That the Warriors had to play their game with only eight healthy players is probably enough to indicate just how much they’ve fallen off from their Finals’ runs, but here’s perhaps the most shocking number, first noted by Jazz fan Ken Clayton: $11,800,045.
Of Golden State’s $138,553,076 payroll to begin the season, that’s the combined salary of all eight players that remained healthy for the Warriors’ game against the Jazz Friday. Injuries to Stephen Curry ($40M), Klay Thompson ($33M), D’Angelo Russell ($27M), Draymond Green, (19M), Kevon Looney ($5M), Jacob Evans ($2M), Alen Smailagic (1M) and two-way player Damion Lee (about 150K so far) knock off the rest.