He’s back.
It was early Friday morning when Jonathan Abrams of the New York Times tweeted out the news that Andre Iguodala would be returning to the team in which he had won three championship with.
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Trade exceptions.
You might have heard of them from NBA 2k or from a Shams Charania tweet, but it isn’t totally obvious what they are. However, if you follow a team like the Warriors – which seem to always be in the middle of trade rumors – understanding what a traded player exception is could potentially be extremely relevant, and exciting.
Now, the same could be in play for Kelly Oubre Jr., with the topic brought up in the Warriors Off-Season 2021 Primer, posted by u/perksofthesewalls in r/warriors.
Wes Goldberg from the Mercury News reported Bob Myers wants Oubre back, and despite his benching, Oubre has a good relationship with the Warriors’ organization. So, if Oubre ends up wanting to leave via a sign-and-trade, Golden State still does not want to lose him for nothing – and they could leverage their good standing with the wing to get the traded player exception in return.
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With Golden State’s most recent signings, they’ve been able to fill out their roster with some much-needed help: Nemanja Bjelica and Otto Porter Jr. join the team on minimum salaries, bringing very good shooting, solid defense, and rebounding – if they can remain healthy. The Warriors still have one trick left in the bag in their taxpayer midlevel exception, allowing them to sign another player to a $5.9 million contract to pick up some insurance.
The problem arises, as The Athletic’s Warriors writer Anthony Slater pointed out on the radio this week, in how much the Dubs will actually have to spend if they sign another free agent using the TPMLE:
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Nemanja Bjelica has agreed to sign a one-year deal with the Golden State Warriors early Tuesday morning according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
The 33 year old Serbian power forward played for the Sacramento Kings before he was traded to the Miami Heat at the trade deadline in March. He only played 11 games for Miami with averages of 5ppg on 37 percent shooting from behind the arc in that small samples size.
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Following hours of silence after the official opening of the Free Agency period, the Golden State Warriors are finally on the board as they came to agreement with Otto Porter Jr. on a veteran minimum deal.
Chris Haynes of Yahoo! Sports broke then news first on Monday night. Haynes also noted that the former member of the Orlando Magic had turned down midlevel exception offers elsewhere and opted to join Golden State at the minimum.
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Less than a week ago, the Golden State Warriors seemed to have a fairly set starting lineup. The Splash Brothers would return to the backcourt together, along with Andrew Wiggins on the wing, Draymond Green at power forward and Marquese Chriss at center. The draft, and any other offseason moves, would be designed to increase depth and bolster a somewhat shaky bench.
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