The Golden State Warriors are a bit strapped for cash this summer season whereas making an attempt to maintain and construct the present championship core that simply received its fourth title in eight years with the trio of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Inexperienced.
Two of these aforementioned gamers, Thompson and Inexperienced, are additionally due for brand new contracts quickly, alongside Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins.
Giving all 4 of them good and lofty new contracts requires having to pay a ridiculous luxurious tax simply to retain their companies.
Inexperienced is eligible for a brand new contract as quickly as August third.
Based on what sources advised The Athletic’s Anthony Slater and Marcus Thompson II, Inexperienced firmly believes he deserves a most contract that may lock him in for $164.2 million over the following 5 seasons.
That’s, with out query, some huge cash for Inexperienced, who hasn’t averaged greater than eight factors per sport since 2017 and at occasions regarded like a shell of himself throughout this previous season.
Slater and Thompson II added that “the Warriors don’t have any plans to supply Inexperienced a most extension, and there isn’t any present traction on any kind of extension.”
The Warriors’ hesitation with extending Inexperienced this offseason seems much less to be in regards to the group’s notion of Inexperienced’s worth and extra in regards to the timetable Golden State usually takes with extensions.
Slater and Thompson II famous the Warriors normally wait till a participant has one yr left on his present contract earlier than signing them to a most extension.
Whereas Inexperienced technically has two years remaining on the four-year extension he signed earlier than the 2019 season, he can choose out of that contract earlier than the ultimate yr of that deal previous to this upcoming season.
That impending chance might power the Warriors’ hand by some means.
If the Warriors aren’t prepared to supply the max to Draymond Inexperienced, there’s an opportunity he might discover different choices to get the contract he believes he deserves.
It ought to be famous that Inexperienced additionally has a 15 % commerce kicker in his present deal if the Warriors transfer him.
Inexperienced and the Warriors put together to defend their title as the remainder of the league focuses on the Kevin Durant sweepstakes.
