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Iguodala stays with Warriors
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FREE agent swingman Andre Iguodala has agreed a three-year deal to remain with the NBA champions Golden State Warriors, with the 33-year-old reserve confirming the move on Twitter.
“Sources close to Andre Iguodala reporting agreed to terms to return to the bay....” Iguodala tweeted, a poke at the uncertainty surrounding all news in the first days of the NBA’s 2017-18 free agency frenzy.
Talks with free agents began on Saturday but the league forbids contract signings until Thursday. That doesn’t prevent dealmaking but it does keep teams from talking about their moves until they are finalized.
Iguodala’s deal, worth US$48 million, comes after he met with the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets.
The Warriors are working to retain the core of a club that has won two NBA crowns in three seasons and came within a game of sweeping all three.
Golden State agreed to terms on the richest contract in NBA history with a five-year “supermax” deal worth US$201 million to star guard Stephen Curry, the two-time NBA Most Valuable Player reaping the benefits of a salary cap jump and a willingness to take less than he could make elsewhere to keep the Warriors a title contender and on budget.
That’s much the same decision that appears to have been made by NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant, who left Oklahoma City for Golden State in a free agent deal last July. Durant opted out of his contract so the Warriors had more money to pay top reserves Iguodala and Shaun Livingston but is expected to rejoin the club.
Iguodala’s rejection of the Rockets, who landed point guard Chris Paul in a deal with the Los Angeles Clippers to join star shooting guard James Harden, prompted Houston to strike a deal with forward PJ Tucker, multiple reports saying it was for four years and US$32 million.
Tucker met with the Toronto Raptors, who obtained him last February in a deal with Phoenix, but talks with Houston players, including Harden and Paul according to ESPN, prompted him to join the Rockets.
The Rockets also agreed terms with Brazilian free agent center Nene on a three-year deal worth US$11 million, ESPN reported, after a four-year offer for US$15 million was pulled because it violated NBA salary level rules.
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