What to exchange for? How feasible is the Warriors pursuing Adebayo?

The latest report from ClutchPoints famous reporter Brett Siegel, the Warriors are closely monitoring Adebayo's situation in the Heat.

Brett Siegel said sources revealed that if Adebayo applies for a deal with the Heat, the Warriors will regard it as their primary trading target.

I wonder what you all reacted to when you see this news, I: Ah?

First of all, we need to admit that after Kumingga's contract renewal is reached, the Warriors are indeed likely to trade. Previously, Shams reported that the Warriors will immediately start exploring transactions as soon as Kumingga is qualified for trading (January 15).

Kuminga's salary of $24.3 million next season will be used to help the Warriors find a player who is more in line with the current winning needs. If the trade is not out this season, the Warriors will execute the team options and continue to explore the trade next year.

But, for Kuminga to Adebayo? The difficulty is not very high.

Kuminga's performance and value have been introduced too many times this summer. Here you might as well take a look at the current situation of Adebayo.

As the No. 14 pick in the first round of 2017, Adebayo is now 28 years old, at his peak. In the 2022-23 season, he helped the Heat reach the finals, and in the subsequent 2023-24 season, Adebayo played the strongest season in his career.

In the season, he played a total of 71 games for the Heat, averaging 19.3 points, 10.4 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.1 steals, 0.9 blocks, with a shooting percentage of 52.1%, and led the Heat to 46 wins and 36 losses - the second most wins since Adebayo entered the NBA.

Due to his outstanding performance, Adebayo not only selected as the All-Star for the third time, but also selected as the All-Defensive Team for the first time in his career, and ranked third in the DPOY ranking, which is also the closest he has to DPOY.

The next season is last season. Although the Heat experienced the Butler trade and the core lineup has undergone a drastic change, Adebayo's personal performance is still good. He played in a total of 78 games (the second most in his career), and averaged 18.1 points, 9.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 48.5%.

Adebayo has very obvious advantages. Although he is only 2.06 meters tall, his defensive and rebounding ability are excellent, and he has extremely strong lateral movement speed and confrontational ability. He can not only keep up with the defender, but also withstand the center, can truly defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, and can also switch defenses and protect the frame at high positions. He is the core of the Heat's defensiveness. On the offensive end, Adebayo had an excellent ending. Last season, the shooting percentage of 5-foot range at the basket was as high as 68.7%, and also had a mid-range shot, which could punish opponents' contraction defense near the free throw line. In addition, Adebayo is also an underrated center organizer. He has excellent passing awareness and can launch short passes after a high pick-and-roll or hand-passing pass.

It is worth mentioning that last season, Adebayo started trying long shots, making 79 of 221 three-pointers, with a shooting percentage of 35.7%. In the previous seven seasons, he only made 23 of 104 three-pointers, with a shooting percentage of 22.1%.

and another important thing is that Adebayo has a very good attendance rate and rarely misses for a long time due to minor injuries and illness. He has played a total of 567 games so far in his career, even not inferior to the Super Ironman Tatum (585 games).

Of course, Adebayo also has some shortcomings.

Defensive end, after all, he is a small center. Due to his height and weight limitation, he will still suffer when facing Embiid, Jokic, Thomas and others.

On the offensive end, there is no mature low-post singles ability, the middle distance is not stable enough, the three-pointers just practiced are not enough to open up space, and the overall offensive efficiency cannot be said to be very good. Last season's real shooting percentage was only 56.1%.

Adebayo has proved that he is an All-Star player, but due to his lack of stable strong offensive methods and offensive aggressiveness, his ceiling may be the All-Star, and it is difficult to become the team's number one offensive core.

Despite this, Adebayo still has extremely strong combat power and extremely high transaction value. Last season, the Heat also reached a maximum salary for him to renew his contract early, with the contract reaching 166 million in three years.

contract size and transaction value determine that it is difficult for the Warriors to obtain Adebayo.

For the Warriors who like small centers and emphasize switching to dislocations, Adebayo is indeed suitable, but with Kumingga as the main bargaining chip, not to mention whether they can match it, the Warriors may not be able to trade in the future.

Even if there is a way to allow the Warriors to satisfy the Heat and match the contract to get Adebayo, then what? The Warriors will bear three maximum salaries, including Curry, Butler and Adebayo. The annual salary of the three players alone will exceed 163 million in the new season, and there will be huge problems with their salary.

The Warriors want to win in the present moment, after all, not wasting Curry's peak is the greatest respect for Curry, but I personally think that the goal should be more realistic, and the possibility of Adebayo is really not high.

At the moment, we should honestly focus on Curry, Butler and Dream Chasing. As for who Kumingga can get, we might as well wait until the new season starts to study and study it. Maybe we will be a player who is more surprised than Adebayo.