In the offseason, veteran Culbert Chaney opted to retire.

The team's sixth man, John Salmons, had already reached a contract extension with the Warriors, but he suddenly reversed his mind and gave up his options after negotiations with Salmons' agent failed.

Salmons became a full free agent and then had scandals with multiple teams.

At this time, the Sacramento Kings, who had never made progress in contract extension negotiations with the team's starting point guard Bunch Wells, suddenly made a move and bought John Salmons on a five-year, $30 million contract.

After the entire preseason, the team cut a few people on the fringes, and the new season begins, and the team has a confirmed roster as follows.

Point guards: Byron Davis, Derrick Fisher, Louis Williams.

Shooting guards: Ray Allen, Monta Ellis, Shannon Brown.

Small forwards: Danny Granger, Trevor Ariza, Matt Barnes.

Power forwards: Yang Di, Arnal Foyer, David Lee.

Centres: Tyson Chandler, Andres Biedrins.

As with last year, there is a roster that can be added at any time, and the number of interior players is a little smaller, but the new small forward Matt Barnes has a fierce rebound, and he can also play as the No. 4 when the Warriors play small ball.

Basically stabilized last season's championship lineup, and the starters of the new season are only stronger than last season.

……

In October, the weather in Auckland is cooler.

People on the streets are already wearing long sleeves, and the regular season is getting closer and closer.

As the defending champions, the Warriors were scheduled to play the opening game at home against the Los Angeles Lakers, where they were presented with championship rings on the spot.

The other two openers on the same day saw the Heat vs. the Bulls and the Mavericks vs. the Suns.

"The league is stimulating Kobe!" Ray Allen said with a wry smile, "When the time comes to award the ring in the opening game, it is estimated that Kobe's murderous aura will rise by two notches." ”

"Hey, it's no use going up, the Lakers' roster is out there, and by the way, what did they make this offseason?" Having said that, he has always been in a hurry, and Yang Di has not done his homework seriously.

"Got Vladimir from the Los Angeles Clippers." Derek Fisher said:

"Who?"

Yang Di looked dazed, feeling that the name was very unfamiliar.

"Vladimir Radmanovich." Byron Davis adds the whole name.

"Oh!" As soon as he said this, Yang Di was familiar with it, and then he looked at Ray Allen, isn't this the previous Ray Allen's teammate, one of the many supersonic guns, two seasons stronger, the Warriors knelt down as soon as they encountered the supersonic, and they suffered from these musketeers.

But for now, the strongest musketeer has become a teammate.

After the pre-season, the team had a dinner party.

The whole Warriors team attended the grand dinner, as well as members of the coaching staff who are about to work together for the new season, trainers, physical trainers, nutritionists, and all kinds of support workers, and many members of the uniform team, and general manager Chris Mullin was proud.

The introduction of Yang Di is the most correct decision he has made in his career, he hopes from the bottom of his heart that the Warriors can become stronger, but he did not expect the Warriors to win the championship directly last season, in the offseason, he made a blockbuster trade to bring Ray Allen to the Warriors, and the Warriors' current roster tends to be perfect.

On the Southwest Coast, the Warriors are the brightest team.

In addition to Ray Allen, Matt Barnes and Shannon Brown are also new signings.

Matt Barnes is a 26-year-old draft pick in '02 with a tough style of play, good at defense, average passing ability, and good at running and cutting into the air. Shannon Brown is a player who was just picked in this year's draft, he is fast, athletic, and has amazing jump, but his shooting is terrible, and his offensive selection is a big problem, and it may take a while to learn before he can make it to the NBA.

Yang Di greeted the two new recruits, both of whom looked tattooed and vicious, and there was basically no big problem in communicating with them.

Shannon Brown is a little restrained, but Yang Dee is the absolute core of the Warriors, the boss of the team, and has enough say in the team.

"Shannon was a Michigan State student?"

"yes, I'm from Illinois, well, not far south of Wisconsin. Yang, I'm your fan, when I was in college, I loved to watch you play, your performance was so cool, congratulations on winning the World Championships at night. ”

"Haha." Yang Di smiled and patted Shannon Brown on the shoulder, very flattered by him.

"Where's Matt? Where are you from? ”

"I'm from California, so I've always wanted to be on the West Coast, and the Warriors are the best team for me to join, which is really great." Barnes said with a smile, not in the slightest hint of a difficult image of a villain on the court.

"Anyway, welcome to the Warrior family."

Yang Di reached over and shook Barnes' hand, a player like Barnes doesn't want the ball, likes to defend, shoots well, and is very popular everywhere.

Monta Ellis was the happiest, and after John Salmons left the team, he became the team's sixth man as a matter of course.

He knows that his defense is not very good, but the second team is not very demanding on defense, and his only task is to steal points, and this is what he is best at.

Monta Ellis has set himself the goal of averaging more than double-digit points per game in the new season.

After the team streamlined the squad, some players honed last season will gradually have some opportunities to perform, such as Trevor Ariza, who worked three points in the offseason and is ready to surprise everyone in the new season. and the youngest, Louis Williams, is also clearly a lot stronger.

Among the interior players, the 20-year-old Biedlins felt that he was capable of being the first substitute on the inside, he carefully studied Yang Di's game video, and slowly found a sense of scrambling for rebounds, and the direction he gave himself was to become Yang Di in the early Heat period.

David Lee was the one who surprised Yang Di the most.

In the previous preseason joint practice, the 23-year-old David Lee showed a stable mid-range and basket footwork, his offensive skills have greatly improved, and in terms of rebounding competition, he is not weaker than the tall and jumping Biedrins, and his broad body gives him the opportunity to easily card the position, and he can protect the backcourt rebounds well.

So much so that veterans like Foyer, who were reused last season, after the new season came, it was obvious that the back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, and they felt the rapid progress of the warrior generals.