In the equipment area of the Warriors locker room, six executives crowded together: Joe-Lake cloth, Kirk-Lake cloth, Kent-Lake cloth, Bob Myers, Little Mike Dunleavy and Livingston.
The Warriors suffered the worst defeat since the season and lost to the sun without Paul, Booker and Elton. The key is at the home court of Datong center, which was supposed to be the night of Curry’s comeback. After the embarrassing defeat, the warrior’s record dropped by 50% again (20 wins and 21 losses), more than half of their performance in the season was enough to make people worried, which also led to the convening of the executive meeting.
However, when they manage the defending champion and the future development of the team, bigger problems hover over the team, threatening that one of the most distinctive dynasties in the history of basketball may accelerate and weaken. Perhaps the biggest question mark is about the 6-foot-7-inch big one who changed into hoodies and undershirts after the game-how long can miles stay in this think tank?
This year was the 12th season when Miles served as the president of basketball operations in Warriors. He was the second most influential figure in the management, but his contract expired in July. As time went by and the renewal negotiations were dull, many people around miles were speculating-even predicting-that his days in the Warrior were coming to an end. This result will bring some questions: why? What might be the next step? What kind of chain reaction will this have on Warriors?
Miles’s departure will definitely make Curry feel uneasy. As a team executive, he has the closest relationship with Curry. Curry expressed his view of “winning in the present” more and more times, and Miles has always been the main voice to ease Curry’s general direction to the Warriors and his current commitment. Curry’s idea is to let the Warriors management maximize the window of competition and insist that they are competitive. People can’t help asking how Curry would react to Miles’s departure-the latter had played a key role in the recruitment of igodala, Durant and Wikins.
Except for Curry. Cole and dream chasing have a good relationship with Miles. Dream chasing has the player option next season, and you can choose to leave. Cole’s contract expires after next season. Deng Liwei is Miles’s right-hand Assistant. Several key figures in the team are closely related to miles, which is why his departure may become the first domino for Warriors to transition to the next era.
One thing is clear about all kinds of speculation about this situation. According to the team and league sources, they said Myers believed that he should belong to the top executives with the highest salary level in the league. He is the architect of the four champions of warriors, the recruitment leader who signed Durant in the free player market, and the channel of trust among players, coaches and management. Miles is also the key problem mediator in the team and the coolant of the team’s ecosystem.
Miles himself refused to comment on this matter, and he strongly hoped that his contract situation would not be noticed in the process of warriors trying to defend his title. He used to try to hide all the negotiations behind the scenes. However, as one of the most popular executives in the alliance, his status was recognized, and finally the story also emerged. Like many other things, money is also the core issue that Miles may separate from the team.
At the beginning of January, Joe Lake said in an interview with TA reporter Tim Kawakami that Myers was “the top three executives in the league salary”. This is the biggest difference.
According to the alliance’s sources who have mastered the salary of senior executives, Myers’s salary level is probably ranked sixth, seventh and eighth. Although different from team coaches, the salaries of team executives are generally more private. According to industry experts, in terms of annual salary, 76 people, Raptors (ujri), Heat (Pat-Riley), Timberwolves (Tim Connelly), Spurs (Buford) senior executives from Knicks (Ross) are at the leading salary level of the alliance and are likely to surpass miles. Alliance sources said that the annual salary of top executives exceeded 10 million US dollars, and there were additional reward terms that met the conditions. Myers reached a reward clause for Warriors to win the championship last year.
Money may not be the only factor. Miles is famous for his profound conversation and curiosity about knowledge. After more than ten years of building a dynasty, managing it with the intensity of censorship in today’s society, and living under the ruthless pressure of warrior champion standards, Myers may be interested in the next challenge? For him and his family, would it be better to move on and leave the Warriors to build another team? Before he became an NBA executive, he had a successful career as a player broker. Will he leave the senior management industry to try another industry now? He recently launched his own podcasting program, and his first guest was Curry.
Considering some chances miles may get, who can blame him for wanting a higher offer from Warriors? Most notably, 76 people recruited miles in the summer of 2018, which fully demonstrated his value outside the Warriors.
Sources said that after 76 people fired kongillo, they tried their best to recruit Miles and planned to pay the highest salary in his league, or at least very close. In the end, Miles chose to stay and left Jinzhou Yogueta this summer. He may become the most sought-after management liberal in the market.
But where could he go?
