talking about Warriors' offseason re-signings

by jlagace on May 22, 2007 9:45 PM PDT

Okay so the Warriors are going to be way over the cap starting this upcoming year. That means the only way we can sign free agents or lock up our existing players is through certain free agency exceptions:

Andris Biedrins - His contract will expire next offseason, but we need to extend his contract now or we're going to lose him after next season. We can use the Larry Bird exception once a year and it states that we can resign a 3-year team veteran even if we are over the cap. After this season, Biedrins has been with the team for 3 years so it works. I think we need to use this and extend his contract.

Monta Ellis - The reason we have to use the Larry Bird exception on Biedrins during this offseason is because we'll need to use the same exception on Ellis for next season. We can't use that exception on him this offseason because he's only been with us for two years.

Matt Barnes - There's only one way we can resign this guy and that's by using the Mid Level Exception, which states that we can use ~$5mil (the avg NBA salary) every year on free agents regardless of our cap situation. I'm certain Barnes will not sign for under $2mil/year so I'm a little hesitant on the Warriors using their MLE money on resigning Barnes. Our free agent priorities should be rebounding and post defense, and that's where the ~$5mil should go towards this offseason. Same goes for Pietrus' expiring contract, but I don't think anybody really wants him back anyway.

Kelenna Azubuike - Hopefully we can resign him for cheap and use just a little bit of that MLE money for him, but something tells me we're going to need all of that ~$5mil for a big man. Best case scenario is if he signs for the minimum (you can always sign players at the minimum), but I'm not sure that will happen.

#18 and #36 picks in the upcoming draft - We don't need to worry about these due to the Rookie contract exception.

Well that's how I see it in a nutshell:
Biedrins' contract extended this offseason
Monta resigned next offseason
Barnes/Pietrus will not be returning
Azubuike will return Hopefully
Warriors use their $5mil MLE to go out and get a post guy

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Good Posting

I like your thinking and hope your facts are correct. I don't know enough about these issues to know for sure. The one thing I would say is I think Monta or AB (or possibly both) will be involved in a trade to get a really good post defender and rebounder, especially after the draft lottery. They, along with Richardson, are our two greatest tradeable assets, not counting Baron of course.

I am going to check out your facts and get back at ya, but good thinking on your part.

by commish on May 23, 2007 9:38 AM PDT reply actions

once again

the Warrior's cannot mortgage their future for present needs. We beat the top seed convincingly. I see no need for a complete overhaul and I do think we should resign Barnes. He was the only guy that gave us consistent hustle off the bench. If he's willing to sign for reasonable money; (then again he may stop playing as hard after he gets a contract - We have seen that before Dampier, Dunleavey, etc.)

by triplesix on May 23, 2007 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions