No matter who leaves and who stays, the Warriors have already cast a shadow before the start of the new season.

NBA media day is less than two weeks away, the contract deadlock between the Golden State Warriors and Kumingga has not only failed to resolve, but has triggered a series of chain reactions, pushing the team into a dilemma of internal and external troubles. According to well-known reporter Shams, the Warriors provided two offers to Kumingga: one is $75.2 million for three years (48 million for the first two years, the team option for the third year), and the other is a $54 million for the three years. Kumingga's team insists on a three-year contract with 82 million players option. The differences between the two sides on team options and player options have become the main deadlock in negotiations. The stalemate between

Kuminga and the Warriors seems to be a dispute over money on the surface, but in fact it is a contest between control and future planning. From the perspective of player development, Kumingga's attitude is understandable. He believes he has the "potential to be selected as an All-Star multiple times", but it is difficult to get the opportunity to fully demonstrate in the Warriors' system. After joining Butler last season, he gradually fell out of the rotation lineup. He played only three games in the first round of the playoffs against the Rockets, and only played seven minutes in the tiebreak battle.

The Sun and the King have both extended olive branches to Kumingga, providing contracts of 80-88 million in four years and 63-66 million in three years, respectively, and promised to start the start position. But for the Warriors, they are unwilling to lose this young asset for nothing and want to get rewards by signing first and then trading. Kumingga refuses to be labeled, but instead strives for treatment and roles that match his own value. As an important signing for the Warriors last season, Butler has renewed his contract with the team for 2 years and 2 years in advance, with an average salary of about 60 million US dollars. He is not indifferent to the current deadlock. Butler has contacted the team directly to ask about the situation and understand the team's plans. He joined the Warriors last year with expectations, hoping that "all the previous storms have passed, and the things in Miami have also turned over. Now he is only focusing on basketball."

Butler's contract extension ensures that he will stay with the Warriors in the short term. But if the management cannot effectively deal with the team's internal problems, with Butler's straightforward and competitive personality, he may express his dissatisfaction again, which will lead to more turmoil.

veteran Horford is still waiting and watching. Although news from all walks of life said that he is about to join the Warriors, his improvement in the team's immediate combat power will be quite limited. The Warriors are expected to start the new season with Horford, Curry, Butler, Dream-Chasing Green and Hilder. The five players are 179 years old, with an average age of 35.8 years old.

Horford averaged 9 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game in the regular season, and shot 36.3% from three-pointers. These figures were obtained when he averaged 28 minutes per game. His three-point ability and high-level support ability can indeed create more space for Curry to a certain extent, but after all, he is old and it is hard to expect him to bring qualitative changes. The salary pressure of the Warriors is huge. The total salary of 9 contracts including Curry, Butler, Zhu Meng, Moody's, and Hilder has reached US$170.5 million, close to the luxury tax line (US$187 million). This is one of the reasons why they are so cautious in the Kumingga negotiations. The training camp is about to begin, and only 9 people have been confirmed by the Warriors' 15-man roster. Horford and other signings cannot be officially signed due to the deadlock of Kumingga. Both management and Kumingga are playing a game of "Watch who blinks first". Regardless of the outcome, the Warriors' journey to the new season has been cast in a shadow.