Jianlian's contract extension, at first the Warriors offered Yi Jianlian a $10 million contract extension, but Yi Jianlian expressed dissatisfaction and hoped to get a multi-year contract, after all, Yi Jianlian, who was born in 1986, is nearly 0 years old, and this contract is likely to be the last big contract that Yi Jianlian can get in the NBA.

After some hauling, the maximum contract that the Warriors uniform team can give is 4 years and $15 million, but Yi Jianlian's agent believes that this is far from being in line with Yi Jianlian's identity.

In the end, it was Arthur who made the decision and offered a four-year, $18 million contract, indicating that this would be the last offer the Warriors would make to Yi Jianlian. This means that if Yi Jianlian does not agree to this contract, then he can go back to China and dominate the CBA.

After seeing the Warriors' tough attitude, Arthur was "forced" out, and Yi Jianlian's agent also accepted it when he saw it, and happily completed the contract extension.

In the offseason, the Spurs got Aldridge and David West, the Clippers got Paul Pearce, Lance Stevenson, Josh Smith, and the Rockets got Ty Lawson. The Warriors don't seem to have made much of a difference, but as the defending champions, it's only natural that they're still considered one of the favourites to win the title.

In the offseason, the Warriors left some of the core players from last season's roster, who averaged 10.1 points per game over opponents this past season, which only seven teams in the league's history can do, and it is clear that this team does not have too many problems, so they don't need to make too many changes.

In addition, except for Bogut, who is 0 years old, no one in the Warriors' current starting lineup is older than 7 years old. You can expect Klay Thompson's ball-handling offense to get better and more fouls this season, and you can imagine Harrison Barnes becoming more aggressive and Green's three-point shooting sharper, so the Warriors will become a stronger team.

For the Warriors, their biggest problem on the road to defending their title is injuries. The Warriors have been at a par on both ends of the floor this past season, and there is hardly any overly weak in this team. While both the Cavaliers and Thunder will return healthy next season, it's clear that the Warriors are still the safest option.

So far, the Warriors' 15-man roster for the new season has been assembled, with a total salary of $940,000, becoming the brightest team in the NBA this season.

The starting five:

Stephen Curry (point guard), current salary: $1.17 million

Klay Thompson (shooting guard), current salary: $16 million

Harrison Barnes (forward), current salary: $870,000

Draymond Green (power forward), current salary: $14 million

Andrew Bogut (center), current salary: $1 million

Substitutes:

Andre Iguodala (forward), current salary: $11.71 million

Biyombo (center), current salary: $4.45 million

Livingston (point guard), current salary: $5.54 million

Barbossa (shooting guard), current salary: $500,000

Yi Jianlian (power forward), current salary: $4 million

Speights (center/power forward), current salary: $80,000

Ezeli (center), current salary: $000,000

Brandon Rush (shooting guard), current salary: $170,000

McAdoo (power forward/forward), current salary: $850,000

Ian Clark (guard), current salary: $950,000

However, the upcoming new season for the Warriors is not without hidden dangers, as team coach Steve Kerr underwent disc repair surgery at the end of July and had follow-up surgery in September, and he will need some time to recuperate and recover.

Arthur said: "The most important thing at this festival is to make sure that Coach Kerr is fully healthy, not only for the upcoming new season, but also for the rest of his life. We don't think it will take long for him to recover, but we can't say exactly when. The team will assess his recovery on a daily basis. ”

In Kerr's absence, Arthur and general manager Myers decided to make assistant coach Luke Wharton the team's interim head coach.

Last season, Walton joined the Warriors as an assistant coach. After Gentry moved to the New Orleans Pelicans as head coach, he was promoted to chief assistant coach. He also served as the head coach of the Warriors in Summer League.

Arthur praised Wharton: "He's been lucky enough to play under some great coaches. He has a natural talent to read the game very well and communicate well with the players during the game. ”

Born into a basketball family, Walton is the son of legendary NBA center Bill Wharton, who was selected by the Lakers to join the NBA in the first round in '00. Luke Wharton is a good blue-collar player, although he is not physically outstanding and his shooting has always been criticized, but he has a very high basketball IQ, can always stay calm on the court, has extraordinary insight, is very good at passing, has a strong sense of the overall situation in the game, and can strictly implement the coach's tactical requirements, which is also his ability to establish himself in the NBA as a player or an assistant coach. (To be continued.) )