JULY 14: The Warriors have formally re-signed Livington, according to the NBA’s official transactions log.
JUNE 30: The Warriors have come to terms on a three-year, $24MM contract with veteran guard Shaun Livingston, Jon Krawczynski of the Associated Press writes. The third year of Livingston’s new deal is only partially guaranteed, tweets Zach Lowe of ESPN.com. The salaries are $8MM for each of the first two years, with a $2MM guarantee for 2019/20.
Last season, the 31-year-old averaged 5.1 points and 1.8 assists per game for the Warriors, establishing himself as a heady, reliable option off the bench for the star-studded squad.
The reported $24MM agreement falls short of what ESPN’s Chris Haynes had offered up as a possible price point for Livingston earlier this week. On Tuesday we wrote that Haynes had projected Livingston could earn in the $10MM-$12MM range annually.
Livingston’s family helped convince him to stay with the Warriors and take less money that he could have gotten on the open market, relays Marcus Thompson of The San Jose Mercury News (Twitter link).
The agreement with Livingston virtually ensures that Golden State will exceed the tax apron, according to cap expert Nate Duncan (Twitter link).
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Warriors could have spent this money more wisely in my opinion
Not really. The have Livingstons bird rights. They can’t just get anybody, they don’t have cap room
Not really. Low key, Livingston is a pretty nice bench player.
Nice. I thought it’d be 9-10, and he took 8, likely to help them keep AI.
Livingston will never put up Sexy box stats but he’s a smart player with high IQ and good back up PG for any team
I honestly thought he would go leave to get a payday, although I can always respect a guy who chooses to take less money to stay.
Who knows too. His children are here and may be invested with friends and school. It makes sense.
The bay area is a great place to live.
I know, I just kind of figured with the horrible injury history he has had (and thankfully he seems to have knocked the injury bug), it wouldn’t have surprised me if he went elsewhere to chase that decent pay day one last time.
I think the most surprising thing I read here was that Shaun Livingston is still just 31 years old. I thought he was several years older.
He skipped college, so he entered the league a bit younger than most players.