8:30pm: McCaw plans to turn down the two-year offer, Marc Spears of ESPN tweets.
7:21pm: McCaw is mulling a two-year, $4MM offer from the Warriors, Logan Murdock of the San Jose Mercury News reports. The team’s offer will still stand even after Monday deadline, Murdock adds.
9:23am: Today is October 1, which means it will likely be the last day for Patrick McCaw to accept his qualifying offer from the Warriors. If McCaw doesn’t sign his qualifying offer – or another deal – today, he would remain a restricted free agent, but he’d no longer have that QO as a fallback option.
By NBA rules, teams are permitted to extend the qualifying offer deadline beyond October 1, so the Warriors could leave McCaw’s QO on the table if they so choose. However, clubs rarely agree to push back that deadline, since removing the qualifying offer from the equation improves a team’s leverage, limiting the restricted free agent’s options.
In McCaw’s case, his qualifying offer is worth approximately $1.71MM, which is $200K more than his minimum salary of $1.51MM. At this point on the NBA calendar, the 22-year-old shooting guard seems unlikely to receive an offer sheet from a rival team, so if he’s uncertain about his chances of getting a decent multiyear offer from Golden State, it might make sense to accept his QO today.
Still, as Bobby Marks of ESPN notes (via Twitter), because he only has two years of NBA experience under his belt, McCaw is in a tough spot. Unlike players who accept qualifying offers at the end of their four-year rookie contracts – such as Rodney Hood with the Cavaliers – McCaw wouldn’t be on track for unrestricted free agency in 2019 if he signs his QO this season. Instead, he’d be eligible for restricted free agency again next summer.
The Warriors have been holding a roster spot open for McCaw, who struggled during his sophomore season in 2017/18. In 57 games (16.9 MPG), the former second-round pick averaged 4.0 PPG, 1.4 RPG, and 1.4 APG with a .409/.238/.765 shooting line.
McCaw is the only restricted free agent left on the market.
I don’t get what McCaw thinks he is doing. Nobody is interested in paying him big money. He’s coming off a poor second season that ended with him injured. All he is doing is giving Jacob Evans the opportunity to move ahead of him in the rotation and cost him the playing time he needs if he ever wants to be regarded as anything more than just another guy at the end of the bench.
All he wants is about 1.5 to 2 million from another team. He knows he’s being squeezed 4 minutes with the Warriors especially with Evans coming aboard. He probably feels he has a better chance with another team.
But it looks like he miscalculated and that’s not happening so hopefully he’ll sign on with the Warriors today. 6-6 athletic guy who loves defense and unselfishness is always welcome.
Take the money and get another ring geez.
Lol so true
Smarten up man. Two years is more than any other team is going to give you. Plus you get all that bonus playoff coin, basically guaranteed.
Jamaal Crawford is waiting in the wings (between the Warriors and Celtics, for McCaw and Jabari Bird). Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving played at Crawfords camp in Seattle this summer, recruiting?
This guys is about as easy to replace as it comes. Why even bother with the two year deal? Take your 1.7 million and your 3rd ring in 3 years in the league and be happy. I used to like McCaw but now I just want the Dubs to cut bait.