According to sources who know the situation, Wizards, Suns and Knicks are all possible families. At the same time, in the management circle, Miles’s stay has become a hot topic, and the Clippers are often mentioned. They have Ballmer, the richest boss in all professional sports circles. The 66-year-old former Microsoft CEO has 83 billion net assets. Since the acquisition of Clippers in 2014, he has been pursuing the championship by blank checks.
Miles has a great connection with the Los Angeles area. He used to play at the University of California, Los Angeles. Before joining Warriors as assistant general manager in 2011, he used to be an outstanding agent of Wasserman Media Group in Los Angeles. However, in the era of Clippers led by mini truck and George, it has been disappointing so far. The team has suffered from injuries. A source who knows the situation of Clippers refuted the possibility of extensive discussion of miles.
All in all, it is too early to judge if Miles leaves the Warriors or whether he will stay in NBA. Sources close to Myers also revealed that he might also pursue opportunities other than sports. This also confirmed the idea that Myers might leave the Warriors because of his tiredness.
It has a competitive advantage to work under major shareholders like Joe Lake cloth. He spent a historical salary on the lineup. Two years ago, when he asked for a huge adjustment to the coaching staff, he opened the checkbook. They continued to expand the management team, scouts and medical staff.
This is how Miles stayed. It is difficult to find a place to provide him with more resources. He grew up in the Bay Area since he was young, and now he has become the legendary management of the Warriors he saw since he was young. While making a lot of money, even though he didn’t earn the most money in the league, he got the subsidy to manage the NBA traffic brigade.
In the NBA world, the Warriors have some elite, and they have an irresistible desire for great success. This is why some insiders believe that if the final signing deadline must match Miles’s quotation, Lake cloth will leave him at all costs, and the salary of senior executives will not be included in the tax.
According to sources, Lake is more involved in daily personnel selection than ever before. He studied talent shows, watched training, and made a list of simulated talent shows. In the latest five draft shows of the most warrior, Lake bu played an influential role. He tends to spend a lot of money to improve the list of young players, instead of using some of these funds for veteran and reliable help to maximize the current level of competition.
The Warriors achieved a balance of double-line development and won the championship in last June. This season, after flooding the substitute team with more unprepared young people, this combination has more problems. They have accumulated too many losses. For the whole team of warriors who hope to win and develop newcomers, the record has brought extra pressure.
Miles is the main mediator of this high-risk two-line development. When Coach Cole or the core of the team raises questions, Miles is a trustworthy listener. When league brokers wonder why young players lack motivation, Miles can always explain clearly. When Durant’s Achilles tendon was torn, when Wiseman was absent for the whole season, when dream-chasing boxing Poole, it was miles who spoke to the public.
Everything will become white-hot this summer. The more warriors there are, the more taxes they will pay. The rising salaries of personnel are causing difficult personnel decisions. This may involve clay or dream-chasing. Apart from the current contract, the legendary figures of the two teams expressed relative unease about their future in the Warriors.
Miles will not be excited about the moment when this decision is made, because he will have to tell Curry the news at that time. Not to disrespect any other executives, they also devoted a lot of efforts to the Warriors. However, if this dynasty is coming to an end and Warriors finally want future development, this may persuade Miles to enter a new chapter. Maybe Warriors make him the highest-paid executive in the league. This condition can keep him, or the window for Warriors to compete for the championship is still there, which will trigger his loyalty to the stars, and persuaded him that there was still work to be done in the warrior.
Before deciding Miles’s future, there must be a lot of things to happen. What happened on the court may eventually become a decisive factor. Can Warriors win in the final stage of the regular season and be competitive in the playoffs, so as to arouse the team management to spend a lot of money to maintain the core lineup? In other words, they are still at the middle level of the alliance in the remaining stage, and they no longer have the first-class competitiveness of the alliance, so they can only look at the future?
Three days after losing to the Sun, the Warriors attracted a record 68323 spectators in San Antonio. Most importantly, they played the best away game of the season, that was their fourth victory in 20 away games. This is also the victory they need at the beginning.
But then they lost to the bull without drozan. In the second half, they lost 73 points crazily, and their winning rate fell by 50% again. After that game, the warrior management held another emergency meeting. Deng Liwei, who was regarded as the potential successor of miles, and Kent-Lake and Livingston were present, but Miles did not participate. He later went to Washington with the team, but the previous meeting had a brief discussion on the future of the team and the solution of the team’s problems without miles.
Author: Sam Amick, Anthony Slater, Marcus Thompson
Compilation: Fontaine
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